The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-11
4 HONEYMOON TRAGEDY.
Bride and Groom Found Dead in q
 Chicago Hotel.


 Chicago, June 1O.-Side by side, each with a bullet wound in the temple, the dead bodies of l.. Hartman and his wife were found in their bed at the Great Northern hotel this evening. The room showed no evidences of strug- gle, both lifeless forms were composed, the covering of the bed well tucked about them, but the revolver clutched ] in the right hand of the husband told the story of the double tragedy. | Of the pair that courted death so suc- cessfully nothing is known by the managers of the hotel beyond a report that the man has wealthy connections in New York and that the woman ap- parently was once an actress under the stage name of Rose Violet From in formation given by a woman who in quired for them this morning it is sup | posed that the case is one of runaway marriage with death as the result of despondency over the obduracy of an unforgiving father.
 Hartman and his wife registered at | the hotel June 6, giving as their ad- | dress New York. Both were stylishly dressed and appeared to be persons of means They did not mingle with the other guests and spent most of the time in their rooms. They were reserv- ed in manner but from the evidences of affection they displayed it was sur missed by attaches of the hotel that they were on their wedding trip.
 Early Sunday night they retired to their apartments and nothing was seen of them until this evening, when they were found dead in bed, The chamber maid tried to gain entrance to the room in the forenoon, but was unable to do SO Later in the day she repeated the attempt with the same result. Re- peated knockings failed to obtain an answer and the hotel office being noti- fled, the room was broken into tonight and the discovery was made of the double tragedy.
 The only informa ton the hotel man agers have concerning the Hartmans was given by a woman who called at the hotel this morning. According to the woman who called at the hotel Hartman was the son of a wealthy New Yorker, and had formed an attachment that had displeased his father. A clan
 
 parture for Chicago without tie knowl- edge of the angry parents. She said reconciliation was being effected by Friends.
 At midnight 1t was learned that the dead woman was Rose LaSebre, a va riety actress. The father of the dead man is said to be wealthy tobacco dealer in business in this city.
 New York, June 1O,-It was learned from Stage Manager Lawrence of the New York theater that young woman who was billed as Rose Violette" had been appearing in different productions at that theater all last winter. She was described as being about twenty-two years of age, very handsome, with wavy brown hair, and beautiful com plexion. She was in ''The Man in the Moon" company during it's run at the New York theater. She subsequently, booked with the Broadway to Tokio" company, and went on the road when it was taken west.
 Rose Vioette's friends say that she first met Hartman three weeks ago. Hartman was the son of Max Hart man, wealthy cigar manufacturer. He was graduate of Columbia law school and in March 1897, when he was seventeen years old, married Mae Belle l Davis, an actress This marriage was | annulled. Hartman was only twenty | one years of age.