The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-13
SHE BED FOR LOVE
Miss Sophia Her1mark Took
Potassium Cyanide.
FORMERLY LIVED HERE
Was a Very Beautiful and Ac-
complished Young Lady,

Miss Sophia Hsrtzmark. disappointed IN
love. committed suicias At her home IN
Renfrow. Oklahoma, last wednesday
evening and was buried In this city Fri
day afternoon At O'Clock Miss Hertz
mark formerly resided II this city. a
great many people vii remember Mr.
Hertzlnark who formerly kept = dry
goods store on the corner OF Lawrence
and Douglas in the building that IS now
occupied BY the Owl cigar parlor- When
the Cherokee strip opened 10 settlement
he secured a claim and moved onto Il al
most Immediately. He was wei known
as 4 good business man and one that
could &c depended On for anything that
he said Mr.. A Klein, the jeweIer al
AZ East Douglas. is nephew Of his and
is well known to the people Of this city.
After the family moved 70 Oklahoma,
the daughter. Miss Sophia Hertzmark. a
young woman OF rare beauty became &C
quainted with ar Isaac SkIar. q young
man Of sterling honesty ard OF great at
tachnent TO his home people. The first
acquaintance soon ripened into a Deeper
feeling. Mr.. Sklar. however, lived about
eight miles southwest OF KioWa. Kansas
while the He-tzmark family had taken
claims three miles east OF Reuf oW. Ok
lahoma- Being some distance apart. the
young people saw very little Of each
other, bur correspondent for several
years. 1Ir. Sklar owned a fine claim and
with true German industry he soon ac-
CURED 4 considerable amount Of stock
and equipped his farm with everything
that was necessary for q hone There
was only one drawback. ALr. Skar had
always been fond Of his parents, worked
with them and the half OF every thing
that he owned was theirs. All OF them,
father, mother ard brothers were work
ers, however, and they had lost nothing
BY holding together. They added 70 their
already large farm and the future seemed
bright TO them all. but a dark cloud
was hanging over them OF which they
little dreamed
At last the young nan felt that he was
ready and visited his sweetheart az her
home to arrange the final details OF their
wedding. The young lady insisted that
he should build their home separate from
the old folks and that their farm should
be separate from the others. She gave
her reasons and was fri. ATr. SkIar
yielded, but first wished 20 consult with
his father. saying that It would take
him some time 20 make the change IN his
arrangements
Miss Sophia told him with all the love
Of her noble soul beaming upon him 20
90 and make his arrangements and she
would be ready for him. lie went but
the father objected 70 the idea Of his
son leaving him and said that he was the
only boy left at home now and that he
must not leave him alone in his old age
He begged him 10 stay and TO bring his
wife home.
The young lady was obdurate and
Isaac would not leave his home and the
wedding was indefinitely postponed. The
engagement was not specifically broken
but each felt that unless some change In
affairs came there was 10 hope.
Miss Sophia apparently was the same
as ever ard little did her people suspect
how deeply she was wounded All vent
along in the same OLD way for tire
and then the girl felt that there was no
longer any hope ana accordingly one day
when she went to town she asked a drug
gist for some potassium cyanide She
was told that they had none. The next
week she went q town again for the
supplies and this time last Wednesday az
rernoon she secured the drug. st her
home she was as cheerful as usual and
no one had the slightest idea that sht
.-a4 any intention Of killing herself
About o'clock she retired to her room
and began writing letters 70 her friends
and acquaintances- She wrote untl about
Il o'clock when al but she had retired +
Then = was that she took the poison )
Her mother got Up 70 set one Of the
smaller children a drink and returning
through the room heard q peculiar sound .
and calling u Sophia she got no answer
ma AZ once lighted lamp and found the
gil In the agoaies Of death. She lived
only a few minutes ard did not speak % +
any q her folks IN The snort time that f
she lived The letters that she had writ
ten were turned over 70 the coroner ana .
1rly ore has as yet been made public.
Il Is one thar she wrots 20 her father ard .
mother It is as follows
ITO Papa and LaDna. You must .
know tie trsth az last I did n0t wa1c .
vou % suffer any more than could help. /
Father. mother forgive re for what
an doing. ~ mind has been made up F.
FOR sons tire. but dl5 not have the /
necessary article with which 70 carry cut +
ny plan. nv engagement Is zt an end .
L is better 81. since re both agree.
SOPHIA
AnonE other letters IS ore addressed 70 f
Isaac sl1ar. Sex % Eiowa. Ea1sas Mss
sophia vas only - years 90 a-e and wen .
educated Size had many friends ara .
vas loved ~ al who knew her. she hsd
3 face and form of rare beauty She 4
vas brought - this city Fr5ay sfter- .
room ard turi7d IL the H-shisni cere-
terry beside ether members 1f hcr family +