The evening world., 1910-12-12
FAILS SCHOOL,
ENDS latter
LOVING IN VAIN
Body Of Boy of Nineteen Re-
covered From lce-C Coated
! Pond Upstate.
COULDN'TFACE MOTHER
She Had Sold Papers to Keep
William Eisenstadt in
Classes.
C~OULDNTFACE MOTHER

Whnn the ~lifeless body OF william
E~issastsdt. nineteen years old. was
draGgsd from the 10y waters OF suther-
lana Pond. nsa Cornwall. N. Y. yes
tsrAay u became Known that he had
ben driven Il suicide because he had
failed b his studies and lost the girl he
loved. He was not only bro%ken-hearted
because . gira had rejected his suit. but
because he dare not face his mother,
who had sold papers to keep him in
school.
The young man. whose future seemed
assured to his energetic mother ana
whose employers speak most highly OF
him. disappeared on Nov. IS while he
Tenuy n Ohmes. heating engineers at
No. q Nassau street. where he worked
He went Immediately to a little village
near Cornwall. and at the Mountainville
country store purchased notcpaper and
~post-cards, upon which he wrote to the
young woman who ha' rejected his
suit and his parents. saying that he
was bent on ending hts life. The note
20 the young woman expresses the best
wishes of the young clerk for the
future happiness OF the girl who had
rejected him. and tod OF his decision to
end his life rather than live without
hsR.
Ice Covers Lake.
THIS note was shown to the police.
They instructed the frantic mother TO
look 20 the authorities OF the section
from which II was written. The fol-
lowing day Mr.. Eisenstadt journeyed 20
Mountainville. but no trace OF the boy
wal found. II was at this juncture that
William Il. Stark. n tutor In Columbia
University n who had taught and was
deeply interested In the boy. offered his
aid. Through his efforts n widespread
search was carried on in the country
about Cornwall. II was finally decided
that the body must be IN the pond, but
a q thick layer OF ice had formed. II
seeme6 impossible TO drag It. The boys
mother waA 90 urgent In her plea. how
YER that Mr.. Stark finally arranged
to attempt h dragging.
When seen by an Evening World re-
tVstSt eO-ooy III ths iedI VI NO II rear
street. where the Eisenstadts have
humble quarters. Mrs. Eisenstadt was In
q state Of collapse. He is dead. He IL
dead."/ were the only word that her
lips could form. Her husband told OF
his sons disappearance.
II II understood that a wide social
zap separated the young man n the
giri ne loved. II Is probable that that
In b a his suit was looked upon
unfavorably by the young woman;
parents.
Efforts have been made to locate the
boy for two weeks" said Mr.. Stark
II was believed at first that he had
sought the solitude OF the country &c
forget his troubles. ] did not believe
personally. that he would do such .
deed. The pond where his body wa.
found yesterday has been covered with
Ice for several weeks and as no sigr
of . breakage showed Itself. we were
decided that he had not sought hi.
death there. 1t was at the earnes
plea OF his mother that We finally ar,
ranged TO have the lake dragged"
Love H%ampered Studies.
That the boys studies at Cooper
Union. where he attended night schoo
until his disappearance. suffered be
caus Of a mental strain, caused by hi
unrsquited love for the young woman
In shown by the fact that It was onl,
at the last examination that he failed
He had stood high In his class befor,
his disappointment.
The police OF this city have no knowl
edge OF the whereabouts OF the younl