The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-20
ROMANCE SHATTERED
BY HIS DISSIPATION.
Victim, Henry Won Armenthal.
Found Dead in Chicago Hotel,
Clasping Woman's Photo.
She Was Niece Of the Late Million
aire Pork Packer, Nelson Nor
ris; He Leaves Big Fortune.

CHICAGO. May 10. Henry Psruck
Won Armenthal. member of the Ger
man nobility and large landowner in
Oregon. Washington. and Idaho, shot
and killed himself to-day. Hotel at
taches who found the body In his
room discovered a revolver in one
hand a photograph OF Mrs. Frances
Rosenblatt. niece of the late Nelson
Morris. millionaire packer. In the
other.
Won Armentbal left a note, in
which he said that his dependency
was due to drink and the fact that
he had lost the finest woman in the
world" because OF his drinking. He
also directed that his lawyer in Seat
tie and his older brother, Phillip
Spruck. Baron Somms Sanbach Won
Armenthal. OF Hessen-Darmstadt, Ger
many. should dispose OF his large
estate.
/ The romance terminated by Won
! Armenthal's de.ih is said to have or
iginated at a Los Angeles hotel two
years ago. Attorney Walter ID. Jones
OF Chicago. identified Mrs. Rosen-
blatt's picture and told the police OF
I Won Armenthars love for her.
Note Explains All.
| The note left by the suicide con-
tained these words:
Il have several times contemplated
destroying myself within the last two
years. and rink is the cause of all.
I In a moment OF dependency take
my own life. love the finest woman
Z in the world a man could ever wish
| for. yet, while I know she loves me
dearly. she left me in disgust several
days ago The facts are that I am
myself disgusted with myself-there-
| fore the end.
Il send my latest will to my law
yers in Seattle to-day directing them
I that my older brother shall own or
dispose Of all my real property in
the states Of Washington. oregon and
Idaho. for his own personal benefit
with the exception of some property
which ! have especially mentioned to
be made over TO a poor working boy
OF this city who has done me within
the last few days, a gifhat service.
MY lawyer at Seattle. 20 whom I
shall wire at the last moment. shall
attend to all proper matters. Further
/ want my body held at an undertak-
ing establishment ror at least four
days until his arrival and he may Sc
lect a burying place. No ceremonies:
strictly private"
Mrs Rosenblatt, for a number OF
years resided in New York. where her
late husband Benjamin Rosenblatt.
was a wealthy leather manufacturer.
Story Of Romance.
Attorney Jones said that Won Ar
menthal and Mrs. Rosenblatt be-
came engaged shortly after their first
meeting in Tos Angeles.
"Chaperoned by relatives" said Mr..
Jones. Mrs. Rosenblatt Travelled
through various parts OF the west. with
! Won Armenthal The wedding date
was set for last June. and Won Ar
I menthal had arranged TO present Mrs.
Rosenblatt with $4,000 as a wedding
gift. Then came trouble because OF
Won Armenthafs drinking and the
match was broken.
Later. there was a partial recon-
ciliation and Won Armenthal accom-
panied Mrs. Rosenblatt on a trip to
4 Atlanta. Ga. TO visit her son there.
This was the last trip he made with
her. however. He returned from At
/ lanta about three weeks ago. and
from that time until his death drank
heavily. u was reported that he and
Mrs. Rosenblatt had broken again.
won Armenthal and Mrs. Rosen-
blatt met az my residence last Tues
day night and my wife and ] attempt
cd TO affect a reconciliation, but with
out result Won Armenthal then told
Mrs. Rosenblatt that he would kip
himself"