Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-02-28
LOVE FOR GIRL
CAUSES SUICIDE
Fodor Sander Shoots Him
self on Street at Roosevelt
Early Last Night.
LETTERS ARE PATHETIC
Crazed Because Pretty Hun
garian Girl Didn't Care for
Him--Coroner Flynn Called.

Because his love was spurned by
a pretty Hungarian girl, Fodor San
dor, a bright young Hungarian of
Roosevelt, decided life not worth
living, -hot himself and died almost
Instantly in the Chrome section of
Roosevelt about $3.50 o'clock last
night He shot himself three times
with thirt, -eight calipre revolver
and the last bullet which entered his
breast near the center and punctur-
led his left lung, was the fatal one.
He expired while lying in Joseph
Corn's drug store at 329 Wood
bridge avenue. Coroner James J.
Flynn, of this city, Investigated the
|suicide and brought the body to his
morgu He returned to Roosevelt
this morning and conducted more
detailed investigation to earn of
the relations between the suicide
and his girl friend and of the where
abouts OF mis- relatives.
Was Model Young Man.
Fodor Sander was twenty-four
years old. He had boarded with
John Stropkai in the Chrome sec
ton for several months and was re-
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had good habits and appeared to be
well educated. From letters found
In his pockets by Coion Flynn 1t
was plain that he had been madly
in love with girl whom he called
Lence. In letter, written and
placed In an unstamped and unseal-
Led envelope, addressed to his faith
Ier in lurope, the young man pro-
tested his love for Lence and begged
forgiveness for his suicidal act. He
lsaid 1t was the only course. The
man had probably intended to mail
the letter before he killed himself,
but from all indications the love af-
fair SO craezd him that he took to
drinking heavily, spent moss OF his
pay which he drew yesterday and as
la climax killed nself
Committed Deed on Street.
The man committed the deed
while staggering about the corner
Iof A and e streets, according to wit
nesses WHO inform cd Coroner Flynn.
He swung the revolver about at first
as II he only intended to frighten
people Then he fred twice at his
left shoulder and it appears as
though two bullets entered his right
arm, high up, Evidently alarmed
at the shots he caused and by pec-
Ipie running tow4ras him. II ppears
he turned the Weapon towards his
breast and fired. The bullet pierc-
ed his left ling and caused his
death. Patrolman Sullivan was one
or the first men at his side and he
carried him to Corn's drug store.
DR.. Maximilian JaEoby arrived as
the man expired Coroner Flynn
was notified.
Worked at r. a. r. Docks.
Mrs, Stropkai said the man work
ed on the Philadelphia & Reading
docks where his number was TAT.
He drew his pay yesterday. but
when Coroner Flynn searched his
pockets he found but eighty-fiye
cents, about a dozen thirty-two cal
ibre bullets and some letters Ae-
cording to one letter the suicide
had written he had worked for the
past eight days, working ten hours
one day. nine and half another
and six hours each of the remaining
days. : the missive he asked that
his brother-in-law Peter Csan-
vi, be otified OF his ect.
Extracts from Letter.
The letter was w.itten in Hungar-
Ian. Extracts from it translated
follows. God be with you for
ever" and "Do love? Yes, love
dearly. God is my witness that /
committed suicide on account of
that girl"
In letter addressed to his father
the young man stated he was In love
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ed to spurned love and asked for
giveness of his parents for his sni-
cidal act He stated the girl should
be damned forever. He mentioned
his appreciation of his parents eff
forts in bringing him up. educating
and comforting him. He complain
ed of being love-sick and oil being
troubled with headaches. In con
clusion he gave warning to his
parents and sister IN Europe that
|they never think about suicide. He
declared 1t was the third and last
time he would think OF 1t. He stated
The did it because he was sorced to.
Coroner Flynn met the girl al
|ieged 10 have been the cause OF the
Isuicide act when In Roosevelt this
|mornin.;. He asked her about Fod-
or Sander andDd declares she admit
ted the man had showed his love for
her. She smilinglv told of how he
had pursued her and of how he had
pleaded to marry her. The girl, a
pretty one OF the Hungarian type,
was seventeen years old, aha said.
and declared as she was rather
young to marry, she had told him
to walt until September, 40 as to
give her ample time to consider r1S
consult with her parents who are In
Europe. She declared that she had
been living in this country but few
months and had spent the greater
part OF that time in Roosevelt.
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