The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Tragedy Falls Church Mem bers, Among Whom Gift ed Young Woman Had Be- come Widely Admired For Her Charm and for Her Unselfish Work in Chari- ties. i s

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 The inanimate form of Irene Ghornock, 24 years of age, a beautiful and we'll educated Brooklyn girl, cousin of the Rev. Orestes P. Chornock, pas- tor of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic church, was found cold in death, suspended by a clothesline from the rafters in the attic of the church rectory, 7i7 Arctic street, this morning at 8:30 o'clock by the priests wife.
 Her heart broken by the knowledge that her fast failing vision would ultimately con- sign her to 8 life of total dark ness, crazed by the horror of spending her future days in blindness, her ambitions, girl hood dreams and plans for the future forever dead, life failed to hold for her further joy-she had hanged herself. .
 Pinned to her breast was the fol- lowing note, explaining her rash deed, culminating the letter with four lines from the immortal farewell of Moore, 'The Journey Onward":
 This deed have done myself. I have lost my vision. Life for me has HpSy iNxy Y >f doomed soon to become @ burden. ESQ both we part from all we love.
 From all the lines that bind tfs: So turn our hearts. as on we rove,
 To those we've left behind us.
 IRENE"
 Before coming to visit her cousin, Father Chornock, the girl consulted an eye specialist in New York, who had told her the condition of her sight was such that he could find no remedy for its restoration and that she event. ually would be blind.
 Three weeks ago she left her aunt and sister in Brooklyn, packed her bag, stating that she intended to pay a visit to her cousin in this city. She left home lamenting her misfortune and expressing a desire for death She since has lived with the priest, and had been given a room on the second floor of the house.
 Early last night she went to a nearby dentist to have 8 tooth filled. On her return she ate supper, left the church rectory and entering the dimly lighted edifice, walked to the altar rail. spending some time in prayer.
 At g o'clock she bade goodnight to the priest and his wife and signified her intention of retiring. AS near as the authorities can learn the girl went directly to the attic of the house, hav- ing secreted clothesline in the room
 Drawing a trunk from corner of the attic she wrote her farewell note, pinned to her breast and then turned the trunk end upwards, and cli:nbed on top of it. Grasping an end of the clothesline she fastened .t around her neck, after forming a moose of the end.
 She then threw the line over the rafter, repeated the operation, doubl- ing the strength of the rope once more winding it about her neck and making the end secure. She then thrust the trunk from under her.
 Her body was thrown with such im- petus that her neck was broken and death occurred, according to Dr. J. F. Canavan, almost instantly.
 This morning at about 8:30 Mrs. Chornock went to the girls room to summon her to breakfast. The bed room was empty and there was no ev- idence that the girl had spent the night there. Thoroughly alarmed ,by the girls absence and fearing the worst had happened in view of Miss Chornock's grief over her failing sight the wife hurriedly summoned the priest and a search of the premises in- stituted.
 On entering the attic the priest was hororr stricken and his wife thrown into a state of hysteria by ta,e scene which met their gaze. The girls body dangled at the end of the rope, fully three feet clear of the floor and the overturned trunk was in the middle of the room.
 The police of the second precinct were hurried1y summoned and Ser geant Flood dispatched to the scene. Dr. James F. Canavan was called. As- sisted by Sergeant Flood, he out down the body and freed the neck of tho rope. An examination disclosed the fact that her neck had been broken. and the discovery of the note pinned to the dead girls breast told the rest oF fhe r,sathetic story