The Washington times., 1922-05-12


A far back as last Febru-
ary, The Times learned yes
terday, DR.. Alfred H. Riedel,
who committed suicide Mon
day in the Hotel Maxwell
for love of a Hippodrome
skating girl, was in such des-
perate woe over his failure
to monopolize her affections
that his menacing attitude
caused the girl to complain
to the police.
Girl Was Attractive.
The girl, one Of the most at
tractive blondes In the sksting
group, was one Of . number i'm
ported from Germany. She Is
reported to have sailed last Sat
urday with Others Of the show
FOR Mexico, whore the troupe will
appear with Charlotte, principal
skater Of the Hippodrome.
II IL said that the girl complained
to friends that the doctor became
90 threatening she feared he would
kill her and that she was advised
to inform the police Of her peril.
Friends Notify Police.
Through friends Of the skater the
police OF the West Forty seventh
street station were notified. No
formal complaint was entered. but
detective interviewed DR.. Riedsl
at the hotel and came away salts
fled the eye specialist did not have
II in mind 70 kill the skater.
Al the hotel II was admitted
there had been an annoying Incl
dent" in February. but no perticu-
lars were divulged.
The police considered the Incl
dent" Insignificant. holding II .
mere lovers spat, and no action
was taken beyond that inquiry.
DIR. Riedel was very fond OF his
aged mother. TO whom he went for
comfort and solsce q short whilo
| before he swallowed the poison
which ended his life.
Sought Mothers Solacs.
Friends say that II was to his
mother that DR.. Riedel appealed
for sympathy after the Ice queen"
had Knocked his affections and
Haunted her new love before him.
One OF these SAID: o..
"Dr. Riedel, before sending TO mo
his lfe-story novelette,. The Last
Sunday Eve read 1t to his mother
and then informed me that his
mother knew all. He said she had
1 ..-,.~sNhAAie and ~Aa
trying hard in her futile way to
comfort him. She was awaiting
anxiously the appearance Of. his
story In print. She believed that
the ice aueen'-the Rena Of the
story-would suffer as he had suf-
fered when she saw the pocturne
| in cold black and white
Riedel, the psychoanalyst, was torn
betwe cen the demands OF two women
two women who represented eI-
tremes. The wife. ministers daugh.
ter, reserved, advanced, educated and
insisting upon the strict Observance
Of the marriage vows, and the other
his ice fairy, butterfly OF the
stage, whom he found to bo kitten
ish, purrinE, bewitohing beauty
whose protesta tons Of love he mis-
took for the time being for true
manifestations OF tho heart.
Mismated Loves.
One was too old for him.
He was too old for the other.
He oourted the one when he war
an unknown interns IN . local hos
pital.
The other one oourted him when
she was on the operating table un'
der his skilled and cunning hands.
i A. q strange fate ordained, DIR,
Riedel's fr1end-the recipient OF the
lnoyelstte-was present whom the
Ice fairy called on the doctor for the
first time for treatment.
The heroine Of the shattered 70.
nance called frequently on Hedel
after that, and soon a new romancs
bloomed In the heart that had but
recently held the ashes Of the old
love that had perished.
HersWith 10 reproduced tht
second port Of tie novelette, Vritter
bp Dr.. Alfred H. Risdsl, pho sHdeo
he life last Monday at the Hots
Mdrk,osll. Riedsi 70 believed b
hs friends to have committed
suicide wkils IN despair at the ~
happy outcome Of he loVe affss,
,oith Hippodroms ballet rirL
The openinq chapter Of Dr.
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