Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1876-07-14 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SAD SUICIDE OF AN ACTRESS.  hde in Germany last year (says a Paris correspondent) I had occasion during a short sojourn at Brunswick to attend several performances at the Court Theatre, the leading actress, Millie. Stein, a pretty and graceful young woman, deservedly enjoying a reputation of being one of the best comediennes on the German stage. A communication I have received from Ems informs me that Mdlle. stein has committed suicide there under rather singular sircumstances. She had gone there to give a series of performances at the Kurhanstheater, the manager, Herr Neumann, desiring to ivake his establishment as attractive as possible during the stay of the Emperor of Russia. Mdlle. Stein arrived at Ems about RI days ago, debiaiiii/ there in the principal part of Wilillirand's " Zugendliebe. ' Her success was complete. • On the morning of her death she had rehearsed her role in a piece by Meter, entitled "Die Versucherin," and it had been arranged that in the afternoon she should rehearse another work by the same author. As she did not appear at the theatre the manager sent to her residence. Her emissary was informed that Mdlle. Stein had gone for a walk in the wood. As she did not return home in the evening it was feared she hail lost her way. A search was organised, and eventnelly her corpse WM fowl. To carry out her fatal project she had chosen one of the most romantic and pictureinine sites of the environs of Elms : she had laid her plaid shawl on the grass, and had thrown herself upon it her face turned towards the Mahlsberg Her parasol was by her side, and .i n her right hand she held a six•chateliered revolver, with one bullet of which she had shot herself in the heart. In the other hand she °rasped Goothes famous work, " Wilhelm Meister's tehrialire a .rorpisconitaidir, marking the page where she had left off reading. The tinal passages perused were those which describe how the arrival of Theresa, Wilhelm's ketrotheil, causes the death of Mignon. It would appear that Millie. Stein was betrothed to a young nobleman, the ,Graf von 11, who was posse.ssed of very slender means. •tin the morning of her death Milne. Stein hail receiwad a letter stating that Herr von 8., who was stopping at Hanover, had just been betrothed to a cousin, whose father possessed a large fortune. The prospect of aicss airing the opulence which his social position in a meacure necessitated had, said the letter, Induced the young Graf to cancel his former promiaes and to seek au alliance with his wealthy cousin. This letter produced a tarrible effect on the unfortunate actress. After reading it she at once left the house, and having formed the project of committing suicide, at once put it into execution. The most terrible cireumstawe in connection with ,the whole affair is that the letter in ituastion was simply a hoax. Graf. von 11. had never asked for his cousin s hand, and had never ceased to be true to the poor girl whose despair drove her to this desperate act. His ancle had promised to obtain for him an ottle:al post of itoportanen, :mil he was stopping with hint,ilitOy awaiting a reply to the application which had been maile to the authorities at Berlin. Tne story is a cad one. I knew Millie. Stein personally, and WAS very shocked ti hear of her uutiniely end. From a theatrical point of vise:, her career promised to be a brilliant one. By her dead. the Geriltan tage loses an actress of great talent and fkamatic power.