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May 29, 1889
Sacramento Daily Record Union
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
What is this article about?
In Baltimore, Rev. Henry Greenfield Schorr, a priest, suicided after a widow, Mrs. Margaret M. Smith, refused marriage despite their romance; he sent her love letters to a newspaper in revenge. She called him cowardly and possibly insane.
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BALTIMORE'S SENSATION.
A Priest Suicides Because a Widow Would Not Marry Him.
Baltimore, May 28th.--On the street, in clubs, and everywhere the one topic of conversation to-day has been Rev. Henry Greenfield Schorr's Sunday morning suicide, as published in an out-of-town paper, to which he had sent both his correspondence and that of the woman he loved, as well as her name. Schorr evidently was a peculiar man, taking his meals at an expensive hotel, and having comfortable rooms at the St. Paul's Parish House, a favorite with a fashionable congregation of St. Paul's, where he was assistant rector.
He constantly refused to talk about his parents, who live in an humble way, in an obscure part of town. Having borrowed their savings he was ashamed of them. He gave many false reasons for his periodical gloom. First a friend had committed suicide because he had urged payment of a debt; then a mythical sister was seriously ill in Brooklyn. Schorr was buried to-day.
A reporter called this evening at the luxurious home of Mrs. Margaret M. Smith at No. 1219 North Charles street, the woman whom Schorr says ruined his life. Her appearance betrayed the fact that she has suffered a great deal recently. She is tall and slender, has very dark expressive eyes and black hair. She looked to be about forty years of age. The "letters published were true," she said, "but Schorr's act in sending love letters was the act of a coward and was done because she would never marry him. At the time I wrote them I really did care for him, but I told him I could not marry him, for I was a woman much older than Mr. Schorr, in fact, he was a boy to me. I know nothing of his family, and he would never tell me anything about them. His continued attentions won my regard, and I did learn to love him, but always told him I could never marry him. I think he was crazy, and his action of sending my letters and picture to a paper was the act of a coward. The last paragraph in the newspaper is absolutely false, and was written in a spirit of revenge."
A Priest Suicides Because a Widow Would Not Marry Him.
Baltimore, May 28th.--On the street, in clubs, and everywhere the one topic of conversation to-day has been Rev. Henry Greenfield Schorr's Sunday morning suicide, as published in an out-of-town paper, to which he had sent both his correspondence and that of the woman he loved, as well as her name. Schorr evidently was a peculiar man, taking his meals at an expensive hotel, and having comfortable rooms at the St. Paul's Parish House, a favorite with a fashionable congregation of St. Paul's, where he was assistant rector.
He constantly refused to talk about his parents, who live in an humble way, in an obscure part of town. Having borrowed their savings he was ashamed of them. He gave many false reasons for his periodical gloom. First a friend had committed suicide because he had urged payment of a debt; then a mythical sister was seriously ill in Brooklyn. Schorr was buried to-day.
A reporter called this evening at the luxurious home of Mrs. Margaret M. Smith at No. 1219 North Charles street, the woman whom Schorr says ruined his life. Her appearance betrayed the fact that she has suffered a great deal recently. She is tall and slender, has very dark expressive eyes and black hair. She looked to be about forty years of age. The "letters published were true," she said, "but Schorr's act in sending love letters was the act of a coward and was done because she would never marry him. At the time I wrote them I really did care for him, but I told him I could not marry him, for I was a woman much older than Mr. Schorr, in fact, he was a boy to me. I know nothing of his family, and he would never tell me anything about them. His continued attentions won my regard, and I did learn to love him, but always told him I could never marry him. I think he was crazy, and his action of sending my letters and picture to a paper was the act of a coward. The last paragraph in the newspaper is absolutely false, and was written in a spirit of revenge."
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
Romance
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Love
Madness
Tragedy
What keywords are associated?
Priest Suicide
Unrequited Love
Widow Refusal
Love Letters
Revenge Publication
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. Henry Greenfield Schorr
Mrs. Margaret M. Smith
Where did it happen?
Baltimore
Story Details
Key Persons
Rev. Henry Greenfield Schorr
Mrs. Margaret M. Smith
Location
Baltimore
Event Date
May 28th
Story Details
Rev. Henry Greenfield Schorr, assistant rector at St. Paul's, committed suicide after sending love letters and the name of Mrs. Margaret M. Smith, a widow who refused to marry him despite their mutual affection, to an out-of-town paper. She described him as younger and possibly crazy, denying false claims in the published article.