Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-05 | Page 17 | Couple, Unable to Marry, Attempts Suicide

COUPLE UNABLE TO MARRY ATTEMPTS 4 SUICIDE E CHICAGO March Despair i.-Despair 4 Despair at atthe atthe atthe the hopelessness of their love for each other overwhelmed M Morris and Sarah They were to have been married Tuesday But the tailors' tailors strike ate up their savings and the outlook was gloomy They decided to end th their ir lives and trouble t together gether The girl who is only eighteen ye years rs old and is a seamstress seamstress- went to his home They talked over their secret as they had done many times before and decided to die Policeman Horace Elliott of the West North Avenue station was passing passing passing pass pass- ing the house and heard a shot He Heran Heran Heran i ran to the room and kicked open the door He found them both lying on the floor shot through the body and near the heart They were rushed to the county hos hos- pital The man may die but the girl has a chance for life lite How is Sarah was Edelstein's first words at the hospital They think she will live he was told I hope she hope she does he said But I want to die If I knew 1 Id I'd 1 not die right away Id I'd have taken poison too We were planning for a long time to end it all aU