Show WHY HE KILLED HIMSELF the suicide of frank strauss a prosperous grocer at louisville ky in chicago recently was the result of a sadly romantic episode strauss shot himself through the right temple at the boarding house of mrs henry phillips four weeks ago young strauss while out wheeling with a young woman to whom he was to be married in a few weeks accidentally steered his wheel into hers and the two riders were precipitated into the stony road in which they were traveling the young woman ans s head was struck causing a concussion of the brain A mental derangement ran gement was the result strauss soon recovered but he was so distressed over the injury to his prospective bride that his bis relatives thought at times he was temporarily insane he was sent to chicago for a few days to get rid of the strain the first intimation that the strauss family had of his increasing despondency was when they received a few days before atzie suicide a telegram from prank frank saying the monotony of chicago is killing me I 1 am afraid I 1 must end it all |