Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle Feb 15, 1915 Believing That Her Husband No Longer Loves Her, Former West Rush Girl Takes Mercury Tablets Pittsburg, Feb. 14 - Laboring under an hallucination that her husband no longer loved her, Mrs. Samuel F. McELROY, 25 years old, of No. 420 South Dithridge street, a bride of five months, attempted to commit suicide on the steps of the Phipps Conservatory in Schenley Park shortly after noon to-day, by swallowing several bichloride of mercury tablets. A crowd of persons in the park saw the woman rise from a sitting posture and stagger against the building and notified the police who removed her to the Homeopathic Hospital, where it is said her condition is critical. Mrs. McELROY came to Pittsburgh from West Rush, a suburb of Rochester, N. Y., in search of employment. She was employed in a hair dressing parlor in the Lyceum building and went to the rooming house of Samuel W. McELROY, in South Dithridge street to live. There she met and fell in love with Samuel F. McELROY and their marriage followed in a few months. Their happiness was short lived because their domestic life had been continually disrupted by religious differences. Many quarrels resulted and Mrs. McELROY imagined her husband did not love her, because, as she said, he did not show his love enough. Mrs. McELROY went to her home in West Rush last Wednesday on a visit and returned home Saturday, acting strangely. This morning she arose early and started for church. Instead she went to Schenley Park, and after wandering through the park several hours summing up courage for her act, she went to the conservation; sat on the steps a few minutes, then suddenly swallowed the tablets. At the McELROY home this evening it was said Mrs. McELROY had been despondent for some time over her domestic troubles and had often threatened to end her life. Before her marriage Mrs. McELROY was Miss Agnes O'HARA. ** GIRL WIFE DIED OF GRIEF Letter from Honolulu Relates - He Lived Here, Says Writer A tale of pathos is told in a letter written from Honolulu to the Democrat and Chronicle by Joseph P. COOKE, who says he is a Rochester man, but has not been here in three years. According to the communication, COOKE recently received his honorable discharge from the United States army. Arriving at Honolulu on the steamship Venture, from San Francisco, in expecta- (line unreadable) writes of finding his wife awaiting him at the dock, he was disappointed. He had assured her only two weeks before, when he sailed away to get his discharge, he relates that he would take the next boat back "to her and to the job that had been promised him." Within a few minutes after he landed, COOKE writes, he was told "that his girl wife, brooding over the sneers of her neighbors that she was a deserted fool, and half crazed at the advise given her to make away with the baby before it could become a burden upon her, because it would never see its father, had died of a broken heart six days before- just after he had sailed from the Golden Gate on his return - taking her unborn baby into the grave with her. COOKE writes that he is broken-hearted at the loss of his wife, and grieved deeply because she died having lost her trust in him. He recounts that until recently he was a private stationed at Fort Ruger and that he "is spoken highly of by his comrades, who are indignant at the gossip." The letter id dated January 25th. * MRS. ELIZABETH RUPP Batavia, Feb. 14 - Mrs. Elizabeth RUPP died in her home in Oak street on Saturday. She leaves four sons, Andrew G., Adam G., Fred C., and Martin A. RUPP, and five daughters, Mrs. M. P. MULLANEY, Mrs. Henry SCHMIDT and Misses Loretta, Julia and Christina RUPP, all of Batavia, and two brothers, George HARTMAN, of Bloomington, Ill., and Fred HARTMAN, of Buffalo, and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret HUNT, of Batavia, and Mrs. Mary A. JINKS, of Massillon, Ohio. The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from St. Paul's Church, and the burial will take place in Grand View cemetery. * DEATH OF DANIEL TESCH Born in Germany - A Successful Farmer in Chili For Years Daniel TESCH died yesterday forenoon at 11:30 o'clock at the German Home for the Aged. Mr. TESCH was born in Mechelenberg Schwerin, Germany, July 4, 1831. He came to America in 1869 and settled in Irondequoit, where he stayed three years. In 1872 he removed to the Corning farm in Chili. He was a successful farmer for many years and one of the oldest residents of Chili. After the death of his wife, Sophia TESCH, Mr. TESCH came to Rochester to live at the German Home. He had resided there ten years and two weeks. He leaves a son, John TESCH, of Chili, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Home. Burial will be made at the Wooden cemetery, Chili. MRS. IDA PAGELS, wife of Charles PAGELS, died yesterday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. August SCHULTZ, No. 125 Barons street, aged 25 years. She leaves, besides her husband and parents, four sisters, Mrs. Max SELKE, Mrs. Fred KANNEWISCHER and Misses Bertha and Gertrude SCHULTZ. HENRY P. DORSEY, son of the late Patrick and Ellen DORSEY, died yesterday morning at the home of his brother, Miles DORSEY, No. 385 Sawyer street. He leaves, besides his brother, a sister, Miss Catherine DORSEY. The body will be taken to Poughkeepsie for burial. MRS. MARGARET GOODMAN, wife of George J. GOODMAN, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry J. STEWART, No. 421 Lexington avenue, aged 65 years. She leaves, besides her husband, two daughters, Mrs. STEWART and Mrs. George J. KOHN, and five sons, Leo M., Charles, Martin and George J. GOODMAN, all of this city, and John G. GOODMAN, of Pocatello, Idaho. MATTHEW FARRELL, son of J. H. and Jennie VAN AUKEN FARRELL, died last night at the family home, No. 522 south avenue, aged 1 year and 11 months. ** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS