Melancholy Episode Of The St. Louis Fire
Our readers will reinember the paricxilars published in all tko daily papers of an aristocratie wedding, Üie parties jeiug Lord Munster, of England, and the duughter of Dr. Henry C. Lynch, wliich took placo tliree nionths ago. The happy couple traveled until within the past two weeks, when they retnrncd to the city, and have been stopping at the Southern, and were occupying roomB there when the alann of fire had boen given. In the din and confusión of the fire Lord Munster and his wife became separated, the husbaud escaping, leaving his wife in the burning building. A report soon after reached his ears that bis WÍfe liad perished in the flameB, and the jjoor fellow at once lost his reason. He procured a pistol and went up into Mr. Conroy's sleoping-room, which is on the fourth floor of tlie building on the northeast corner of Fourtli and Olive streets, and, placing the mnzzle of the pistol ngainst his right temple, fired the shot which sent hini into eternity witliout a struggle. - Kt. Louix liepublican.
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