Sad End of a Socialist in Wellington.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1562, 21 November 1885, Page 4

Sad End of a Socialist in Wellington.

" ' A cojautryman [' of the, unfpttunjate /Bohemian, Taroslay Marie Scmriorans. \ yriio jbpmfeitU'd suicide abbut a fortnight agio by taking poison m Wellington has sent a^eilington /journal .the following .yery iinterostkig, memoir of* the deceased :— I was surprised to see m ;ypur /.papier the account of the, suicide; of ; u'l^roslaT: Marie Schrnoranz, who is my .friend,- and bama with , nfe m the, same steamer from Hamburg to Sydney, and again;.with me m the 'steamer" Hanroto, ' of'therUnion Company,- from Sydney) to . if^ellingtpn. r.Heis-.frpm thesAtne town '' m Bohemia as myself, and I haye 1 known «Jbim.frpm.h.iß..phildlippd. . I. would not trouble you. with a letter; only I sawj m , " ybiirpaper the remark of theforfemafi o& t&.o jury" that he , thought someone -bisim^able for not preventing the young man from takitig poison. SJr,h^fali)er is a wealthy chemist m my birthplace, a"bout "12- miles : ironr Prague-; and ; ! S<?hmorarijt was educated to carry on -his 'father's businessl-But from his fifteenth year he became a niemberof the " Social-; ist " party, and was a leader of a branch ; of this society mmy native town ."which was acause of ruin to many hopeful, ; ;boys. Honimsolf was many a time im : • J(rißoned, and'; ; the i.Goverhment refused "to- grant Mm a,; libensc* to carry *oh ; his fatheiVbusinesV; nor was he allowed to ' , sell any drug tor ,f ear that be; would poison Jewb of, officers of, .the Gpvern- . /.jnient. Pur Austrian Qoyerntnentkeepsr ••' every branch of that. bnsiness or bcbu'par tion under control. Schmorana was i. altogether -lost, and his only hope was ''to emieratei' I was at that time home from' New Zealand, and I ad vised his father to send him with me, because here m New Zealand there is not such a party (Socialists, and I had a hope that he might be a;useful member of ihis.nJoro^espegially as hg had money 1 { itom&^&t'i th<l ! jag« of 2£>/ years^ His father paid his ' passage, and deposited „ soine. mone3 r with me, and went witH us to' Hamburg to see him off, Tn/April :last .year. . JEv,ery family, that, had., a grown ■ son' was glad to see 'linn* gtme. IHis Socialist thoughts made him completely useless for any steady occupation, 'and fie was i disatisfied with everything.! He was m. the habit of carrying 'with him inbrpKia and strychnine, and took every .day a. dose of. poison, paying that; he Jwanted to forget his miser'altfe life';- I tad authority frpm hiY father to take away any poison I could firid'iyitfr nim,\ and was told not to give him any' cash' for fear, that he should buy poison, ; but mere was nojjhelp. Even sleeping 'he kept the small, strychnine bottle so firm m his hand 'rhaftjfc was impossible to got it. On pur passage;out he was always contemplating suicide,, and I think he hadj.a. nature, that ; was .bprn for selfdestruction,fie Was this year 22 ypai-S;, of age. He wasn't a swindler at alljandhe could reasonably expect money fro/n home, beeans^ilHS dfather promised io send him money as soon as he knew his ] address. 11 . ; a