The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 25, 1895, Image 2
From The Daily Item of December 19.
A TRAGIC DEATH.
Mr. Herman Schwerin, the well-known
senior member cf the firm of Schwerin & Co.,
shot himself through the head this morning
at 3.30 o'clock and died almost instantly
from the wound. The news of the terrible
tragedy spread like wild-fire over the town,
and the tone of awe that every man?B voice
bad when he spoke of the sad end of Mr.
Schwerin was an indication of the surprise
and grief that all feit.
The circumstances of the sad affair will
never be known, as Mr. Schwerin was alone
in bia room when the pistol was discharged
and the ballet sent crashing through bia
brain and hurried him into eternity. Mr.
Schwerin was in the act of dressing, and had
been talking to Mrs. Schwerin before she left
the room a few minutes previous to tbed is
charge of the pt3tol. When the report of the |
pistol rang through the house, Mrs. Schwerin
and others hastened to the room. They
found Mr. Schwerin lying on his back upon
the floor, a wound in the right aide of his
bead, slightly above his ear, and on tbe
opposite side there was & smaller
wound-where the ball made its exit,
after passing directly through his brain.
He was unconscious and breathing heavily
and irregularly. Dr. Mood was summoned,
bot could do nothing, the wounded man was j
beyond mortal aid. The ball, which was
from a 38-calibre, Smith k Wesson revolver,
was found on the ground where, it fell after
passing through Mr. Schwerin's bead, break?
ing a pane of glass in the window near
where he was Branding, and striking against
the window shutter. From the position of
Mr. Schwerin when assistance reached him, it
is supposed that be was standing io front of
a burea? wheo the pistol was discharged.
It ?s not known whether the pistol was
discharged accidentally or intentionally.
There was no reason why he should have
taken bis life, and those who knew him best,
personally and in a business way, can frame
no hypothesis to account for the theory that
Mr. Schwerin took his own life. He was
cot involved in business to an extent to
drive him to self-destruction and bad bis
business affairs been in such a serious condi?
tion, be would have had no trouble in ob?
taining ?all the ssistance be would have
needed. Eis books have been examined abd
the theory of business complications proven
false. If the shot was f?r?d intentionall j-,
and it is now believed by a great many that
it was not, there is but one reasonable theory
to accounut for the act, and that is that
Mr. Schwerin was seized with a paryoxism of
neuralgia, with which he suffered intensely,
and in the agony shot himself. But be it as
it may, Sumter bas lost a good citizen and
many a man to-day counts himself the poorer
in that he knows that be has lost a true
friend ; a friend who was strong in bia likes
and dislikes but always sincere, outspoken
and manly.
Coroner Commander empaneled a jury
imm^diitely after Mr. Schwerin's death, and
having heard the testimony of Dr. Mood and
the circumstances surrounding the death, the
jury rendered the following verdict :
"That the said H. Schwerin came to his
death from a pistol shot wound in the bead,
whetber said wound was inflicted by acci?
dent or otherwise is not known to the jury,
in the absence of any testimony whatever.
the deceased being alone at the time of his
death."
Mr. Schwerin was a native of Sumter and
passed nearly all of his life in this city.
He was io thr forty-third yearof his age, and
wasa3 popular and iufluental acitizen as Sum- ?
ter possessed. He was a member of the City
Counci:, having been elected to fill the unex?
pired term ot'Alderman Delgar,deceased. Mr.
Schwerin leaves a wife-a daughter of the
late Jackson Moses-md five .children. His
oldest child, Herman Schwerin, Jr., died a
few years ago, when about sixteen years old,
from tbe effects of a fall from the piazza at
the Graded School, and his death was a bitter
grief to Mr. Schwerin who had never re?
covered from that affliction.
The funeral services will be held at the res?
idence to-morrow at 10 o'clock. Mr. Schwe?
rin was a member of the Masonic Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor,
Legion of Honor and, perhaps, of other
orders.
At this time it is net possible to do full
justice to Mr. Schwerin's worth as a man and
a citizen, but the pall of gloom that bangs
over tbe city to-day is a token of the esteem
in whicb be was held by bis associates. He
was a big-hearted, impulsive, generous man
-just such a man to have hosts of friends
and Mr. Schwerin had bis by the hundred.
Long will he be missed, and long will his
sad, tragic, inexplicable end be deplored by
those who knew him and were privileged to
cal! him friend.
Action of City Council.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
SGMTKR, S. C., Dec. 19, 1895.
Council met at call of Mayor at 10 o'clock
a. m Present-B. G. Pierson, Mayor; R.
P. Monagha.n Bartow Walsh, Aldermen.
Mayor Pierson stated the purpose of the
meeting-to take into consideration the sad
death ot' the late Herman Schwerin, a mem?
ber of this body, and to make arrangements
to attend his funeral services.
On motion of Alderman .Monaghan the
fol! o wi:; g resolution was adopted:
Recohci, That we deplore the sad death of
our fe?iow-citizen, Alderman Schwerin.
That the Cit;- Council attend the funeral se:
vicc3 at the appointed hour cn Friday, 20th
ins?. That the members of City Council, j
City Attorney und Clerk and Treasurer at- ?
tend m fi body e.: thc fanerai, wearing crepe !
on left arm and that the city bell bc tolied j
rom 10 o'clock to 10.30 o'clock a. m , ir: |
token of resect to the memory of* deceased. ?
Council then adjourned.
C. M. HURST, Clerk & Treasurer.
From The Daily Item of December 20.
The Funeral Services.
The funeral services of the late Herman
Schweria were held this morning at the
family residence on Washington Street. The
City Council attended in a body, and there j
was a very large crowd of bis friends and [
business associates present who, in this way, ?
paid the last sad tribute of esteem to a man j
whom they all knew and respected and whom
they will all miss from his wonted piace io
the community. The simple and impressive
funeral service of the Jewish Church was
read by Hon. Altamont Moses, and tben the
body was borne to its last earthly resting
place in the Cemeterj", while the bell in the
City Hall tower tolled, deep-tongued and
solemn, tbe sorrow ot the entire city. The
pall bearers were, Marion Moise. P. P. Gail
lard, Abe Ryttenberg, John Reid, Neill
O'Donuell and A \ Phelps.
POSTAL INFORMATION.
Hours of Opening and Closing
fae Mails.
Mails for Colombia, point3 above Colom?
bia, for the North, and West, Hamlet and
Pregnals South of Sumter, Ramsey, Pine?
wood, Rimini, Elloree, Vance, Eutawville and
Pregnal, close at 9d0 a. m.
Mails for St. Paul and points between there
and Sumter opens and closes at 1.10 p. m.
Mails for Florence and the North, for
Charleston, Savannah, Florida, Hamlet, Ben
netts?ille, Darlington and Bishop ville close at
5 o'clock p. m.
Mails for Columbia and the North and
West, and for Wilmington, all close at 8
o'clock p. m. Charleston mail is also sent
by this route.
For Providence and Smithville on Toes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays arrive at 12
m., close at 2 p. m.
For Mann ville, Mecbanicsville and Bossard
on the same days, close at 7 o'clock a. m.,
arrive at 6 o'clock p. m.
Cut this out and post it up where you can
get at it and you will not want to find so
much fault with the Po3t Office.
A VIRGINIA ELECTION
BILL.
RICHMONDS, Va., Deo. 14.-Another
election bill was introduced in the State
Senate to-day, this time by Mr. Parr,
Republican. This measure is exactly
similar to the one introduced by ' Mr.
Hay, except that it provides that the
board of supervisors of each county
and the council of eacb city should
constitute their electoral board, and
that tbe judges of election shall assist
io the preparation of the ballot for
physically disqualified voters as well
as those who are unable to prepare
their tickets on account of educational
disqualification. Thc joint resolutions
requesting the Governor to wait upon
President Cleveland in company with
Virginia's Representatives in Congress
and ask permission to copy the muster
rolls of the soldiers who served in the
Confederate Army was unanimously
adopted.
Caught in North Carolina.
Governor Evans has received offi?
cial notification of the arrest of Ven
per Ray, one of tbe negroes charged
with the killing of Constable Moseley
at Greenwood in Ootober. Soon after
the murder Ray was sent to Greenville
for safe keeping, but was one of the
leaders in the general jail delivery
which occurred io that city some time
aao.
Ray was the negro who played *'de
tective,' and made Tom Peterson con?
fess thc killing.
He was arrested at Monroe, North
Carolina, and will be brought baok as
soon as the proper requisition papers
can be secured.-Register,
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The Sumter Tobacco
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Has sold more tobacco and at
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than any Warehouse on any
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A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE
THE PLANTERS
-That
SUMTER IS THE PLACE
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WE ARE READY AND
WILLING TO DO THE TO
BACCO PLANTERS GOOD.
Do not be deceived by the
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other state and foreign mark?
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Where there are the largest
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Try us with a load and be
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YOUR FRIEND,
J. A. BROGDON, Mgr.
A Fresh
CAR LOAD
Horses
Received to-day. An?
other expected to-day
week.
H. Harby.
Sumter, S. C. Dec. 17, '95.
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Dec 4
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Oct 16