Suicide of a Young Man - Fatal Leap from a Steamer
At a quarter past five o'clock Friday evening last a passenger, supposed to have been J. McKim Marriott, of Baltimore, leaped from the after quarter of the saloon deck of the steamei George Learv, Capt. Hill, of the Old Bay Line, then in the Patapsco river, between Holly Grove and North Point, on the regular trip from Baltimore to Norfolk, and was lost. The gray of the evening was coming on... J. McKim Marriott would have been twenty-one years old next June, when he was to come into a considerable estate. He was the son of the late J. McKim Marriott, banker. He was of sober habits and never drank intoxicating liquors. His relatives say toat he often labored under an affection of the heart, which was usually followed by melancholy and depression. In one of these despondent moods, on the 6th of October last, he severed the arteries and cut the muscles of his left arm, and was in a very critical situation from loss of blood. This attempt waa made at hia room in the Guest building, corner of St. Paul and Lexington streets, and the timely discovery of the condition of the young man prevented fatal consequences. On the 2Sth of November he was married to Miss Aline Theresa Bracco, of Memphis, Tenn., by Rev. Robert Wilson, at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Easton, Talbot county, Md., in the presence of a large assemblage of invited guests. The bride had previously resided for some years with her aunts at Easton, and the newly wedded pair came immediately to Baltimore, where they boarded at No. 45 Courtland street. For several evenings preceding the fatal trip to Norfolk Mr. Marriott and his wife were at the houses of friends in company. He was in business with his brother, Wilson Marriott, in the Globe job printing office, Light and German stieets, and it is said there waa nothing connected with this relation unfavorable to peace of mind. His watch and chain and seal ring were found in his desk at his office. His brothers believe he was seized with melancholy on Friday afternoon, though he had seemed cheerful up to 3 P. M., when he left his office, and has not been seen since by his friends. A reward has been offered for the recovery of the body, but Capt. Hill advises the family that the Patapsco is filled with ice, and efforts to that end just now will be prosecuted with great difficulty.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) 18 Dec 1876, Mon • Page 4
At a quarter past five o'clock Friday evening last a passenger, supposed to have been J. McKim Marriott, of Baltimore, leaped from the after quarter of the saloon deck of the steamei George Learv, Capt. Hill, of the Old Bay Line, then in the Patapsco river, between Holly Grove and North Point, on the regular trip from Baltimore to Norfolk, and was lost. The gray of the evening was coming on... J. McKim Marriott would have been twenty-one years old next June, when he was to come into a considerable estate. He was the son of the late J. McKim Marriott, banker. He was of sober habits and never drank intoxicating liquors. His relatives say toat he often labored under an affection of the heart, which was usually followed by melancholy and depression. In one of these despondent moods, on the 6th of October last, he severed the arteries and cut the muscles of his left arm, and was in a very critical situation from loss of blood. This attempt waa made at hia room in the Guest building, corner of St. Paul and Lexington streets, and the timely discovery of the condition of the young man prevented fatal consequences. On the 2Sth of November he was married to Miss Aline Theresa Bracco, of Memphis, Tenn., by Rev. Robert Wilson, at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Easton, Talbot county, Md., in the presence of a large assemblage of invited guests. The bride had previously resided for some years with her aunts at Easton, and the newly wedded pair came immediately to Baltimore, where they boarded at No. 45 Courtland street. For several evenings preceding the fatal trip to Norfolk Mr. Marriott and his wife were at the houses of friends in company. He was in business with his brother, Wilson Marriott, in the Globe job printing office, Light and German stieets, and it is said there waa nothing connected with this relation unfavorable to peace of mind. His watch and chain and seal ring were found in his desk at his office. His brothers believe he was seized with melancholy on Friday afternoon, though he had seemed cheerful up to 3 P. M., when he left his office, and has not been seen since by his friends. A reward has been offered for the recovery of the body, but Capt. Hill advises the family that the Patapsco is filled with ice, and efforts to that end just now will be prosecuted with great difficulty.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) 18 Dec 1876, Mon • Page 4
Suicide of a Young Man - Fatal Leap from a Steamer
At a quarter past five o'clock Friday evening last a passenger, supposed to have been J. McKim Marriott, of Baltimore, leaped from the after quarter of the saloon deck of the steamei George Learv, Capt. Hill, of the Old Bay Line, then in the Patapsco river, between Holly Grove and North Point, on the regular trip from Baltimore to Norfolk, and was lost. The gray of the evening was coming on... J. McKim Marriott would have been twenty-one years old next June, when he was to come into a considerable estate. He was the son of the late J. McKim Marriott, banker. He was of sober habits and never drank intoxicating liquors. His relatives say toat he often labored under an affection of the heart, which was usually followed by melancholy and depression. In one of these despondent moods, on the 6th of October last, he severed the arteries and cut the muscles of his left arm, and was in a very critical situation from loss of blood. This attempt waa made at hia room in the Guest building, corner of St. Paul and Lexington streets, and the timely discovery of the condition of the young man prevented fatal consequences. On the 2Sth of November he was married to Miss Aline Theresa Bracco, of Memphis, Tenn., by Rev. Robert Wilson, at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Easton, Talbot county, Md., in the presence of a large assemblage of invited guests. The bride had previously resided for some years with her aunts at Easton, and the newly wedded pair came immediately to Baltimore, where they boarded at No. 45 Courtland street. For several evenings preceding the fatal trip to Norfolk Mr. Marriott and his wife were at the houses of friends in company. He was in business with his brother, Wilson Marriott, in the Globe job printing office, Light and German stieets, and it is said there waa nothing connected with this relation unfavorable to peace of mind. His watch and chain and seal ring were found in his desk at his office. His brothers believe he was seized with melancholy on Friday afternoon, though he had seemed cheerful up to 3 P. M., when he left his office, and has not been seen since by his friends. A reward has been offered for the recovery of the body, but Capt. Hill advises the family that the Patapsco is filled with ice, and efforts to that end just now will be prosecuted with great difficulty.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) 18 Dec 1876, Mon • Page 4
At a quarter past five o'clock Friday evening last a passenger, supposed to have been J. McKim Marriott, of Baltimore, leaped from the after quarter of the saloon deck of the steamei George Learv, Capt. Hill, of the Old Bay Line, then in the Patapsco river, between Holly Grove and North Point, on the regular trip from Baltimore to Norfolk, and was lost. The gray of the evening was coming on... J. McKim Marriott would have been twenty-one years old next June, when he was to come into a considerable estate. He was the son of the late J. McKim Marriott, banker. He was of sober habits and never drank intoxicating liquors. His relatives say toat he often labored under an affection of the heart, which was usually followed by melancholy and depression. In one of these despondent moods, on the 6th of October last, he severed the arteries and cut the muscles of his left arm, and was in a very critical situation from loss of blood. This attempt waa made at hia room in the Guest building, corner of St. Paul and Lexington streets, and the timely discovery of the condition of the young man prevented fatal consequences. On the 2Sth of November he was married to Miss Aline Theresa Bracco, of Memphis, Tenn., by Rev. Robert Wilson, at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Easton, Talbot county, Md., in the presence of a large assemblage of invited guests. The bride had previously resided for some years with her aunts at Easton, and the newly wedded pair came immediately to Baltimore, where they boarded at No. 45 Courtland street. For several evenings preceding the fatal trip to Norfolk Mr. Marriott and his wife were at the houses of friends in company. He was in business with his brother, Wilson Marriott, in the Globe job printing office, Light and German stieets, and it is said there waa nothing connected with this relation unfavorable to peace of mind. His watch and chain and seal ring were found in his desk at his office. His brothers believe he was seized with melancholy on Friday afternoon, though he had seemed cheerful up to 3 P. M., when he left his office, and has not been seen since by his friends. A reward has been offered for the recovery of the body, but Capt. Hill advises the family that the Patapsco is filled with ice, and efforts to that end just now will be prosecuted with great difficulty.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) 18 Dec 1876, Mon • Page 4
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