Kills Himself With Sweetheart Present
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Philadelphia Expressman Ends Life in Camden Because She Does Not Love Him
His love unrequited, George Ward, 32 years old, of 5122 Poplar Street, Philadelphia, killed himself Sunday morning in the presence of his struggling sweetheart, Miss Anna Camlin, 27 years old, of 526 Cedar Street, Camden. The suicide was discovered by Coroner Bentley, after an investigation, who declared the death due to self-inflicted wounds.
Members of Miss Camlin’s family said George Ward had been attached to her for several years and that he was desperately in love with her. They held him in high esteem. Miss Camlin did not return his affection. All efforts to dissuade him from continuing his attentions had met with failure. He would persist in his pursuit, appearing before her with pleadings that continued until nearly midnight.
Until lately Ward had been at his work as an expressman. Instead, he waited around Miss Camlin’s house. He refused to depart. Entering the house, he waited there until the early hours of Sunday morning. The whole household was aroused by a pistol shot. Rushing to Miss Camlin’s room, they found Ward lying on the floor with a bullet wound in his left temple, and Miss Camlin was in hysterics. Still breathing, Ward was rushed to Cooper Hospital, but he died before the physicians could treat him.
Maddened by the continued refusals of the young woman, Ward pulled the pistol from his pocket and fired the bullet into his brain before she had time to prevent it.