Suicide on His Wedding Day

George Dunville, a business man of Brooklyn, was to have been married on Tuesday evening last to Miss Fannie Collins, a resident of Newark, New Jersey. On the morning of that day he called at the house of his intended, and made some preparations for the ceremony, seeming all the while to be in a particularly merry frame of mind. He then went out, as he alleged, to purchase a bridal veil, and took with him an umbrella belonging to Miss Fannie's aunt. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon a boy brought the umbrella to the house, with a note from Dunville to Fannie, in which he informed her that his body would be found in the Passaic. He desired that she should have a gold watch and chain, her wedding-ring, that he had shown her a few hours before, and $20 in money, all of which would be found upon his person. The poor girl was stunned by this terrible blow. She was seriously ill all day on Wednesday, and her recovery is considered doubtful. Several of the wedding guests assembled at the house where the ceremony was to have taken place, among them the father of Dunville, who is a ship builder, residing on Staten Island. Some doubt is expressed as to whether Dunville really committed suicide or not. He has been engaged to Miss Collins for about two years, and was in a prosperous business.