I was told that my GF, Jacob Messing, was a nihilist and left Warsaw after a Cossack cat o' nine tails blinded him in one eye. About a year after arriving here, his wife, Zipporah (Sophie) arrived w/ my infant father, Herman. About 6 weeks later, he took them on a picnic to Central Park. He excused himself to get a drink of water and shot himself to death. As to the nihilist story, I have no idea as to any truth in it. The suicide itself is documented on his death certificate and I have newspaper articles about it. Also in the mix: "he married beneath himself (!)", they never married. I found his tombstone, which said brother, but no mention of wife. Since everyone is long gone, I'll never know.
Lee MESSING Hover
Lacey, WA
LAP(P)IN Lithuania; KLEIN Hungary; MESSING Warsaw, Ger, Poland; ALTSCHULER ALTSZULER Warsaw