Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-02-19

lcallS crescent gives the following reNnr-
kable story of Il suicide, which recently or-
cured in that city:
Sylvester Rupert. 81 years of ors. an
Englishman bv birth. and bv ,pdo n ain
carpenter, lived with his wife and two ch;i
drcn in house ON pcrdido street In Or.
tobcr last, the yellow fever then nrov,il;n,,
counted among its victims the yomngcgt
child of the RtlportS-their little girl liz
zic, about four years old, and the narticu.
larpct of the father This was blow from
which the father never recovered. Not able
70 buy tomb, he had the child buried in
the Ground in Greenwood Ccmctw. The
grief prcycd heavily ppon him 1t was
his only thought; and being out of his
regular employment, he found employment
in his grief.
He BOUGHT burial lot, and some bricks
and other material, and with his own hands
and all alone in solitude in the Ccmctcrv
built him brick tomb. He had not the
means to make the tomb stylish one; so,
in its mouth or entrance. he fitted piece
of wooden frame, ana ON this frame he fiji.
ted piece Of board, and secured if with
screws in it's four corners. On this board
with which he enclosed the vault, Gin leu
of the usual brick and mortar and marble
slab) he had carved nicely with his knife
the burial inscription of his child. The
tomb finished lie disintorred the chld's
body, and placed it there. lie fastened
the board with screws, in order that he
might afterwards have no trouble in reno
wing it when lie felt like gazing upon the
decaying remains of his child
This employment finished it was his
habit to visit the Cemctry, open the tomb.
and look at the corpse of his pct He al
ways carried screw driver in his nool,ot
\with which to remove and replace the lid
Dt the coffin. Neither the hagard aspect of
the shrinking corpse, nor the foul odor of
decay could rcpc him in his morbid Grief.
Ills visits were frequent, aud sometimes
his wife went with him. lie Frequently
complained to her that he could not Get
work, and this doubtless fostcrcd the des-
pondcucy which was drawing him to death.
lie frequently spoke of having no faith in
the future, and of death as desirable thing.
On Wednesday he went to the Ccmetrv
with two shrubs which he had purchased.
and planted them in front of the tomb -
ON Thursday, when he left home, he told
his wife that if he had 10 better luck in
finding work, she would never sec him A.
gain lie also said something about hav-
ing a place in which to rest.
That evening, or that nght-for no one
saw hlm in his gloomy proceedings Wis
tied the Ccmetry; taking with him his
screw driver, an iron trunk handle, piece
OF wire, some new screws, aud large vial
OF laudanum. Unscrcwing the board of
the tomb, he threw away the screws, and
hlled tile Scrcw-holes in the board with
clay.
With his new screws he then secured
the trunk-handlc to the inside OF the board.
This work of course, had to be done out
side the tomb, Pushing his child's coffin
aside, he got in by its side, taking with
him his poison and the other articles wifi
which he had provided himself His hat
he placed upon the coffin; his coat, which
nc had taken off, he wrapped around brick
Tor a pillow. lie shut himself in with the
board by means of the handle he had screw
cd to 1t, the board fitting outside the wood
en- frame. The iron bar, which was of the
proper length, he placed across the frame
INSIDE; The thickness of the frame would
not allow the bar topass through the trunk
handle on the inside Of the board; so lie
secured the handle and the bar by means
OF his wire, coiling it through the one and
around the other. lie did not succeed in
htting the board squarcly upon the frame
OnC corner OF it caupht uuon thn l,;o