The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-30

A Man Plunges into one of the Tod
wanna Iron & Coal Company's 1Vha' pa
naCes While at White Heat-Sad Ss S1
quel of the Suicide. IT.
Shorty before one o'clock Fla
morning the men working on the r;at
shift at the blast furnaces of the T,aI. Ia'
wanna Iron & Coal Company were bo,s
fed by one of the most shocking case. Il i,
self destruction that has ever occurred
this city. The victim Of the suicide w..
a strange young man named Tbsodo..
Marone, who while the workmen at NJ
3 furnace were enjoying short resn,
from their labors took advantage Of tba;.
temporary absence and plunged into II,
seething furnace which at the time w.. wy
at white heat His cries attracted Is
attention Of one Of the vorkmeD p,ma4
Duffy, who together with his companions
ran to the furnace and looked down onIr
to see the unfortunate Marone, gyratin,
amid the liquid fire, and waving h,
hands and feet in the most intense agonv
4 long handled shovel was lowered n
him but he was unconscious Of its pre,
ence. One of the men ran immedjatal,
and stopped the blast, but human aid va,
of no avail to save the unfortunate man
in the furnace, and he was dragged upw
quickly as possible by means of !arse
hook, cbarred disfgured aud unrecoqp,
able mass. He could not have been IN
the furnace above few minutes, as hi,
| first shrill cry was heard by the workme,
who fastened to his assistance, but the
intense heat of the place was sufficient to
destroy life if he had not been there MOI.
than a second He was conveyed to Nr
Raub's Undertaking establishment where
large box had to be constructed to en-.
close his remains His knees and elbow,
were contracted and so rigid that it va,
impossible to straighten them. He va,
inferred at DunmOre cemetery YESTERDAY
afternoon The sequel of the suicide go,s
to show that the rash act was prenedita.
ted. Theodore Marene was q native Of
Ponarn, East Prussia, where his father
occupied a splendid position as professor
in enc Of the gymnasiums or schools d
the place, in which Theodore was al:o
employed az teacher. lie was subse
EquentIy engaged in the war that Occunsd
in 1866 between Prussia and Astria, and
emigrated to this country about four yean
ago He was then twenty five years Of
age--being twenty nine at his death
and might have done we'll but for the dis
solute habits which beset him aud re
duced him to state Of ahject miserg HI
found work in the employ Of the Ozfai
Iron Company as common labOreT and
often at his daily toll, when, comparing
his position with what be was at home
he wept in the presence of his fellow.
workmen, among whom was man named
Nearle, at present in this city. These
fits Of dependency had terrible effect
upon him, and his friends feared he vOli
lose his reason while suffering from on'
of them. He came TO Scranton on Tues
day last, and found shelter at the Cenr'
street lock up. While there he ATTEMPTED
to take his life by heating poker red.h
in the stove and placing it to his neck to
destroy the carotid artery, when he E''
detected by one of the officers. lie lay
around the blast furnace during the even
ing prior to his destruction in cOnsequeD'
of some men being at work there WIia
whom he was acquainted at the OzioLi
iron mines. His sad history and his SAD
der fate show that, like Hoods unto,
tunate heroine, he was weary Of life, a'i
glad to be hurTd
+ Anywhere, out of the world. ."-ScrantoH 1'
publican.