, 1875-06-13
SUICIDE.
THE MANIA IN WISCONSIN,.

] ! HE MEN1A IN WISCONSIN,.
spse'o! Dtspatch to TIE Ch1caoo Tra5un4
t FOND DC Lac Wis. June l2.-Thera was in
tense excitement in the Town of S,ockbridcs
Calumet County, last night, in consequence Of {
report that an Englishmau named Flanders, a,
! olo resident, had committed suicide 1t required
but little investigation to prove The report true
bet"een and O'Clock he was seen going TO tht
barn. and WAS mover again seen alge. SUP.
possng thst he had gone to do his chores, the
family gave no thought to the matter, About I
O'clock his son returned. Upon going to the
barn he WAS shocked to see lis father hanging
by rope attached to beam. The
| alarm was promptly given, and the man
taIcn down, but lie was gone. He Lnd
| been IN good health for years, was COMFORTABLY
! supplied With this worlds goods, was q Lard
! worker. good EeiEhbor, man Of good habits,
ana about the last man any one would select aa
| hke1y to end his life by sricide. He was about
! 20 years OF age, and hud resided in the Town OF
stockor!dga Tor many years, AIR. Flanders had
! beeu called upon as q wltness to testlfy in 3
case growing ont OF unfortunate affair
between citizen OF the town md young girl.
what bis testimony was to be. or what he knew
OF the case, is not known by the family OF those
friends most in:lmate with him.
AT. John Peel, German, aged 81, hung bim-
self IN barn in the Town Of Ashford Fond du
Lac County, between aud o'clock Yesterday
NOA-A--t
tabe at times for two years or more.
Often he would inform his family that sooner or
later be would kill himself; hfs was no object
to him, ard many other remarks Of similar "a
tnre we're made. Atno time had he been dan-
Gerons or at ali ugly. Whl}o insane he was
Glvon to gathering up ropes and secreting them
When asked what he proposed to do with them,
he coolly answered tint when be got good
ready be intended to hang himself. From
yery Closely. and the ropes taken from him.
One day, the first Of this week. he picked up two
OF three roper and hid them A sou, d Young
man who was living at the house, became
alarmed ard thought lie would try to scara his
laying away ropes he would bo Obliged
to take hun to the Insane Asylum. I'hat
hsd the desired effect It alarmed him,
but also made him moro determined to
carry out his oft-repeated threat to kin himself
he had been afraid for months that they would |
seno him to Al asylum. On Wednesday he ]
seemed quite smart. and worked eome That I
night he complained of feeling badly. After !
going to bed he slept but little, aud talked I
great 1ea!! with his Wife. At i O'Clock be
he bade his wife goodbye, but ~ as
that had been . custom with him during his un-
fortuna:e condition sho thought nothing strange
ot it. After hs went Out the last time, Mrs Feel
'7ent to sleep and slept fifteen minutes. Upon !
waxing abe was alarmed to find that her hus-
oand had not returned. She aroused other mem
'crs OF the family, and Pearcl was commenced
It once Upon opening the barn door trey ware
.orrlhed BY seeing the old man suspended, and
loon taking him down. which they did ~ soon
3 possible. they found that ho was dead, MIR,
EEL had lived in the county for more than
uarser Of \ century. The untime1y death of
lna old and highly-respected citizen canses
1uch sorrow throughout Ashford and adjoining
owns.
This ia the third old gentleman who has COM
lifted suicide in this vicinity within tEo months,
~lth Isaac Tompkins-
~ WEALTHY eosr0hjAN.
bosToS, June 12.-Joseph P. Gardner, aged
), q wealthy aod prominent citizen of Boston, I
as found dead in tho woods near Beverly today,
ing On his back, his revolver in his hand point
6 towards his head, four chambers Of which were
nFty. There is every indication Of lis having
mmitted suicide. Deceased was living at his
unity seat, and left the house last evening Tor 3
@elk, after wLch he MAS lot seen again until =
und to-day. He was graduate OF Harvard
1888 OF 1877. No cause can be assigned Tor The
/ as he Tas in aftIuent circumstances and ali |