The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-09-17

meliced, when DOrcmlS rushed forward.
exclaiming: ''Great God! gentlemen,
he is killed." No cause is assigned for
the terrible act, although it is said he
left his native hearth a year ago in con
sequence of an unhappy love affair, and
it is supposed that this still proved up
on his mind. He was a young artist in
easy circumstances, of good family, and
great promise, professionally and poIit-
irally. being a friend of Victor Emanuel.
Mr.. Nianni about three weeks ago rave
signs OF monomania. and finally he was
driven, by Il sudden and uncontrOllahlr
spirit, in the presence of a gleeful COM
pany of talented ladies and gentlemen,
to Il suicides end. Undoubtedly, the
gayety of the scene, and the happy faces
around him. caused a new pang of grief
nj his W unhappy domestic relations,
and he determined to end his sorrows
i'll Il suicides grave.
An hour before the tragic death of
RalSton he had transferred his property
to his friend, Senator Sharon. and re-
signed the Presidency Of his bank. He
then went out into the banking-r0om.
and, while there III "a detected atti-
tudc. with his head bent forward" Il
wealthy friend entered. He came up to
Mr.. Ral>ton, touched him on the
shoulder, and said pleasantly: when
we Get the affairs of the bank
straighted up | am going to get togeth-
or Il capital equal to that which it has
been Swinging,and We'll start another"
To which Ral>fon replied: Il shall
never be engaged i'll another banking
enterprise" He soon left the building.
walked to his bathing establishment,
umdrcs>ed himself with dclibcration,
gave his clothing, containing valuable
papers, to an attendant, plunged into
the water, and within Il hour was Il
corpse. His business depression drove
him to it.
Miss Barrett and Miss Bridgman, of
/ Massachusetts, We're the victims of re-
li%iouS excitement coming AFTER sea-
SON of romantic liirtation.'' Miss Bar
rrtt, it is said, was rather wild, and the
. girls We're ont late nights. Her guardi-
an hada serious talk with her on her
conduct the day before, and She remark
ed to Il friend THAT they wouldn't he
troubled with her being out any more
night>.' For II hours before the death
of these misses they had determined 10
die. They took fatal doses of morphine,
and they had great trouble to get it.
Miss B2rrctt the previous evening babe
some OF her friends Il fearful farewell.
and then the girls went to their rooms
and swallowed the deadly narcotic.
When discovered the victims lay, onein
Il <tupor and the other writhing in ter
riblc agony. Miss Barrett died; Miss
Brid@man fingers, with 10 hope Of re-
cov"ry. She says they wanted to die
because there had been bad stories
about them, and they wanted to 90
where there were no scanlalous
tongues, and where they could live in
peace The wonderful nerve and cum
ming they exhibited in their work OF
s"lf-lc>tructinn is appalling, and they
must have been led on by an invisible
power or a strange infatuation to look
into the great hereafter.
"Too much business deranged the
mind" it is said. of Jesse ). Long. He
had a splendid stock farm in Central
Iowa, and for years had made special
" OF raising fine cattle. He was about
to have his first cattle sale, and it had
been announced all over the Union, and
had given him national prominence. and
he was looking forward to the event as
one of the proudest days of his life, the
realization and triumph of years of pa
tent, Skillful. and successful toll; but
fate was against him. Only the day be-
fore the sale his "lifclcSS remains were
found suspended to Il beam, by a rope
that lbs own hands had prepared! lie
WAS rich. happily married. Il profeSsed
Christian, and yet he sought the death
Of Il suicide.
1t is useless to discuss the causes
which have led to the cases above refer
red to; we have only summarized them
in order to direct attention to the preva-
lcncc of this mania. OF late the Inter-
Oce0n has daily contained Il separate
column devoted to dispatches amnounc-
ing suicides. 1t is another instance of a
malady which like an epidemic sweeps
the country. What are the hidden