, 1876-06-24

At the laIIie rate, the country over, The nuI'A5r
must hFe been about f0oo-hat n fa'' probably the
! numhervas nearer 5000 Many sudden deaths ars
cslses OF nsciie. Bosom TrIUs.sr.
The asst part of this paragraph might be
taken tr a joke, but ie is not. 1t means
that may deaths arc reported as 81 sudden. -
and supposed to be natural, are the results of
I willful murder, We doubt It. We doubt
also thssum total of suicides which the T5ar-
s!sy figures. It il based on a statement which
runs. as ;he population Of Connecticut Is to
4 81 80 Ii the population of the United States
TO its suicides This Is clearly false rati,,
as it i VIGOROUSLY true that the per cent. Of
suicides much greater among the more
thiekly ppalatei districts of the East, and
in the f., large cities of the West, than in
other porions o. the country. The uusuier
j. great cough, however, to give us 10 little
anxiety, Unless we aoorpt the doctrine that
the perso who wishes to kill himself is better
out Of th.world than in it.
But to'eturn to the case of sudden deaths
/ That may persons at many times desire 10
tske thir own lives. without It's bsing
known. s unquestionahle, bat we believe
I they vsF rarely succeed. II is not that
means re wanting which may defy de'ec-
tion. C.emistry offers modes Of death which
/ neither he chemis; nor the surgeon can dis
I tinguiSl from natural prOoesses. after little
/ time ha elapsed ; and there are many modes
of yiolat death which can bs easily Grraug-
el TO ap.ar the result Of accident. Bat the
| collaterl circumstances are almost inevitably
such asto awaken suspicion, aud suspicion
once arned, detection Is almost certainty.
No ma commits suicide without a strong
motiv-.End the motive L. very difficult to
conceal Besides, there Is not one man in 4
thousad who can deliberately approach
| certain death without making some sort of
( preparation for bis taking off. When 2 man
/ dies Unexpectedly, there are abundant eyi-
/ denees hat death took him 10y surprise.
( When L dies by his own hand, plan he never
50 carehlly, there are here and there litrie
proofs hat the event was anticipated and
preparedfo-.
Gases { this kind are abundant. A score
of wears a.o an eminent business mau in
New Yck committed suicide BY smoking 4
cigar, inthe leaves Of which had tcrn wrap-
ped nor,hine. The physicians, after i,sst
Dl0ytc1a. trouuunced the cause of death TO Ue
aPopIeA.; bat the discovery ,i,at has estate
vas insuVent, and ;hat be bad lately insured
his lille for his wife's b.n,f,, indicated sui
eide. which was finally proven ty the happy
thought Of examining he cigar-slub. The
inhaiat'l Ci carbonic acii gas, and the rse of
chiOTal, 10th Of which. under proper admin
istratio,, can produce 4 death that dsh-s de-
lection by tho physician, have repeatedly
been tird an this way. We cannot, OF
course, say that detection has always follow
ed theattempt, yet We have every 7. ason to
believe 80 from the character Of the evidence
that ld up TO H. \ curious ease has Just
occurred in England. the authorities berg
put uJCn the scent 5y " dead letter, ana
succeeding in arresiing both the parties and
all theccrrerpondence. \ young woman ad-
verti-si for " confidential chemist lie
communicated with her She replied that
she wanted 70 make away with her life, but
wished 10 leave q legacy - friend, that
would ,e forfeited If a suicide were detected.
She oFred him hundred guiueas TO post
her a. % the proper method. lie undertook
the lot. and advised Eer to stimulate heart
disease. and end up with an overdose Of
ehloralbydrate. PeudIng the correspondence
the w, we're nab5ed by the police. The
Young woman can congratulate herself, for
the suicide would have unqnes,iouably have
been detected. y success like that of Oily
Cannon may occur in fiction, but rarely IN
real life The fact OF suicide msy not bo
made public unless there l. some one' Ike
a life irs.rance company, interested N 10 dO-
;,,,, bDt fb,.,. j. .,r,e one. some WHERE, who
=, o,,..,.o, or lrnoU that the death
"P'
Wa 4 wiring one
Some Of the eases OF suicide IN 'he pas
,s,, haze hen Deculisr-would BE- amusing
- .,b. soI.,onifv of the snbi.c. \
s''o ~. '1' ;, 90, .h,..s.'uu, ,;-5
Californian On 'ne ~c'h' 'o'A i''''''''-'
hi- fr5t together, ssd ianPed oveFboAtd from
- rive, steamer. 4 Kansas-C.tyan put
-, ~ ,ta ,,b.., e,d
s4'p'HOo' H0''' U.s.
10 a bsd-9ost, took poison anu jlilp7i ou' Vi
a ,Lird -tprv WiudUw. There was d s5r, Of
- d. M. ,-,nm-pI it'll 10 an
OF. mat, ,,oL P.ri.-
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