, 1877-11-10
FELO DE SE.
A Remarkable Record Of Self
Destruction and Inducing
Causes.
Melancholia, Domestic 1nfelioity, Busi-
no,s Troubles, and Temporary
Insanity.

Insanity.
E<w Iork Htraid
Tho record Of suicides aud ntlcmpt at suicide
froni Aug. n 10 Oct. III Is remarkable in tic
fact that the number Of ea*cs far execcl those
in any like time in The previous history OF the
city. ManT reasons arc advanced for the ap-
parent epidemic Ut suivilc, nnd II Ia urged that
Unless some n,ett1tAt IL devised tn cctk II an
tilcreaae may uu expected. The laws OF En-
gland until within n comparatively shurt periud
| were very sererc n1aintt tclu dc sc. The rrup-
csty OF the suicide was euntscac1 ntul tic rites
Of Christian burinl werc de,llri tue xly, which
In many eases was buried In i1tr uprl, highway
With n stake driven through the breast These
laEs were confirmed during the rc1um Ut George
W, and were continued Ill ioscc shto Tho pses
ent century. when pub1lc oranion luser'l tl'cls
disuse. It is argued thu. the. scason knuwn us
Indian sumlncr laa tic effect of stimulating
suicide; and indeed tue lcrurls OF past ycars
show more suicides during that period tlIan ut
any other time Of tue ycar. Al any rate, whit
ever tho cause, the death rate by suicide during
the past two months has been alarmlngly it,
| crclacd.
| TuR RECORD.
The record is nut only Interesting In Its
statistics, but also Ia the varied nature Of It's
cases, ranging rs they do from, nero stuplI
brutality 10 some almost unparalleled fur ronlarl-
tic originality. 8stie by stdu with Laycsgnc, WHO
gaye All exhibition Ut bis deadly skill WITH k.ifc
| and pistol to two weak, trembling women, be-
fore trying to en.l Lis uuappy lie, Is luzscl,c,
who. alter cruelty beating his patient aud 1opg-
| suffering wItc, hanged himself 10 his bedroom
door In brutal drunken pct. Tho story of
Thomas Cooper, pour, ating old tnnn. who, In
FIJI,
from the centre arch Of High uridKc, Guiding the
life that Ind ueco,ne a burden tu him, was but
the echo Ut the story ot Dr. Stein. ot tais city,
| who, walldcrthg nbJut unl!appltY, nluurhipE the
aelth of q bun, With desperate rce1lyc u enu
1t oil, dashed lcaalong liJ.n tbs Niagara Sus-
pension Dril1e into thu roaring tluou below,
Unrc4uteu AtfeCtlu1t Is well represented In
the cascs vi Edward Scwman. whv stAbued
kute Hayes because shc woulu mot nlarry i.
and thsn III despair at scrlaG hcr dcal cut l,is
shut li.tslaclf through the breast, It Is STATED,
seeausc A1Inn'u 9utlth, an actress, would not
lec0ulu Ills vic. There arc cvch lulnurs uE the
snbjcrt, and "no ea,.not but smile ut Mary
Meyer, WHO, wl!Gn tvld by her htlsbunti. wllou,
she WIS slightly annoying ut tslc time, ID ''gu
aud tirown hvrscf," went INT aud threw llersclf
| into tlIa river With suicidal lntcnt.
NUMBER AND NATiOaALiTY.
The total nlIinDer III Suicides was twenty-five
mud of astcmpts fourteen, It Is u somewhat
curious lact tlat Ut tho total number Of p@rsuas
1
| Tho otcr nattonulttes arc about equally rep
rcsentcu, anu, aEtM,u4h III soluc cascs 1t was
uttcuit 10 ustcrta!u the birthplace. tho following
| figures NAV bc rrlct upon a. nccuratc: VI tho
suicides, tell wcre born In Germany, four Il,
America, two in ireland, and one cugll It, Eth
suns were unknown. Ot the atte!npts slx *ero
ut ue.uau uirtb. two cacll Ut English, irish,
] aud American birth, and ono zach Ut Russian
| aud Freneil
! the CAUSES
II ls M exceedingly hard matter to ascertain
tho real cause Vi .nany attempts. particularly
wnere tho attcn,pt Is successful; but t.lsru IL
little uuubt that the majority u cases GRO ule tU
tntelnperance nil domestic lnlcllrittc4. Tau
classification thut follows was inaue tronI care
inl investigation Of the iaets III cacl1 ease. I'm.
der tits heads ot '!totHposnry Insanity" Which
is un1ustly applied III u!any casts, "melau.
chuls, " aud :. family troubles " there WILL be
and yet properly elasseI undcr thus0 4cais.
uf the slllcl1us i've were due to temporary In
sanity, twu to family troubles, threc to business
trouGiss. three to ulelanelsolia, two to jruuEcn-
| ucss. Uf tour casca thu catise Ha4 unknuwn,
anu In ouc eAsu tnan jumped from Niagara
Suspension Bridge Through Gricf at tno deatl, VI
q son who lla4 ss,'no ttlnu previously committed
suicide In this city. Of tie attempts Iour weru
Iuu to nscIaucholi:, two to iatuily troubles, two
| to Jealousy, unu IT, drunkenness, ulse 10 t,nrc-
Quilted love, aud the renson Tor tour otheFs wess
| unknown.
| SOME CURIOUS CASES.
| Vatsel Procheskl, nattTe Ut bohemia, was at
ono tinle y practic,ny p, slc!au and mat. III
good standing III ILLS natiye town. SoEnU yuars
sire Of following hIs profession here. Ills
money went BY degrees, a11d as ha bccnne po0r-
er le removed to Boston mud established htlf,-
sclf there. Luck sreIned t9 be aga!aIat him.
4 short time ugo he cata tu New York, uild altef
| waadcrlug nbout tho streets for aolno days,
| xayu up III despair and tooi dose OF laudanliln.
Nu was taken 70 tho .losp!&al, aud his Hle n,ay
be saYed ue 10 w ycars ot AGc.
nEtrf rfntFt tltt ,1f S1f - ffN
steiu committed su,cIde u ffcileh'a Hotel, la
tAls city. His father, Or. Lewis II. btGla,
physician of established reputation In tlis city,
was 80 overwhelmed with grief that ae could
not remain In tt.u city whcre ills son hal llou.
Nesstess aud apparently hcarthrukcA he wuu-
0etcA from place to plare, at iast keacl'ng Mag
ara Fails. On the i'll Ut September Df. stem
went out on tho SUSPENSION Bridge. Alter re-
nlalntng there some hours he waa secs tu clasp
Lis hatlis 10 heaven, and nlo,aulit Alter wcnt
plungtn9 down to the water,
from q duso OF Paris grcss,. which 4lls took Iu-
tentionaaly. Taa cause, aa glven, was TINT she
had lad considerable truubIu with her husband,
brought about BY Lls lcal9isy. Not wishlag 70
! put nj tHu ~ hcr cxlstenrp.
Catha1,us Httues was ~ years of age when
she dtcd, OH tbs oth VI September. Bhs was
drinking womati. and when lnder tho influence
| stroy her lite. Gu tltu d1Y IN question Alio
found hgr opportunity In q fuurt history window,
| through which ahe jumped, and was Instantly
| Killed.
Tho caso Of George Gelcr, who was an old
| man OF ~ years, and whose suicide Was ~ 1elib.
crate &s any III the lit, was uns to son4ewllut
/ curious cause, lie was nlnn Ut considerable
means, or ut least l,ul becn before hls b,laucss
mtslortuucs. Bogus Insurance companies we're
bis financial Euil.. After t,avtnK Invested his
money In them and losiug II, hs decl4ed h9 hal
nothing fusthes u live Tor, and 10 he 1unpeu
into the river.
Andrew Nelson died on the 9Th Of October
from dose of two ounces Of pruss'c acid a4-
Ao explained at leugtn, Ia letter to tie Usrs.td,
lls reasons for his takinR-oH. Charge of itA-
proper conduct, brought ugatnst bin. by for
| iAeE servant In htA houae, w0Fr!ed and annoyed
him. As appeaied to the law, which hc Thought
was too SLOW, and, haEasscl aud desponient, ho
| left hia CASE unfinished here aud Went to plead
his cause IN the Court OF Courts.
lienry Koseman was 81 years Of sge and
| cartman- lu bis younger days he had amaastl
considerable property In hls business, but &C.
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