Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-15
A PHILOSOPHlC SUICIDE.
HON A RUSSIAN CHOSE TO SHUTTLE
OFFIRlS MORTAL COIL,
The Most Deliberate Case OF Self-Mmds,
on RscorG- How a 0ssl1iring Low
er SlOv'y Burned Him
SELF 10 Death.
CURSlNe HIS Love WITH HIS LAST
EREATH.

Russia has not been of hate q very de
lie .f'uI cuuutr. iu 1--we iu. but Jhr Meth
of ~ ouittinr descrioed A. q late mum
her ~ tiIe = p,tcrshurg q TING must
provoke nearly g~ much "~.ou'>lment
rs horror. tn" story told IS Ina, Of a
suicide IIe resolved 10 kill himself
and tpdu 10 iu 81 manner absolutely
UNIQUE and, u fairness, Do must b.. '~ned
thai ma was suyr, stu. Some v..-S AGO
man I'M one o. our Western = 1.e> htd
a somewhat SIMILAR idea. lie made Tor
himself a kind q. amateur guI.loune.
An axe. heavily loaded. vas fixed IN a
groove above, auj block was nicely "a +
iusted below. Tie axe was held m
place bya cord, and the Jort passed
through pulley ami conducted DOWN
Ward. A candle vas then 30 arranged
that when it, lame had burned Gown
10 a certain point ,t wOuitC0nSume, ana
81 release, the cord. The inventor 81
this ingenious machine, having seen u
i'm thorough wors ing orier, boiled ms
door. swallowed uIgrgr lumber ui whI~-
kew. fastened himself down Iu tine pre-
else SPOT required "a the purpose, and
was uerrp.ta.ri with great reaincSS az
the auu1.1.nj ,wr.
nave mo- intent to make q pleaNan-
try of 80 gha~-.v theme, nut % must bee
owned that there was certain -tv,e
uurua>S auOUj this proceeding 80 when
IL is uari not % smile. Tue >tlu" y"
time o. the Russian case. TINS uuuup-
nv man determined not Co eat ms head
oiT nut % roast himself tO death. Nu.H-
inc NOulI content him but To- Go ful>
i'm a way that shouu ensure the most
axrrur'g,.rg torture, But hr ale" dr.
,.r..i trlr tuc wurii SIoult Peterborough
In mlic aware %. the iJy.. 10 ue We're
.imp'v found roasted or boiled the pre-
~uuiu..Uu w.-.' be- tugJ 90 was arr'uyu-
tsI nr trg, ~ was insane, or tN1l uc uad
taken uuryu.. - ur ausr,tue,ic~ 10y way %.
IuIriug the pain or becoming iu~enS u.e
70 70. lie had perhaps read oi the Ne,-
tern man who's" ease We have de~croeu,
aud urrrr;J.u.y had made profound
study OBJ. suicide. Now, there was good
reason ,o h, irve that tine Western man,
b..Jrr :yiug himself under tine axe, had
got rN.rpmr.v drunk, ami tine RUSSIAN
MAS resolved that uu UitUm 90 this KIND
should attach COB his memory. Hence.
after arranging and suhIectIus hm>"I,
q, uiS apparatus me- wrote memoranda
I'm four different languages. explain
inn, his uurpu-. and tine circumstances
ns 81. contamination. But We Will eve
toe story 81, told 10y the -. Petersburg
d ".E
4 levy iqv. ago ra''-lrp-Srj travel
pr arrived ct. 10. Ur France, u'ns
that lD was ". Jos, b. rH.-
oufgl agent. auj tha On" wr-uc' to say
n short time iu Ju..onlr upon business
4 room on tle second Hoo" o.. tur n' "l
wa, ass sned In uim and ur >neu, NO
rr three dJyS n walking a'"u. .T"
streets. although .ne wgJtryr Wg- u'u-
.uatIv VET ana stormy. Ga the uJstu
even NO hp rp. . % tO his room ana 'ucS-
pd hiI, seT in. Next morning nc w3S
.tgrI 90. his u~ur' hour, hU, rc,Irurd
Ell no answ,~ 20 tire Suu,T oUS. \ .er
81 ruu1 f.Ji %. .Ut.'D hooking JUt shout
irg'tr bo,eI p-oor'.'"r became alarmed
~ u., ;'uIu,. Y-utrsC."t silence. am"
caused ,le door u' the -0om Co nr bro
..uu..v. 4 '.s. u." ~"rr.ay.r present.
"a ~af tpruv assembled household.
NJ. O--'S body was living en- tine
i.,.r us.I~.rru, i-uu VII cn tue ma. ,r">~
ami u.Gr'r.u,~ uat been removed one
%. ...,. ~.rr. partly covered ;ue les Cd.
the corpse. v ru was otherwise ln q
>.r..p. uu n. ,.> lett hand pressed
fsr..'y over .rr region ui tuc heart, ami
BE-. . .ri cunyu.> vy.v C.U.ru.u-
the har. 1ue ewes We're w,,r open, uN-
ell n g'dSsy. death s,Jrr ant tire .rN'
lures distorted w.,u agony. I'm up
f,-u--.y, u,..r. as u. ~ur~cr"t .t'. pyrvSt
81 the room. \p wuurL was p'rcrut'-
be upon tine body, hut ,u" Guest Wis
-rsn,ver~p'v barrett in several. places 10y
dull red stripes. A. soon A. tur p". "
a.cumuJu.si Uv rHc local medical, OH.
cor. had made is appearance ON I've
~rpuru tins horrible tragedy, tue,rrp-r
vas turned uuOn its face, when tine
cause o.. death became .Hy the urS' 'lWr
apparent o. the terror. stricken ,puCta-
rprs. A deep and broad burn
wgs exhibited i'm the middle
%, tine back, and the spine was
f.urd to he completely caruun.cd.
Tuuu tine door, underneath ruv bed
,.pat. were discovered the wivN-. cu-
I4fF..t .uaTstIr b.OtCu Cd. cold ~'ylrUc,
uf three CANDIES. Mlllll lIll 'N'.l N"N' %
uu, u. tuc rJud.e>;icS aud fixed mp un a
plluNirg upon q LAYER of me.Jyt grease.
5uG over tgv flame of ;uOse cJui.r~ Mr..
O---nad laid upon the skeleton ,ruwe-
WurS Cd. his hyiS-rJj, amt suffered lbs
spine, tr be- slowly C0u~um;cj uu.I he
ttyi 4 mIuuScy.p; placed upon 'J-
uTr close ,o the bed contained not ou.Nl
resume %. the reasons which prompted
. .liS unfortunate man to undergo -.
inflicted ma-tyrdOm, but minute details
? of the .oruring process by which me- aai
chosen OBJ destroy his life. Ii was Wr.,.
Gem 600 four languages Rus
siam. Polish aud Czechish--and COM
myrrvd iu q firm. bold nand-wri,ins,tuc
last .tu pa-r-. however, being Scarcely
I.''y. f.,.r. evidently been pcuu.i
200 dire agony
ASUIC.UE'S LETTER.
The first paragraph, in German. ran
a follows. Il thought il would cease,