The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-10

a. Traveller Broils Ills Back Over q Slow
Fire, and Describes His Experience.

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that he wished to stay d short time In Jhito.
mir upon business. A room On the secohu
floor oil the hotel was assigned 70 him. and ~
spent two Or three days In walking about tn WIS
streets, although the weather was unnsua Y,
wet aud stormy. On tho fourth evening az
retired To hts room early and locked MIN !.
saelf i'm. Next morning he WIS called at
lila usuAl hour but returned no answer up the
summons. After O good d6al ~ lutlle kuook
Ing aud shouting the hotel propre s,n ns nv
caused tho door III the room 70 W pup ,s y
ofs1. terrible spectacle presented ,teeli 70
ttia assembled household. Nit, Us pouy
WIS lying on the bare bedsteaa, lIoin Wh, ..a
nloyed: one or tine eheets partly covered the
1nrs oh the corpse, which was otherwise III
stssta III nudity, its left hand pressed tightly
Hpun the region Of the heart, ana its riKht
hand ronvulsively ensonlhR .n9 na W.. d,a, IL
stare, and the features distorted with agony
An Oppressive odor, as of scorched Fat, per-
vHdeu tho roun. No wound Was poFosptlpAe
upon the body, but the chest was transvefely
barred In several places by dull red stripes.
Aa soon as the police, accompanied by the
local medical officer, had made its appearance
I'll Tho scene vi this horrible Tragedy. the
s,t,fnse was turned over upon Its lace, When
the cause VI death became Tor the nrse zine
apparent to tho terror.strieken spectators.
"A deep ana broad burn was exhibited ~ the
middle OF the back, and the spine was found
It'll be completely carbonized. Y pon Lno io ul
underneath the bedstead were discovered the
yyiglks. embedded III little blotch OF cold
sss.sn ,9,,s Al fhraa nnndina which had been
fnlss,., mi 81 the onndiestirks and fixed upon
the planking upon layer OF melted grease.
Over the flame OF these candles MI. u=.--
Lad lain upon the skeleton framework " his
t,stistsad, and suffered his spine to hs slowly
rnna,sn1ad until hs died, A manuscript,
s,inssd ,,r,on table eloss 70 tho bed, contained
s.nt urIp resume Of the reasons which
prompsd thls anfortunate , man 70 naa,s,rse,
ti,a iprt,lrirr process by which he had chosen
H. M dssstrav lila life. il wns written In four
ianss,,ares =. German. Russian, Polish md
fMsnhiahs~and com menced In IL firm, bold
IN nr sna,eIv iauihlp' having eyidently been
nenfpd III dire alruny. The first para
sr,,anh' In (lern, an ran M follows: II Thought
Ill would cnnap, but ID ceases not 40 be
Il, then. Hereby / propose to solve an
fhaIr riaht ssnsas. u ara they the victims III
m.as,tai nharrntionP Thus The question ia
ssn,r r,snI.lv nit. hut I FANCY that n does not
Eu,irh the renl npint at issue. A man makes
Nh i.is mind % but lid end u his lie when he
cannot sa tiiscoyar IN tho whole wide world tho
iosat thina which awakens sympathy In his
isrsant, Tho question. therefore, ia, not
whether the suicide be mad Or sane, but
wlathar or not be- have anything to hope for
Il
int.llest in parfectly clear. (In russian
sfshnfts ii Htiii another uueattur III solve Wn
fsefYnnn,1 Are snioides edwards That lover
ysiln Allowed himself Oh be dragged To death
sifards liz proof ID tke contrary. Per-
hnns he would have cast himself loose
Nam the enria that hound MIN had ID
l,aan iii lila power 10 do %. That
either fellow. who burned himself TO death
in Odessa, was probably ro coward, for he
mlnht have thrown, away the petroleum lamp
Mi th,,a saved hia life. Yst his clothes we're
niressiv IN Ara. and tha straw he waa living
srnt,sa wna pnnlderinr: stlll he may have
wished 10 escape death. had IL been feasible.
cha bankbone and sninnl marrow are exposed
snsIat certainly make In and of life: that cost
Of death muet be attended with atrucious
sulrerinrs: ana the person inflicting suoh
ngony upon himself, having no power u con-
NM NH at anv moment interr,nt tha process
10 tha aiirhtsaf Innvament of His h5dv. +
viii H,lhnit 4, yself to this torture, (In Rus
ssiaul Should not succeed In enduring the |
pain, the question viii be settled ut ieast for
sSoparyia, Hut ii nv CORPSE BID found, exhibit
frsr ssrs,nf that hava rl,tnitlah fieatn IN two
Iassatlf,iee--fy burning candles. as min
istarinR factors, aud b. nv domi-
before excruciatina tormentsthat viii be
r,roof positive that men may die of their own |
fssse choice. Let n,e bprlnla Here the writ |
Insr Became Irregular aud nrorressiyely more |
Nr,si morn ilirrihIe. M arise from nv fiery
ls,,soi1 amid hideons suffarlnre. but still not
Nj terrible NJ had anticIpatsd ana feared. i |
sriae but not To save myself. MOI life Il. ID |
r5d,slnxious to me nd ever. But must send
vUtl mi Czechfsh) nv mother nv father. d last |
lnrewell: my iaat remembrance, my last |
Iss1timaf,t are dedicated to you! | think also
n those who t,re the unwilling cause Of this |
I'M dreadful death. Unwlttinp-for they
knew not that their love was Indispensable to |
Fish without water. like a creature e,f God |
without mn. NV breath fails me- FareweIlI |
You viii follow nue. soon. Considerati lion Of |
yo,1r faaIinus-you. who alone love me-has |
finn Hn end to myself. cannot do other /
wise 10 Is 90 easy to follow the dead But 1t
would ne better were you w Ior8et me.
ahlhK not OF msl Am uylhe-
lhe EXPERIMENT WI saccee er- WORST