The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-12-04
pErERMlnEp TO Die.
A New Yorker, After SIX Months of Uncou.
genial Welded Life, Determines to Cut it
Short and Succeeds After Number Of
Abortive Attempts.

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A New Yorker, After SIX Months of UncOri.
genial Welded Life, Determines to Cut it
short, and Succeeds After Number Of
Abortive Attempts:
NEW. YORK; November 25.
Alexander Lockard was a mason, and
worked Id Thirty=ninth street. He was
forty-fve years old, and had always been
d bachelor unt1 June last, when he went
off and married young woman named
Charlotte. When Alexander was not
on the Island for drunkenness he and
his wife roomed at 500 West Fortieth
street, where the wife's sister lives.
Eight days ago the couple agreed to sepa5
rate. Charlotte packed up her things and
went to live with her folks and Alexander
resumed his bachelor life.
After while he opened negotiations for
q reconciliation. On Sunday evening
last his wife came back 10 him, bringing
with her brand new pair of buttoli'
Shoes At two O'Clock this morning the
couple woke up and quafreIed. Lockard
vowed that he wanted to be bachelor
again, and she said she had become ac-
quainted with an actor and would rather
live with him. Charlotte Had already be-
gun to bundle up her things, when Alex
ander recalled his injurious words, peace
was concluded, and he started out for a
pint of ale. When he came back his wife
was gone. She had not stopped to pack
up her things, and had even left the new
shoes. @Aws & E ~ !
After a moment of despair LOckaTd
drank the ale and went to bed. He slept
until half past six O'Clock. Shortly after
that hour he met in the hall Mrs. Marga-
ret Burnside, who lived on the floor
above. He told her all his troubles; and
threatened to kill himself. She pooh
pOOhed that idea. His cousin, Jack Gray,
came and persuaded him to brace up and
20 to work. Lockard worked for an
hour, and then told his boss he would
never work again. He went home once
more, and told Mrs. Burnside that he was
bound to hang himself. She argued with
him, and he said he wouldn't if she'd
imnd him ten cents to get some more
mixed ale. She thought that would
be uIlNyise, and refused. He looked so
discouraged that she was worried, and
after a. few moments decided to go and
look after him. He was not in his room.
Mrs. Burnside ran down into the cellar,
and there was LOckard hung to a rafter
with piece of twine. She cut him down
and took him up to her rooms, and sent
for his SiSter-in-laW. Together they
argued with him, begging him not to kill
himself. He finally consented not to. He
went out and pawned his wife's shoes for
twenty-five cents. He drank three glasses
side he had changed his mind again and
was bound to die any way.
Mrs. Burnside heard children scream
ing in the Court Yard about noon,
and, running down stairs, found them
crowding around Lockard's window.
Inside was LOckard, hanging by the
neck and black in the face. Mrs. Burn
side ran in and cut him down once
more, and was once more bcrated for
her pains as soon as LOckard had re-
covered consciousness. Then fearing
that her refusal to lend him ten cents
had driven him to desperation, she said:
''What'll you have, Alcck, mixed ale?
All right, I'll go and get you some"
She had got ohly5to the door when she
heard a peculiar sound, and looking
round, saw Lockard saving at his neck
with a rusty table-knife. She jumped and
took it away, and after little persuasion
he faithfully promised not to attempt to
kill himself any more.
Mrs. Burnside didn't have any more
worry until after two O'Clock, when she
went down stairs and found that LOckard
had changed his mind again. But when
she cut the rope this time it was too late,
for LOckard was dead.