New-York tribune., 1884-11-15
SAviNG 4 UoULD-BE SUICIDE.
UTxEy FLICK sHoJIs HIMSELF II THE HEAp-A
sKILFUL OPERATION.
g,IlnmoJ almost iumpti-

uUxEy FLICK sHoJIs HIMSELF IL THE HEAp-A
sKILFUL OPERATION.
4 loud pistol SHOT, followed almost lmlnedl-
atiy ny succession wild screams was heard by ON
Ger o,>c of the Twenty first Precinct while on du'y
in Fir-ave on Thursday evening about 10 o'clock COM
m f,,,u, tb. new apartnent house No. G25 Firstave
Tn, officer ran hastily up the stairway to the hrst hoor
aud found Henry Flick lying upon the hoor' with re'o
yer IN his hand and large wound In his headfron Whch
the blood poured profu-ey. By the side 0f the Wouue
man stood his wife and three children eleven nhe sh
four years old. They overcome by terror ana
rnned iteou-ly Flick conscious and said to the
officer:
That pistols no good"
rlck leu mi. home Oh last Tuesday evening. and did
not re- urn until Thursday night about o'clock lie was
employcd last summer at the Hotel brighton ~ chel
pn.ry cook aud the close of the season NJ 'oS
island has been drinking heavily and has frequently
STAYED away from his nome for days at time For hp"
,nont ra. be has been employed a. chief cook at the
Ast,r House during the day but hls nights have been
su.nt I'm dissipation. During his drunken ifrnhr7 ~
ba. freouetl, abused hs wife and children when he
went home last he apparently In better rlrl'H ''n
ho had been long time He played ON th" pan" anu
sang for while aud then called fot some wiring paper
Af.r wtnp "A lett . ho ordered his children out of the
pafr saving that They annoyed him. aud after they hhh
gone closed folding door. which separated th" rarlor
from the sleeping rooms In the hat After partially u'
ruhnz. hc stood In font ~ large pier saH and sh"
hifusoif lie walked about nft''h i''t i'ii w Wv
nnur An ambulance sent for nud lac was iah'h ""
bellevue Hospital a hc was hoing taken away Ia"
called his children to hln and kissed them goodbye ho
lott letter addressed To- his wife, Ia which he says ihA'
ahr was tho ra.c uf his Suicide aud directs that MS
ch,ifrn be- placed IN au d. ylum Dr rmkcrton ut tho
hospital. nado haSB examination ana
t,nnd the usht side OF fuoks head
terribly nccrn,cd tho temporal artery severed,
tho skull fractured and the man completely exhausted
ron shock Ia, pistol hal boon held close to the scalp
IN santing dire, ,on un the right nlr and thr ball TOOK
an upward cour,c ,!t nto two parts one of whch
lodged between thc outer and inner table of The sknl1
| and the other lmbcidcd IN The inner table lhn
. was found 10 be- of extraordinary thickness, whlch
with he position ln Nhi'h lhc ll-lo' Wa hvu' rh
Tor the ball penetrating the brain substance stsrch
wa- made among the pieces oi bruised and bsrcdht n-
for Tie end o The temporal artery, ANA after IL was
found II successfully tied. The patient wa' IN sch
treatment 10 him. An inci-on mado IN the
scalp directly aAd III linz with the wound aud a
was d,srctcd up and the pcii r4niln. white hDfVus
substance. was strapped on ihe ~ III trePhr w IN
ordinary cofk-ccw having cy Under al one end win
-erfated edge va. 'nen lAced on ths '"uii a,eIy
he dome aud by slow NOV -
-, -, tne surgeon. hand 10 and from his body was
the boring process going the tr-phne was re-
n',r@ nd probe lu-cried III tho opening 80 that the
depth of the bore could be asceranrd. great care
must taA not 10 laceite the brain substance WIN
through TIE skull round piece Of bone called button.
about an inch n diameter. removed by the ala OF
pair OF bone forccpr. aud the brain exposed Inc
iDrcep. were thcn applied to the edge OF the optilns
thus made and pieces OF the skul taken out uhu "a.
opening wa enlarged mere than the size OF silver
, dollar There spniers of bone found IN ili'
brain though the inner table ~ the skull was baby
ninutct The pieces Of the ball were found ana taAr
oui cdded IN pieces of the skull The psti.nt wac -
sucn depressed state that no anTsthetic Was given
aud he remained conscious during the OPERATION a,
take, with the surgeon about the nature OF the Wo"i %
but aid not complain Of an pain or sensation III '
head. , .r.
The operation terminal successfully though ,e'erA