St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-15

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it, and after all, why should infiict need
less shame upon family of weak, unfOr-
tunate people. If the world would look at
it as do-would see in his fight against
fate and his final sacrifice for the welfare
of those he lOved-fOr he knew that if he
lived merely as a helpless invalid he would
only drag them into deeper poverty-a dis
play OF bravery and heroism greater than
that exhibited by the martyrs should
have acted differently; but as it would con-
denim the family as cruel and the man as
cowardly held my peace"
The doctor relighted his cigar and set
tied back i'll his chair for a smoke, but he
was evidently in talking mood, and when
somebody wondered if physicians came
across many such suicides the old man broke
out with the exclamation: Plenty of
them. just think for a moment of the
number OF deaths that occur, and then ask
yourselves if among these millions there
are not many who rush to death as child
to its mother. Think of the ingenuity of
some suicides and add to that an equal
amount of ingenuity on the part of others
so keep the crime secret. | could tell YOU
tt L wished, of a young lady of eminent
family who, having loved neither wisely nor
well, found herself gradually nearing the
VIM NAACil I'LL SiltliuC hOulu UCCOulC dDptI-
ent to her mother and sister. Exceedingly
sensitive, she hesitated to ask for advice or
to confess her fault, and seeing but one
way out of it, she deliberately
PLANNED FOR HER DEATH.
''ToxicOlOgy is not lost science, and
works upon it are easy to obtain. The
discovery OF book OH DOiSOns among other
books in herroOm startled no one but my
Cnlf who Unfioal -ho,, -, ~,
family when she was lying at deaths door,
quickly made an examination. l found
no indication of poison, and could do moth
ing. She was in q semi-conscious, lethar-
gic condition, but with several powerful
stimulantS revived enough to speak You
have been killing yourself, said to her in
whisper. Don't tell, the answered. The
case was hopeless, and she grew worse and
died slowly, just as water freezes. l SuS-
peeted the motive of the suicide, and quiz
city aScertained 1t. 1t was as l thought,
and looking at the poor, dear girl l felt that
should be inhUman to make that exposure
which she had given her fresh, young life
to prevent, and | did nothing but tell her
parents that her death was a natural one."
What poison did she take?"
Il couldn't tell. 1t was so subtle and
delicate in its operation as to BEETLE my scru-
tiny. and L should never have been able to
explain her death had not seen the book
on pOisOns and made the subsequent dis
cOvery.
Here is case, though" said the doctor,
traightening up and dropping his cigar,
(which was impaired to ME by friend. who
suffered by it. The principal was the
uncle of my friend. He was a wealthy
man, and his death was deemed a loss to
the community. The funeral was an i'm
posing one, and in all the throng that fol-
lowed the remains to the grave but three
people knew that the death was a violent
one and self-inflicted. They were the
physician and the attorneys of the deceased.
One of the latter was his nephew, my
friend. The cause of the suicide was and
is unknown, just as the suicide itself is a
secret. Suffice it to say that the deceased
WAS FOUND DEAD IN BED,
and that the physicians and attorneys re-
ceived each letter revealing the fact that
the death was an unnatural one. and en-
joining upon them the utmost secrecy with
regard to it. The letters were full of in
structiOns concerning the disposition of the
remains and of the estate, but no light was
thrown upon the dead mans action. A
line to the effect that each had been re-
membered handsomely by him accOmpan-
led the request that his family and the
world be kept in ignorance of the cause of
his death. His instructions were obeyed,
but his nephew, unable to restrain a curios-
ity that impelied him to discover the cause
OF his death, made all sorts of quiet inyes-
LEGATIONS. Nothing ever came of his work.
and the only clue he ever obtained was the
discovery that large sum of money in
cash had been paid by the deceased to some
unknown person q few days before his
death.
''One more before you go. now, and this
ono the most daring. A diSSipated young
scion of one of our best families died not
long ago, and ifyOu ask any of his friends
what his death was caused by they will
tell you he drank himself into the grave.
That was something of disgrace in itself,
but it was as nothing to the real cause of
his death. l was aroused from nv sleep
one night to read note brought by mes
Senger boy. 1t was in womanS hand
writing, and contained the intelligence that
the young man i'll question had shot him
self in the left breast at the room of the
person sending the letter. Knowing that |
was the family physician in the home of the |
young fellow, she wrote me to assist her |
in gently conveying his body to his home.
in order that his parents might be
SAVED A SCANDAL.
All this was written hastily but clearly, |
and indicated to ME that the writer was a |
woman, first in her power of |
and second in her delicate appre- |
citation OF others feelings. l called my |
cOachman, and inStructing him to say moth |
ing of the affairs of the night, ordered him |
to drive to the house the number of which /
was given in the note. Here l found the |
writer, pale, thOughtful-lOoking girl with |
flashing eyes and nervous frame. Seeing |
that there was but little time before dawn /
TO act fastened to the residence of the |
young mans family and acquainted the |
heart-broken father with the details. He |
returned with me and we took charge of the |
body. But little was said to the woman. |
who, utterly Frustrated now that her work |
of covering upthe suicide had been done. |
chung to the body and covered it with ca /
FeSSes. We closed the door on her and her |
sorrow. and when the daylight streamed |
through the windows of the boys old room |
at home it fell on his swollen, discolOred |
features as he lay dead in his bed-the |
wound through which his hearts blood had |
flown having been closed and bandaged.
and all veStiges of the crime removed. |
Those who knew the deceased never sus-
pected but that he had died at home quietly
and decently, and only his family and few
others, among whom were the remarkable
young woman and myself, were aware of
the sensational nature of it."
''And what became of the girl?'
''The relatives made no attempt to find
her, and /. thinking she would call upon
me- neglected to look after her until too
late, when / found she had gone to her