Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-17
TRAGEDIES AT MONTE CARLO.
A Swiss Guides Description Of the Elk.
element and the Suicides Among
1AmhloPa.

c1temene ana the Suicides Among
Gamblers.
From the New York Sum-
any impressions of Monte Carlo?" said Prof
Joseph Bauer yesterday. 81 have but one-it is
| dream. On entering, one is delighted, sur
prised. amazed, astounded, and stunned serfa.
tsnl. Flowers and music, coin and notes, de.
spair and success, beauty, fashion, wealth-all
combine to impress the beholder, and 1t Is some
time before he can begin to study systematic
ally his surroundings. 1t Is only when he
emerges again into the cool air that one can
appreciate his own identity.
"DO not credit the recent denials of suicides
:sThey are inspired. have visited the gam:
bling hall there fifteen times professionally, in
addition to a number Of trips made for my own
200 miles from Monte Carlo, and am familiar
with its CHASTITY history during the past twelve
humber Of suicides caused directly by the
Monte Carlo gaming tables averages at least
one for every day in the year. The real total
Prot Bauer Is one of the youngest, handsomest
and most popular guides in central Europe. He
has Just returned from Brazil to take charge Of
party OF 20 American tourists, OF whom IL
have already taken passage with him. The
party will probably sail from this city on the
turning by way of Liverpool three months
French, Spanish and italian, and every hotel
sworn friend. AS SO much has been written
and SO little accurately told concerning Monte
Carlo, he was requested to describe the worlds
most famous gambling hall.
II can close my eyes and mentally see every
thing in and about Monte Carlo he continued.
in words at short notice."
Prot. Bauer talked Interestingly OF what he
had seen OF the tragedies at the gaming tables.
he said: II have spent many months there al
together, and 1t was rare day when no ruined
and despairing man killed himself. On some
days We had as high as three or four such cas-
ualties. If a stranger kills himself, his body is
dragged away, the blood ceansed from the
noor, and the game goes on. have heard play
ers mutter curses at u corpse for having inter-
rupted their SERIES or confused their .sys-
tenn 1t the victim be a stranger nobody
knows what becomes OF the body, except some
OF the special police, whose duty it is to conduct
such funerals In their own mysterious way. If
the ruined player goes out into the grounds be-
iore snootlng or sta6bing himself or browns
himself in one of the beautiful fountains, even
the players who sat beside him moment be-
fore never learn of his death. These things are
known to the habitues of the tables, but they
never speak of them outside. The newspapers
OF Monaco and Nice are heavily subsidized and
those OF Paris, Lyons and Marseilles pay no at
on this forbidden subject are quickly thrown
into the great International waste basket. With
q. large ana Weil-trained police force constantly
at hand, with an Indifferent set OF patrons. and
wlllfully blind press, these little episodes are
much more easily screened than you would
imagine. II the suicide be powerful noble or
a celebrity in any way the affair is mentioned
briefly in the French and English newspapers
and the announcement cabled to this country.
everybody knows why the man made away
with himself. and the only question is, Who
will be next?'
1T is almost impossible to prevent these
seli-murders, as the act Is usually committed
under sudden powerful impulse. Every
bodys mind and eyes are, OF course, intent on
the game, and so many haggard men get up
from the tables that the sight is too common to
engage the attention of the ever present detec-
tves. 1t is but just, however, to say that the
managers do every thing in their power TO pre-
vent suicides, except closing their doors. Me-
chanlcS and artisans are not permitted to live
either in Monaco or Monte Carlo.
"1f an unfortunate player gets up from a
table and acts wildiy-'crazy.' they cali it, for
all suicides are by courtesy esteemed crazy at
Monte Carlo-he is hustled Off by couple of
stalwart policemen and put on a train for Nice
A guard is constantly with him. his board bill
at Nice is paid by the company, and if he
finally talks reasonably, he is given enough
money to take him home in frst-class STYLE
The management also endeavor to discourage
dying on the premises by aiding destitute
gamblers. II one has lost heavily and frankly
states his condition of temporary poverty, his
case will be promptly Investigated. Should it
be found as narrated, he will be given two or
three hundred dollars to take him home, or an
order for two weeks board at one OF the COM
panys first class hotels"