Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-03-14
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"Curosities Of suicidei Bless you
my. dear boy, they're innumerablo,
said the coroner.
Chicago produces an average Of
about ten suicides per week, or so, II
round numbers, per year.
at sounds almost incredible, "said
deputy coroner, "but the slightest
troubles often suffice to bring persons
TO the point Of self destruction. Some
doctors claim that onl demented per
sons take their own lives, but this is
denied. A storekeeper on Blue
Island avenue killed himself and
left o long letter TO his wife In
il he explained, in very ration
al cod logical manner, why it was
best for him TO leave this world
'Siclsly and suffering, unable to carr
enough to support my family, m,
death will be a relief aud blessing
TO all love. That's a. far as you arc
concerned. AS for me, the burden |
carry is heavy. Life has been nothing
but torment for me since long ago. 1t
is easy for me to part with it One
moments suffering and | shall have
ceased TO feel pain, worry and fear Of
the future. My death will leave you,
dear wife, quite n large sum, enough
10 start anew and under better auspi-
ces Farewell, and think kindly o.
me- That's about the way it ran
Wasn't that u sound argument Must
that man, when he wrote it, five min
utes before death, not have been pos
sessed Of his full faculties OF reason.
ingl
In the case Of poor seamstress on
Milwaukee avenue, near Noble street.
who asphyxiated herself with char
coal and who left a half dozen notes
explaining the exact state Of her feel
ings, saying, Now I'll soon DO hap
pyf doesn't that case show she had her
senses and her will power about her
till the lasti"
80 much for reasonable suicides"
said the reporter. And now for the
unreasonable ones"
well. they're the majority, think.
Old LOWS Koenig, up on Vest Chi
sago avenue, was perhaps :he boss
crank l know of. He had been suf-
fering from rheumatism for quite
while, but not severely. He was out
Of employment, il is true, but lie had
considerable property and quite a bit
of ready cash. His relations with his
aged wife were pleasant Ono day his
wife had TO go TO the store on the next
corner. She fell to chatting with the
owner, as women will, forgetting that
she had promised her husband TO be
back within five minutes. She thus
spent half hour at the store, and
then, remembering her husband, has
tily went home. As she tried TO open
the kitchen door, something heavy
struck against the sash inside. She
forced her way in, though, and there
wae her husband - dead hanging
from a stout nail he had driven into
the door. On the floor was q bit Of
paper q chunk of coal on il as q
weight in which he had said: I see
you want TO DO rid OF me. Ten min.
utes past the time. Good-by.' Thai
was oil. He had become so disguised
at ten minutes delay as TO drive him
TO death. Queer, wasn't in"
"Yes, rather. Remember any cases
Of great persistence on the part Of
people who wanted TO diel"
Yes, many. In fact, persistence 10
A characteristic feature OF many sui |
cides. The most recentand prominent
case OF this kind was that OF wealthy
retired manufacturer on West Harri- |
son street. The man had no earthly
reason whatever for committing sui |
eide The fact that he had paid too
high price for some real estate, and
that he had to sell it at loss, made
him brood on this fact during his
hours Of leisure every day. His actual
loss had been less than 500 and his |
fortune was considerably |
over 500, 900, all in real estate, and
papers netting good interest while his
expenses were greatly below his in.
come, and his personal tastes were
very simple. Still, there he sat and
sat day after day, and far into the
night, worrying himself 10 q shadow
over the loss OF that 500. Finally lie
got to believe that real estate was GO
ing down in this city, and that his ul-
Innate would be penury and starva-
lion, and then he shot himself. Els
aim was sure enough. The bullet |
crashed into his brain His wife
iound him lying ON his bed ON her TO
turn home. But the wound was such |
\ one that she did not guess its origin,
md the unconscious man woke TO life |
lgain-with the bullet in his head
stuffed the ear where the bullet had
entered with cotton, and told his wife
! plausible story about an accident
She, poor soul, believed it, and nursed
him faithfully and tenderly. But
While she was out Of the room-several
lays after-the man rose from bed,
rot out his gun, and put o few more
eaden globules into himself, this time
inishing the iob.-Chicago Herald.