New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-06
A RdILRO1D EPISODE.
THE TALE OF A SUICIDE.

MEXICAN Crt'al Riir a train wa hustlnc al M
toward Chicago At the rate OF forty miles an hour'
,rbco hro,sy f1ccd, red man suddenly JhmPeu
- Ms feet in the rcclningchair car and glanced has'V
and dnnontly around though daring any one 10
,roin him. Ringing on his ovcrcoat. and com
pressing his lips with th' ar VI q ",''' -. a,,,
i, made up he rushed TO tho door ierked II open anu
t,d o,,t "a ne turned around and faced the other
passengers:
Farewell. vain world :. ,,
some Of the passengers glanced over the tops of their
ncwspnpers toward him. Others looked ~ HI" WIN
,orrnId interest while the man nearest the door '"re"
M his arms and yawned frigh'nily' ,.
The man stepped ont to the car PLATFORM '''"' IL"
mend back into the car. and again yeied out
Farewell vain world, 20 hence
>.hd,. .,con,,d 20 care whether he went hence or 10
, mar Mace and look OF bitter disappointment
came inf, the brassy face Of the woald-oe s"rnc'
H.. again thrust his head into the car ana willy
shriched out
"Good.by forcvcr!' $500.
d. M long. my friend: let us know Whch No" t''
there replied the who had yawned' as he qu'''"
closed the car door and sai down.
rhe desperate man OIL the platform hattcneu M
nose against the car WINDOW """ e'"" -
az ,hc tranquil passengers ,o,
0,o,.,,g thc,n a final adcu he fung of MS cont
thrcw ND his arms and-sat down on inc p'a''o''.''
Then he crawI,d up 20 the heyhoic I'll Tue WV
c,zc through IL on the horror and r'uorNe str''N
= ,h. mon and women who had deliberately pc'"''''
a human being 10 go 10 dcs'ruc'oh' ..,,,,r
pu, tberr wasn't single horiot'Stri'"'h P''
. ,,, unon Several Of them were glgH""s '
,,odro,clv and the cold bloodcd. yawning pa''cneV
. Indicating bv signs to the others that tl' i'
,ou cain world man had not gone hence but WIS sym
in Ncw- York state - ,.i,. 3,
r,n,uv he came sncahing back into the car Will y
combined look Of sadness and madncS, on NJ Il,
.o,r t,ee which crew gloomicr when noDodN r"
,,o,I IN ask the cause of his desperation. ''oo''
ed the hat for his relief nobody begged MN ~
.onsd. in them; no parse made up ho'''"s
,',ruoJ out a, hc had thought il would. ~, .r,
Singing himself into the seat nc h9d vaca,p' w. w.,
man hiss,d ont thu wretch III lrUnl OF MN
,n, a. and FRO with rude and i'll oOnccalcd aunVoa
= anQh now, d ye! on lulRh, why u"n hfrd
T, 90 bsd n single drop Of the MIX OF human MIN
=. in vopr breast sc wouldn't any thing tinns w
thc suicide OF n fclIowbeins You'd BID nj" p'"''
' Tickets Tickets" cried the conductor appe ,n
,- udSeolv and a minute later he was saying 10 the
MIN Who had saved himself from the death VI
Lookee here nv friend. this is the third tline
within month that have caught yOu trying 10 ueau
Nd it ov,r thi~ road The last time YOU wa' tNte
e"r ro th boat ticket and pocket book and dying
,if, racket on the passengers and know from Ioul
dlsanp tinted look that you've been up 70 somethine
,nT ir,at olu't manned ont well. 80 OF sc go! =,
" lcrk Of the bell, sudden stopping OF the 'il'iu
, a uuick nppearancc of a brawnN brakeman ehsn,,
crtno near the door and the gloomy passenger mao
irGccd gone living from the platform, and the trhii
had CON, on leaving him alone In this cold ana vail