The morning call., 1891-12-05
DETERMINED TO DIE.
A Rochester Mans Dozen Attempts
Commit Suicide.

A Rochester Mans Dozen Attempts to
Commit Suicide.
A Rochester fireman on the New York
Central named DOnohough, who was re-
Gently discharged for getting drunk. es-
sayed to drown his SORROWS in more drink,
was attacked with jimjams and made SO
many Intellectual attempts to commit sui
eide that he would be frst-class dime
museum attraction.
Donohough first attracted attention on
the streets of Rochester, after making up
his mind to die. by kreeling down at the
side of a stone horse block and then batter
ing his head against it with all the force he
could command. Three times the remorse-
full railroad man pounded his head
against the solid stone, and each time the
blood gushtd from his head. The three
blows not having the desired effect, Duno-
hough arose and, covered with blood made
a dive for fire-plug which was in the
vicinity. He struck the iron like a batter
ing ram, head first. The sound of the col
lisiOn was heard nearly half a block, and
the crazy man rebounded several feet from
the shock.
After butting the fre-plug until it seemed
to the frightened spectators that his skull
must be reduced to a pulp the rum-erazed
fellow ceased his efforts for moment. He
then saw man driving down the street,
with team that was going at good, stiff
gait. With yell DOnohough ran into the
street and jumped directly in front of the
team, and stood ready 10 be run down. The
driver, by quick movement succeeded in
turning the horses aside sufficiently to clear
the man, and the wheels of the wagon
srazed him as they sped by This eucoun-
ter with the man and the team seemed TO
give DonohOugh new idea, and away he
tore for the nearest street-car line. He
waited until car had come within a few
yards Of HIM. and then dashed forward and
threw himself across the rails. The driver
hastily put on the brakes and turned the
horses out of the track and stopped within
three feet of the PROSTATE mans body.
Fooled In his attempts 10 get himself run
over, Donohough resumed his original
tactics; Qackly jumping to his feet he
rushed from the street TO the sidewalk, and,
leaping IN the air, turned aud came down
with crash on his head on the tagging.
he repeated this twice, and although he
was now red with blood from his head to
his feet, there was no evidence OF any
weakening about him. After his third
lunge against the stone sidewalk he saw
another car coming, and once more ran and
threw himself in front of the horses. The
driver of this car succeeded in stopping it.
and like flash Donohough got to his feet
and, with lowered head, rushed toward the
car horses. He struck the heavy, IRON
bound names with his head. That shock
knocked him down, but he took advantage
of the fall to crawl between the front legs
VI one Oh TIE nOTSeS ana place nlmSelf as
near under its hind feet rs he could, and
then tried to make the horse kick his brains
out. He was dragged out before the horse
could accommodate him.
About the time he was pulled from
under the horses feet a policeman had been
called TO the scene. BY the time he got to
the spot. though, Donohou gh was running
down the street half a block away Before
the officer had gone far in pursuit Dono-
hough had stopped and was overhanlng the
contents OF garbage barrel that stood on
the sidewalk. The policeman got within a
few yards Of him and saw him break a
tumbler he had found in the barrel and in
stantly cash himself across the throat with
it. The blood spurted from the wound lie
made. The officer says that the crazy man
then swallowed a piece of the glass aud
dashed forward again. Other policemen
now Joined in the chase, but before they
succeeded in overhauling him he had ham,
mered his head terribly with big stone he
had picked up, and twice stuffed his mouth
full of mud from the street and swallowed
1t. 1t required the strength of four police
men to overpower him when at last he was
caught, and he had to be bound with ropes
before he could be put in the patrol wagon.