The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-11
SUICIDE NOT ALWAYS EASY
The Curious Case OF NJ. Auguste Tailor OF
Paris,

Anu S"so Us w. HuGustS Ahuotr Oi
Paris.
In the last days Of August man named
Auguste Tailor. living In the Rue st. jacques
Paris. lost his wife. to whom he was de-
votedly attached. Although he was only IS
years old. great despair and disgust with life
laid hold OF him. He decided that he had had
enough Of living and that 1t was high time for
him to put an end to II.
But 1t seems that this thing Of dying is not
30 easy as one might think. For In the course
OF his endeavors to put himself out OF the
world Mr.. Tailor established record for f,-
tile attempts at suicide which will not soon be
broken. After casting about for the best
method both as to certainty and painlessness,
Mr. Tailor decided upon strangulation. He
got him stout rope. HE'D him to his apart
mont and proceeded to hang himself For q
moment or 80 everything went we'll. and the
things OF this world faded from his view. But
Just a moment too soon the rope broke. Mr..
Tailor fell to tho floor with bang. and was
resuscitated BY his neighbor Of the next apart
mont MIR. Tailor was profuse in apologies
and regrets. and his neiRhbor left him. feeling
sure that the suicide would try no more.
But the next day Mr. Tailor was at it again.
He had lost confidence in strangulation. He
determined to fall back on that old and we'll
established Paris ian method asphyxiatiOn.
he bought some charcoal. shut every door and
ahnrning, and lay down Upon the bed where where
his wife had died. he. had sunk into slumber
which mic might have s had no wakening when tue
and once moro brought NJ. Tailor to TIL this se evil
Mr.. Tailor thanked his neighbor even more
!pSat =, than before; 1t is not known by
he was sneerep Bt r ths negS3}p fa
twenty-four hours the neighbor left him in a
cheerful and hopeful frame Of mind. But this
waited twenty-four hours before sticking a
Knife into himself twice; He lost conscious
h ness eng q fell from the lounge where he was
SANITY 1 r@as sG o. Mr. hos TaS1 was
tive wounds in the region Of the ReaFt An
ambulance was called and Mr.. Tailor Was
soon in the hospital.
something like week troublesome Mr.. Tailor
was d back IN his old apartment tribe pale and
tush had mot resolved sa to dle @uch alive as
Two days afterwnrd his neighbor was
%seh in in Snfansd to hear groaGs as
Mt Mt: Tailor explained that he had Just Just
quietly Tho neighbor had in doctor at {, on ee
and once more MI. Tailor came around. He
disguised with the refusal Of death to have
him him ct any cost that everybody felt that It was
1t took him few days to get strength to
leave his bed. and then he spent few days in
gaining strength to walk: On Sept. - he went
bichloride Of mercury. He locked himself in
his, apartment and. stretching himself out,
took this last and final road to death.
They found him the next morning dead with
On expression OF great content upon his face.
He had batlied his neighbor and had forced
q. person rescued from first attempt at sui
eide is not well content to await the action Of
education. and Intelligence seems to have
been perfectly sane. He evidently had tho
genuine fixed determination to deny the will