The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-02-22


away on the schoolship St. Mary's for q
while, and came TO visit his parents. He
went out with a companion In the after
noon and was apparently in the best OF
health and spirits. About i've o'clock he
returned home, went upstairs 70 bis room.
locked all the doors and windows, put on
girls dress over his sailors suit and
hung himself to book. The motive was
never discovered. There was no reason
to think him insane.
Another case, which always believed
to be double suicide, was that of the
couple found dead in the Eagle Hotel
some four years ago. 1t was on a Satur-
engaged room on the top floor They
registered as Mr.. Stone and wife. At
eleven o'clock the following morning the
couple had not come down stairs, aud the
clerk of the hotel went 10 arouse them.
AS be reached the hallway OF the top
floor he detected q strong odor of gas, and
so he burst the door IN. There
was ghastly sight. On the bed
the couple lay With their white
faces npturned, and the sun shining ia the
room lent an additional horror to the
the scene. / hustled around there with
the ambulance, and brought the bodies TO
the Morgue where they were placed side
ny SLUG I'll biEC HidfOk6 clfA1f 6Ht were
viewed by thousands. Neither OF the
bodies was identified as Herman Stone Of
NO. 1853 Fifteenth street, Jersey City. The
woman also belonged III Jersey City IL
is thought that the couple deliberately
blew out the gas with the Intention OF
dying together They were not intoxi-
Gated when they retired, and were quite
familiar with the use of gas.
ssThen there was the suicide of the
Wendlandt family last July. That was,
perhaps, the strangesb in my experience
but the facts are too fresh in the minds
Of the public to call for rehearsal row."
MOSTLY GERMANS.
What is the nationality of the major
ity OF the suicides that you have met
with, Mr.. Crane9' asked.
"Oh, Germans, BY all means. IL is a
very rare case, indeed, when an Irishnfen
takes his own life 1t Is very strange
what little thing will cause the average
German to take mis- life. You may see
them at q ball or social gathering drink
ing their beer and apparently as happy as
the days are long. A day or two later
they will think nothing of doing away
themselves. / am beginning to
believe that there is vein
OF suicidal insanity in the
German race. Why. it is only recent =
that / read an article in newspaper
which showed an alarming number of
course one reason for the great prepond-
erance OF Germans VINO commit suicide in
this city may be the great number OF
Germans who live here; but the compare
son is SO great that the reason Is not sufIi-
Gent A suicide of an Irisnman is a very
rare occurrence. You will generally find
that sooner than take his own life an
Irishman will take the life Of somebody
else. Some people, especially Germans
say that man to take his own life must
be a very brave man. They advance the
argument that it requires a great deal of
nerve and bravery 70 put pistol to ones
head and hang away, to cut ones throat
from these people. l think a man
who commits suicide because some httle
thing goes wrong with him is an arrant
coward, as he is afraid to face the world,
while death can be had sure and easy
MORE MEN THAN WOMEN.
(which OF the sexes furnishes the ma
jority of suicides2"
Men. Three men at least commit sni-
eide to one woman. 1t is very seldom
that woman really intends te die. She
will make an attempt. TO arouse public
sympathy, ana you will fluid that the
most of the attempted suicides are
women. / have noticed this in
will have a quarrel with their
lovers aud threaten to end their lives In
nine cases out or ten they .dn not mean
what they say, but make EIaf at 1t just
the same. They will either jump of a
ferryboat when they have some one con-
venlent TO save them or they will take an
overdose of poison. They show great
deal Of Judgment in just about half do
ing the act"
What appears to be the most popular
method Of ommitting suicide2"
Drowning. The saying that drown
ing is an easy death has made this way
very popular, and more people seek death
In the river than any other way. Hang
ing too finds much favor, and it is about
next on the list. A death by hanging.
however, is in my OPT Mon the hardest of
them all, especially when the job is not
properly done A slow death By straugu-
lation must be terrible. Poisoning
comes next in popular favor. Women as
rule take poison. Blowing out the gas
and sufocating to death is not as popular
as it used to be years ago. Then there is
the deadly shotgun and the revolver. A
suicide with shotgun makes nasty job
70 = the undertaken, especially when the
muzzle of the gun is.replaced behind the
ear or In the mouth. and the trigger Is
pulled with the toes. Generally the whole
roof of the head is carried or and the
brains and blood are smeared all over.
Cutting ones throat is.a most horrible
proceeding, but is generally successful. i
think that d man who will deliberately
draw q keen edged razor across his throat
commits suicide in the neryiest way"
sWhat poisons are used the mostsp
"Paris green and Rough on Rats
Women would seem to have a peculiar
liking for paris green Laudanum is
also very popular and must be the surest,
as generally find that il is pseferred by
medical men. who ought to know how to
accomplish the desired result But per-
haps they take it as the easiest death.
You just fall asleep-rhat's all. -
THEY SWELL THE RECORD.
Zone peculiar fact | have noted con-
cluded Mr.. Crane, lis the number of
strangers who come to Hoboken to COM
NIT suicide. There have been at least
twenty cases TO my knowledge in the past
ten years. where the suicider came here
from other cities l do not know
what makes Hoboken such a mecca
Tor persons inclined to do away with
themselves. but 1t is TACT, nevertheless,
that it seems TO possess some charms for
them"
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