St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-02
season is from early in December until
March or February.

season is from early in December until
March or February.
1.-The tables open at II a. m. and close
at II p. m. l was there straight along
from 1879 until 1876, in the winters.
There were many suicides and stories
OF suicides every winter. l forget the
names now, but there were so many
people whom knew one season,
who were living at the Hotel St.
Carlo, in Nice. in complete lux
ury and going over to play. The
cases they had TO be buried by their
friends. Some OF them met with an
accident, others died of natural causes.
One fell over the cliffs. None of them
suicided. But it was strange coinclT.
dence that they were all dead broke
when they died.
''The gambling establishment" con-
cluded Mr.. Dtutsch, "has peculiarly
good opportunities for suppresslng an
unpleasant details. Its proprietors have
pensioned off the Prince Of Monaco with
100000 francs yearly. and they run the
whole principality in their own interest.
They control the neutrality-suspicious.
men-the navy-two small yeSSelS-the
law courts, the hotels. the omnibuses-'
in fact every thing. Their attendants
swarm in the gardens of the Casino,
ready to remove any unpleasant sights
So careful are they and so much OH the
alert that in all the time i was there
only saw one dead body. 1t was about
5 o'clock in the afternoon. We were
just starting back for Nice. The suicide
had been young German officer. The
BODY lay about fifty feet away from the
railway station toward the Casino. Be-
fore any one could get near him the
officials were there, stretcher was
brought, and he was hustled off before
many had time to fully realize what bad
happened.
1T is strange fact that of all the SUI
icides one never hears OF woman VINO
takes her own life. Women are more
hopeful than men, as a rule, and, be-
sides, the women who generally fire.
quent Monte Carlo have such luck that
they recoup their finances
Yes" said Pat Sheedy, whom a
World reporter found in the Sturtevant
house. Il have been to Monte Carlo. 1t
the Garden of Eden of this world.
They play square, too, which is saying
something for it,
Suicides? Yes, there are a lot of
them. | was there two years ago to-
day. stayed there four weeks. There
were TWO cases Oh SulciuG Ill llldI
time. Both men. Women never COM
NIT suicide. Neither do English
men or Americans. ScOtchmen never
play. Most of the suicides are Germans
or Frenchmen, with scattering of
Italians. The excitement is often so
great in the Casino that even if a man
does kill himself few know of it. The
attendants are always OH the watch
StretcherS are concealed around the
building for immediate use. The num-
Der of suicides for the year before were
sixty-two. That is considerably over
Onea week.
Most Of those who kill themselves 90
outside, though the two | saw were both
in the Casino, one in the gambling room
and one in the smoking room. think
that the loneliness and quiet of the
gardens coming after the excitement
Of play and loss drives many men of
ain eXcitable nature to the deed. The
gardens of the gambling establishment
are very beautiful, but they are depreSS-
ing on a damp night. Frenchmen and
Germans. you know, ARE impressionable.
| do not think the published reports are
exaggerations. Were the secret history
of Monte Carlo Written.i it would horrify
the civilized world"