Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-09
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PLACE or SUICIDES.
Most New Yorker. know very little oi
Lookout hill IN Prospect Park Drrok
lyn. .,r-p that they occasionally se-
some Inentiun - n 10 the nswsTapcr-
One Brooklyniir vim was ask~l for In.
formation ai.ini n the other LAY de
.crils,l u ~ a place WHERE "fools from
New York 90 to commit snicide some
timss
This description oi Lookout hill l.
harlly fair one II il true. however
that foI s1inr ryason men who want 10
comnht suicide do somehow manage
very frr,In.nily o. dnii oui to this part
u Brokl,u- Ag Iafk carry ont their
inisuiiuu. Int they don't all ~ them
20 frnm New York Their haze been
two snici,lc, there by Bruoklynitrs The
two that prrcedei ihe-.. however were
men from New York. and oi the many
prior to tb--- brooklyn may bs charged
with the most ~ them
On. stormy. snowy lay a well dressed
young man hiry,l cab m this city aud
was driven rspidly over the bridge 90
Brooklyn and out In Pru~pect park
When the cab rrach-d the city line the
young man gut oui AMI sent " back 10
New York Then he went into a saloon
near by llc left the saloon. entered the
park. walked through the driving snow
to the summit of Lookout bill and there
shot himself
A I.ilicrman hearl the shot. aud found
the lssly ~ the suicide still warm. but
he wa dead lie hah evidently intended
that there .huuli hc nothing cheap %
vulgar about the AFFAIR. fOr even the ~
yulyet ns,i boy him was of the most ei
F.nsiye pattern ani make AMI had been
tonght new for the pnrpOse lie was
idrutihei a. Columbia college student
belonging 10 a New York family % eI
rellrni standing
REMARKABLE bENriFlC,rioS
The sui,idc ls.fore this was also that
~ New iurk man. and N attracted
-om. little aitsntiuu ~ the time 10y rea
.ou Of the fat that there was mix up
al1ui the Identification ui the body
This hal lam on the hill ~ long before
Il was found that It could h. identified
only by the clothes on u anil hy the for
nation ~ the holy II was formally
Identified at the Brooklyn morgue the
morning u wa. found ~. the body ~
New York printer. who hal through
,lespnndency taken his life
This Identification was made by two
memb-rs of Typographical Union No. o
who hal known the man Later that
,lay the DOiy was again identified ~
that of n l,arler doing busin-s- on Thirl
avenue IN this city. AIId this ideniifca
ton Wa finally found Ia H. correct
The most curious thing about this case
was the physical likrpess 81 Tie printer
and the barber The barber was de
foune,l that IL. he had club foot. The
same was true % the printer. AMI u was
the left foot that was defo'me'i. ~ wa.
the cas. with the barber They were
physically alike otherwise Then the
printers friends identified the clothing
the shoe. aud the hat and even knife
that was In the I,ocket Uf the suicide
but the printer wasn't dead The
writer knows that. for be reported the
hrst Identification for an afternoon IA
per. the secunI was made too late for
notice that day. and In about week
afterwari the printer brought suit
agains, tina, paper for 10000 damages
for saying that he committed suicide.
lie didn't get the 10000. but he did
prove 10 the satisfaction Of all that be
was very much alive
A HISTORIC PLACE
hut there have bcen any number Of
suicides ON Lookout hill Brooklynites
are inclined to object TO the U.S. that Is
made Of thi. picturesque spot, and as for
the Prospect park police. they more than
object They constantly patrol the
nsighborhooi of the hill. and any lounger
aluut there 4. SURF 10 have very care
ful eye kept upon him by the blnecoated
guardian. Of the park
i.ookoui hill IL one ~ Prospect parks
picturesque and historical spots IL IL q
high hill looking out over the big lake
an,i th. boulevard, and IL heavily wood
ell Asa point from which TO view the
surrounding country II is unsurpassed
Prom It's brow You can see Tor miles In
all directions Coney island. Manhattan
beach. and even Far Rockawsy. are vis-
lille 10 the nake,l eye. flatbush and
other towns nesting down among the
trees. and the farms stretching out over
the level country. present hne scene at
this ssason.
General Washington used this very
hill to make observations from when he
was holding brooklyn and watching Tor
the expected landing of Sir Henry Gin.
ton on Long island II was from here
that the American generals watched
Clinton's movements when preparing Tor
the DISASTROUS battle of Long Island that
resulted In the retreat OF Washington to
the heights above the Harlem and gave
New York city into the hands OF S'r
Henry Clinton. 49,.
The tide Of battle swept ail around the
hill and In the green Geld below Il good
blood stained the sward
But times have changed Battles are
still fought In the field below Lookout
hill-the sham battles Of the Brooklyn
militia And the hill itself u no longer
visited by great generals Thoss who
want 10 commit suicide ~ there instead
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