Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-02-25
SUICIDES LAST MOMENTS
s"r'"d hy Ah-inth" 10 the Point of Ia.
J"'ting th" Iatsi BruE.

SUICIDES LAST MOMENTS
S"r'"d hy Ah-lnthr 10 the Point nf Ia.
J"'ting th" Iatsi DruE.
A. I" 'N' question ui .ir.Ia' 'ruI.
cn"i"- ~ an-Iuthy drinking th.r. !. n
r'rlkiE- instance IN on, VI Ia,ar
Saltu- uuy,,- Mr. n>u.'- M-nd.
venture. At least the m"..ng> and
s"ltl"IuN during which suicide wa,
/ determined upon were rnrcumpanirIh hy
IA ire" indulgence 10 ~, darg,rou.
beverage. LruuuN Leigh .- tine ,uuug
man who takes his own lr a. Lo
only sc"miy end to - cha's, ~ r.,l,-
ing nj cards, ~ which hc b, innocent.
bat which ho can not r,nI,r.
tn" rharFc il mad" rs his virdlr.
tv" "nomy, MIR HAcuul n, vivid
portrayal II che condition uf ufud
produced hy IA" Hb-iH'hv j. r.miIka.
Bile. "On reaching IA" room. -a,,
III" author "h" pat hi urcNu..,
tm"rphln" int"ul"d for suiciurJ ON a
table, poured uut - =. .ns. II hp.iuthe.
llsht"d cigarette. and threw himself
down "n - Lounge" For nW I..r hi,
thought, ruaw'd among III" r,l-udr.
of IA" day hut gradually N,l drl''rl
into l"ss p'r-"uuI rIrrcni-
I'll" h'g gan To- think Il th, carly
l"giuns ui thnrun, the god. .ru,.t'r.
ing hiS Immortality, II H." NJ ip.r-
hui'dr-, the fahlvd people, famous for
tl"|r i'1'iiy, wh" voluntarily threw
th"h''lN"- into the srn, ~ Junn
bringing death To- Bitun and Il,Ybi.
~ IL" highest rCCumprn.r II th,ir
pi''N. Of Agancdcs and Iruphuuuts
praying Apollo for whatever rir he
deemed most advantageous, ard in
answer tu the prayer receiving rtrr-
nal sleep Ilc remembered
how Plato had preached tn tho happl.
est p"up," IN the world the h,r.-rd.
ness Of c"a-cl"ss sleep. how tho
Buddha, teaching that life VA. but "A
right :" suii"r, had for tn" calcitratt
no greater menace than that uf AN rN.
ist"nco renewed through the Hnl,n-
of time. Hr MIXED himself
another glass ~ absinthc, holding
th" caraiir high In the air. watching
the thin stream ot ~ator cnalc,co
with the green drug and turn into an
opal",ccnt milk, Tho soliloquy was
ronewcd. 'Aitor what has happened
there Is nothing left. might change
my name.
"l might 90 to Brazil or Austria.
liza, but with what ubjcct2 | could
not got away from myself And
yet life II pleasant. lII.-pon, as mino
I IA
grateful. After Nil. it Is not III" that
is short; II i-ynuth. When that Y -,
~ mine seems L. have gone. outside
OF solitude there 10 little Ia charm In
anything, and what is death bat i,o-
Iati"n' tn" most perfect and impcno.
trahl" that nature has devised. And
whether that Isolation comes tn me
tonight or decades hence, what mat.
ters IT. liu poured out
more abslHtho and put tho bu,tlr down
empty before drinking hs undid tho
package which hn had bought from
the chemist, firs, he took from IL n
box about 'hrcc inches long. II was
n tiny syringe, and with II two little
Instruments
"one oi these ho adjusted In the
prol"cting tube, and with his finger
felt carefully IA" point. Ito
threw of his coat and rolled up his
sleeve, From the phial he tllod tho
syringe, and with the point prickod
tho bare arm and sent the liquid |
squirting Into the hosh. Three times
hc did this Iie raarhod ior tho ab- |
sinthc and lnft IL untastcd
The lights turned pale and glowed |
less yividly, ~ though voIls were boz
Ing lOwcrod between him and thum. |
Hut still the laugv continued, sweet
'r oven, ana mo cnvcloping, till |
rom sweetness ne almost pain.
The room grew darker, the oo'ors
saned, the lights bohind III falling
Fells sank thin, fading one by one;
single spark fingered; II wavorod q
moment and vanished Into tho night"
Leigh had ended his life by his own
Vet In . condition 10 which large
Quantities of absIntho had con,rlbut-
ID. Tho story has q moral which
honld como homo with greater iuroo
- the loyors II the disastrous liquor
rom circumstance which has 90
urrcd In real lie aud in the city Of
u. Louis within the past iow days.