The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-03
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sam Flint Bought Coffin, Caused a Grave to
be Dug, Hired a Hearse and Made All
Arrangements for His own Funeral.

/ during the night it was ascertained by TIN
! night clerk that he was acting strangel,
| and perhaps contemplated suicide Th
/ clerk watched, of course, and during th'
! night, by peeping over the transom Of hi
/ room occasionally. he found that he was
| indeed, determined to end his life, for h
saw him taking what seemed to him to b.
| poison. He raised the alarm, frieud
came to his assistance. the door OF tn,
room was broken open and Mulky's If
was spared by the use Of antidotes, re
storatives, etc.
Now, then, there is nothing very strange
IN man desiring to commit suicide, bu
there was something very novel in thi;
mans methods. Last Thursday he came
TO Wichita and registered under the name
of Sam Flint at the Metropole Friday be
pawned some jewelry he had for SIS and
Immediately began to spend the money
but not in drowning his sorrows In the
flowing bowl or any such foolish pastime
On the contrary he Invested it in making
arrangements for his own funeral. last
resting place Ond burial. He hired hack
and drove ont to Maple Grove cemetery
where lie purchased burial lot in a
city of the dead He used the
strictest economy and paid 40 boom
prices. When the lot WAS bought aud
paid for be found a man TO dig the grave
and gave him personal instructions about
the length. depth. width and in fact all
the details. This done he returned to
town, went to the Office of Undertaken
Gill, purchased a coffin ana the Incl
dentals that go with IT. stating at the
same time that he wanted it for a deceased
friend, whose body was expected on the
next train. He inspected the collins care
fully and picked one out with as much
GOODNESS and deliberation as if be was Sc
Letting winter apples at fruit store He
then secured hearse and paid for it, and
not content with doing that much he act
ually hired a man 70 drive it TO the ceme-
terry. After all these things beng done
he drove to the home of his
brother, who lives in the suburbs
of the city, but what he did
there cannot be ascertained. He finally
returned to the hotel. went to bed and
cody went to work to kill himself as stated
above. IL is needless to say at this time
that the grave, the coffiu and the hearse
were for his own use as the following
statement which he left beside his bed will
show:
/ have died by my own hand. Whoever
reads this will draw himself up to his full
height and consider himself brave | wish
could come in the spirit and beiittls
every e2otist who runs me down. But
that is impossible | must say my say
now, in a few brief words, and let them
say their immaculate say, so long as heir
valiant tongues will wag at all. However
l will venture this assertion-not one of
these heroic beings who dare today to at
tempt the eight years of perfect misery
which l have suffered in hopes that
might lay a fortune at the feet
of my child. Ia that | have failed
and, like n true captor, l curl up
at The feet of the fate which
me. He who has never been
dismaved may pooh-pooh every
reference to fate but there are fated per-
sons, fated notions. fitted tributes The
A merican who once roamed this great
continent has been swept away He must
have been a coward. OF course he was.
accept it that l am that kind of coward.
SAM FLINT
p. S. With this paper will be found re-
,eIpts for coffin and burying ground. Get
me into my new quar-, ers as soon as posi-
Jlc. Will DC III Il posi- lou 10 IhNtSLlGdte
from the ground floor" aud
anxious ones need not be startled at some
revelations. | am just fool
enough 0 devote my time aud energies To
u, dead or no dead. ;. +.
Accompanying the above statement were
the receipts for the grave lot, the coffin,
the hearse. etc.
Mulky is dancing teacher and a good
one 1t IS said. He has taught classes all
over the country both east and west and
at the present time has Il class ut Arkansas
City. II is SAID that the besl young people
y the canal city are taking lessons
from him and that he is quite popular
among them.
1t Is 4 strange proceeding for man in
such a gay profession; bat lots of strange
things happen in the wild and woody west.
Ii is said that he attempted suicide two or
.hree times in Arkansas City since be has
been there. About eight years ago Mulky's
vie died and ever since then he has acted
strangely at periods. 1t is said that at
hat time he attempted suicide, but was
prevented. He then dedicated his life to
,massnG a fortune For his little daughter.
put the tickle goddess of fortune failed to
smile on him and be has met nothing but
Dursted expectations and shattered hopes
Unable to bear these any longer he deter
niued to end bis life in hopes of joining
ais wife in the unknown beyond.
Muiky is n good looking man, has
he reputation Of being big hearted, gen
.rous fellow and it is too bad that be
should be attic Ell with this lack of nerve
o fight the battle of life brayely. OF
course it takes certain amount OF nerve
% deliberately kill oneself, but it is not
,reditable nerve; it would be Drawer on /
ais part if he might stand up maufully, /
fare the frowus fortune, roll ;
- his sleeves and fight I
or the attainment of a ripe old age and /
jud a iodgemenJ for the love he bore his F.
wife in the daughter Of their union. The /.
public would honor this kind Of nerve
while they could only despise that which
le might manifest in his self destruction. /
u speaking about the c9olness Of this /,
nan : preparation for death a case similar .
4 ono respect at least Is recalled. Some /
-sars ago a man in this city was afflicted /
with consumption who made all the ar +
anz ementS for his own funeral lie went +
% far A. TO purchase his wife's mourning 1
clothing. causing them 10 be made. aud /
.fjer they being delivered TO Der he had 4
Ter &c them on so that he might ser how
lac would appear as a widow after MS /
leath.
Another case i recalled in a ueighbor-
NJ town in which Il man purchased his .
,wn coffin, entered it and laid himself GU,
o 30 speak Il was his intention TO Kill
himself while ia the coffi0, but be had
his revolver Nh ich ne left az
ome in another coat pocket This incl
eut saved his life for be soon af. CT got
shamed of himself Eaud Is nor only living
nd happy today. but be j. wealshy aud