Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-09-15

The eoroner's jury passed into the
dimly lighted. sepulchral room
where the remains OF the suicide
lay mon marble slab Some OF
them shrank back inyoluntariiy az
the entrance, Others gave evidence
of having neryed themselves 70 look
1ipon the grewsOme sight; ono or
two showed curiosity. No kind hand
had closed che lids over the protrud-
ing eyeballs nor bound up the hang
ing Jaw, which gave % the gaping
mouth the appearance Of having, Tor
its last office. uttered some terrible
cry. From each OF the corners OF
the mouth and CHA slowly oozed a
few remaining drops Of blood, The
hair at the back Of tho head MAS
matted and damp with the crimson
nuld. ID life the suicide had been Il
Young man aud handsome.
When the jury catered the room,
one OF them prosperous locking,
elderly ian--quiekly advanced 10
the side % the corpse says tho Chit
cago Times lie bsnt his face dOwu
70 the face OF the dead. and kept II
there. The action startled those ia
the room until il was seen that ha
was critically examining the sslt'ln,
ficted wound lie psered ingo Tho
blood,statuea mouth and closely
scrutinized the back % the head
After tho jury had retired and
we're waiting in thsir room for the
coroner 10 receive thelr verdict oas
81 them yeuturcd an intsrrogatiye
remark to him
'.You seem 10 take an ungtaal In
terest ia our unfortunate sub .cetg
'ies-surg ideally
Then you are a surgeon
lit Was my profession once. but
unfortunately, ls has bsen Ioag
time since praeticed l. The dead
man Ia there did we'll
''Did you say WslI7" interrupted
40 ascetlc.lookIng laryutan. saith
great severity.
Il did. calmly replied tho sar.
geOn; Tho aid his work sell IS
placing the muzx.r % his pistol
against the root OF his molsh aud
shooting upward there wAs 40 p0ssi-
bic escape iron Instant death aud
that Is what be sought
II take 10 sou arv not q religious
man
Probably not ia your accgpiaslan
~ the term vas tho answer II
subscribe - none u tho popular
dogmatle crrcds. set brlleys Ia
conscience. morality. and al Ia
tcllIgcat creator We arr given no
yolitlon as 20 whether or not 10
shall b. born. bat this IT, 10 a great
measure. compensated By tho fact
that II va end ltfC burden us have
IN our hands the power 10 end Il ~
our Death works no ialury 10 tho
living 10 il uoae other bus our owu
AFFAIR Only coward woald desert
those dependent upon him
That limo Of sophistry has bron
reiuted a thousand times. cried his
qu0stionsr with some excitement.
Possibly, bat those are my Views.
nevertheless
AZ he said this hs took from hta
pocket a small memoranda book
tore from V leaf upon which hS
wrote something 10 pencil. aud then
replaced tho book.
Tho iurymau who drst Induced tho
surgeon 60 maze his strange gsrlara.
tiou had evidently bcon entertained
BY H. and sought again 10 draw him
out
NO ono was over yet sane. Ia my
opinion Mt tho moment IL taxing Ma
own life, he avorrod.
u DO not agree With sou. said
tho surgeon. plHe dly ITO nc the
persistent Cliuging 20 miserable
life when death IL far preferable i
rather the evidence ~ insanity
Many instances can 10 imagined
whore death Is a boon 4 doadly
aud tncurable disease cruel sufsr.
Ing In al It's forms. with no PROMISE
Of surcoaso. life imprisonment .en.
ility insanity deep humiliation and
permanent disgrace Tho last are
rs strong rs any to tempt ono TO
sclf-destructiou | know Of such n
case. 4 fathor had an only son
tho apple Of his eye Tho two con.
stitutod tho family An that monev
could do was done FOR tho son. AZ.
tanning mans estate. he was gtven
an important and responsible nosi.
tion in u large financial institution
In which the father was interostsd
All went we'll. and to them both ito
was well worth tho living. But ono
day something terrible Lanpen.d.
the son was a dciaultor tho fatho,.
disgraced and financially involvod
The son hed and Tor a long timc
Indignation alone burned IN tbs
breast Of the iathot. tsraduaIlv ibe
old all.absorbing affection for \ h
son came back TO him and no act out
to find him After many disappoint.
ments his search was At Iast ~.
wardod He had but few years n,
beet to live himself He did moi
want them after he had found M
son lie wanted roliof death y
And then this man. who baa ais.
courscd with such unimpassionaa
auency, deliberately took from '' M
pocket revolver, placed II n M
mouth fired and foil over dead