The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-27
Cared LITTLE FOR LIFE
Desperate Attempt at Suicide Be-
cause He Mas Dared.
TO shOW HE WASN'T BLUFPING
With His Hands Locked to Bars OF Ills
Coll warso Succeeds In Getting o
Moose Around His Neck and
Tries to Straugic Himself.

The light regard In which some men
hold their lives was illustrated In the
police station last night by drink
crazed Polander, who made deliberate
attempt at suicide In a spirit OF bragga-
docio.
The man, whose name Is Warco. was
arrested for creating u disturbance In
saloon on Fourth street. Bellevue,
yesterday afternoon. He broke win
dow and smashed pictures and other
articles inside the saloon by throwing
cuspidors, bottles. ETC., promiscuousiy
about at the heads Of those who were
unlucky enough to be present at the
time. His rage was cooled but little by
his being placed behind the bars In the
central station house. for when the
band concert was progressing outside
he made such racket by slamming his
iron bunk around that he attracted
about as much attention as the band,
and to prevent his performance Ser
geant Deter, when argument failed.
was compelled to handcuff him to the
bars Of his cell. This. however. did not
deter him from kicking against the
sides of the cell. banging his manacles
against the bars and shouting at the
top OF his voice. making enough noise
to keep the neighbors for a block
around from going to sleep.
Said He Would Hang Himself.
About II o'clock WarcO stopped an Of
ficer who was passing by his cell. and
with the foulest kind OF ,blasphemy
swore that If he was not let go he would
hang himself. Seeing that he was hand
cuffed to the bars the officer regarded
Warco's threat In the nature of a good
Joke, and after some ibantering with
him about his being afraid to hang
himself, passed on. A Tribune reporter
and sightseer happened by Warco's cell
moment later, and seeing him en-
gagged in rather peculiar gyrations,
paused to watch him.
He reached down his hands as far as
his manacles would permit succeeded
in gasping the upper edge Of his over
alls and by gradually drawing them
upwards with accompanying wringles
Of his body. finally got hold Of the leath-
er strap which served him as a belt.
Then with the aid Of his hands and
teeth he made a moose by passing one
end through the buckle and this fin
ished he tied the belt to cross bar at
about the heighth Of his face.
Tried to Strnngie Himself.
As his purpose becme quite evident
to the onloo!.ers at this juncture he
was asked what he was doing.
Before any interference could be Of
fered he dropped the moose over his
head, and. with a sudden jerk back
wards frightened the strap about his
neck until It shut off his wind. One of
the onlookers cut the strap from the
bars while the other summoned Ser
geant Deter. Warco was grasping and
struggling as II in terrible agony. and
as the laigue Of the buckle had slipped
into one Of the holes In the belt. 1t was
with the greatest difficulty that he was
relieved. Even after he sank down in
semi-consclous condition ne clung
with death-like grip to the strap.
His terrible experience had no moral
effect on him. however, for after he
had recovered sufficiently to stand up
ne was again at his disappearing and
dinmoking.