New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-13
AN EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE.
CASES OF sELF-KILLING UNUSUALLY
NUMEROUS.
.,p,prxr REASON FOR THE SUDDEN IN
CREASE IN NUMBER-DlFFERhNI ME- MUS
ADOPTED TO END LIFE

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CREASE IN NuMBER-DlFFERENT METHODS
ADOPTED TO END LIFE
Persons who are in any way ih'efes'eu III '''e
acord of suicides in this city nave ho'ce" '"'''
,,ero are times when suicides appear TO De ei-
demic so many of them occurring wl'hii u"''
or few days. TO suggest some ih'S'e''"
cause for self-murder. There have peeh u'"e'
.,er the waves of suicide seemed to be eN-
',o,,od nv conditions which were known TO every
hodv Severe epidemics of influenza IN the Guy
have been marked by such suicidai waves anu
rh.sic,ans have said in explanation that one
,eculiarity Of the grip is the mental uep'e'
, falt hv victims of the disease. In seasons "i
urusual business inactivity. when many Peop''
ra without employment, II is expected that inv
sunering and anxiety will lead some persons IT,
ooL escane from their troubles by sulc'ue' y
,oated term. lasting for several days VIII urNe
some neople into suicidal mania. Ihere are
,,u,os however. when only the theory OF Gomez
ao,ca can be advanced IN explanation OF waves
Of suicide. +,
Charles Walton ogden, who shot hiinse" III
rantral Park on Tuesday afternoon hau pV''
,or. suffering from melancholia following TWO
attacks of influenza. He was man oi hlb"
character. was we'll known in business cir''eS'
o,d was n vestrymar in the Protestant hp'S'"-
mol Church of the Holy Communion lie had
49,, bannv in his home, at No. 81 west l"eh-
.,o,,.st Insanity was believed to be the so'o
oorse for his suicide and the insanity was 'he
.,,,, of illness which Frustrated him moh'hs
ago. ~ .,o oousa
sudden insanity also was doubtless the cause
=. tho suicide Of Fairman Warren. in MS NOME
a., No III West Fifty -eighth-st" on IueSu"!' az
l. C11f 9
s.at,ng that he feared he was becoming par
a,vzed. and dread'ng the consequences "'
800 ~ die Ee had been a cripple for many
.oors an5 q few months ago he broke his righ'
Lrae nv n fall After the accident he WaS ~ 60, !,
Nned to his home most of the time, ana ne @ lau
aa,,,onol cause for mental depression, DecduS'
his wife was i'll and his father was SUFFERING VIZ"
naralvsis The condition Of his father was 80
critical Yesterday that he was kept III isiioi an
of the suicide Although Mr.. Warren W"S
tr VI w ~ tho firm of Warren. Fuller d CO..
dealers in hangngs. at No. l29 East rory se0
ond-st he rarely visited the Office oil t'e III M
John Lang. the butcher who shot hmsel a. a.
No 3o6 West Thrty-sixth-st. on luesua!, ~ A.,
a letter declaring that his desire TO uie W.
n tho conduct of his Wife VINO hau u'sei'N
hin, and had gone to live with her daughter; -
Siemund Schneider. who killed hii"seii ~
East Fighty-fourth-st.. yesterday, alter N"'i''s
irving TO murder his wife. was evidently cidZs
and the cause was plain for letter Whicn ne
nad written showed that he had been pr"oulHs
over the lectures OF IOIoHel i"e'''V ~
cialistic theories -, ,,,, coben
courted death by jumping OF the hroohi; Il
.a,ar he suddenly changed his mind and swan
for his ufe and when he had been rescued ne
declared that he could not tell why he had
Jumped.