The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-14
WANTS TO FILL AN
UNMARKED GRAVE
Suicide Takes Great Precautions 10
Conceal His Identity.
BURNED ALL OF HIS PAPERS
He Did Not Want His Mother to
Learn OF his Rash neei--COTonrr
hOngstrcct viii Hold an Inquest
This Afternoons Left II Note Writ
ten in the Polish Language.

Children playing in field near the
Catholic cemetery at Archibald yester-
DAY morning came upun the body of q
man apparently about 80 years of age
The Indications are that the man com
mitted suicide. but his reasons for doing
so are Shruuded in the deepest mystery
The suicide took every possible precau-
tion before destroying himself to pre-
vent his identity from being discovered
Writing on memorandum book
found in one of the pockets indicates
that the man was PolandeT. He has
a very intelligent east of cuuntenauCe
and was evidently man Of education
and good breeding. lie Is feet |,
inches in height, weighs about one hun
dred and fifty pounds, is Of light COM
pleNiou and has light-colorcd hair and
muuStaChe
Near the body was found an ounce
vial that had contained laudanum, the
drug used to accomplish self-dcstruc-
tiun. Close to the body was Il small
heap of ashes and fragments Of paper
not altogether destroyed by the llamcs
showed that the suicide had burned all
of the papers in his possession that
might lead to his identity. He even tore
some leaves from his memorandum
book and burned Them.
THOUGHTS or HIS MOTHER.
Then he wrote few lines on the first
leaf of the book, announcing the fact
mat he was about to Kill himself and
that he did not want his mother to
know it. There was no explanation
however. of the causes that induced him
ten in Polish.
After taking the laudanum he again
began to write and there are about
thirty lines Zig-ZagiuT across part oi
three pages in which he describes his
feelings after taking the poison. TIL
effects of the drug upon him can b,
traced by the writing. which gradually
became less and less legible.
About one hundred feet from tho
body was a pockethooli which contain
ed pass good for one ride over the
lines of the Wyoming Valley Traction
company. torn from book No. 3O,OOl
and cancelled stamps from Il letter re-
CoNcd from the weather bureau at
Washington July Ii. \ small whit"
comb was the only other article found
on the person.
TWO JURIES SWORN.
The hands Of the suicide were SOFT
and white, his clothes We're good ANA
Of fashionable pattern and he wore
bound spectaclls. Coroner Long
street was notified Of the finding of
the body, hut before he arrived Justice
"P the Peace GildIy sWorc six mon rs
q jury and took charge OF tn remains.
hen the coroner arlNvd ON the
scene yesterday afternoon he found
III" squire in charge of affairs and at
once relieved him from any further
duty in connection with the inquest.
Coroner LoHGStrc, t tmpancliei tn fol-
lowing jury which win meet This at
tcrnuOn at t o'clock in Archibald. Jacob
Wagner, l.. \. Erhle. NJ. j. Lloyd. John
'undeu, Henry Roth ANA T. VI. Sean
Ion.
Vt this afternoons inquest an cfOrt
VIII bc made to have some light thrown
on IN" identity of the suicide. The
yesterday that the deceased had been
seen driving about the Ridge near
Archibald Tuesday afternoon with IN
unknown man. No one seemed tu
know what their business at the Rid%-
Was