The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
Another Suicide.
Unknown Man Jumps
Off the Ferry Boat
Victoria
ALife Prcserver Was Thrown
To Him aud He Was Drawn Almost
Witkin Reach, when He Let 60
and Disappeared.

An unknown man committed SUICIDE al
1910 O'Clock this morning by jumping
into the river from the ferry Victoria, just
after she left the Windsor dock.
A deckhand who stood near the man
said that after the boat had cleared the
dock nicely the stranger walked to the
gangway on the side OF the ferry farthest
away from shore, and after looking at
the water IN hesitating manner Tor a
moment, made quick dive headfirst into
the water. He came to the surface and
a life preseryer was thrown to him. 1t
did not 60 within his reach, and then a
long wooden bench was showed into the
water. He got hold of this and rolled 1t
over several times, but pushed it away.
Then he swan about for several seconds
and another life preserver was thrown
TO him. He caught hold OF this and was
pulled to the side OF the boat, but as one
OF the men stopped to get hold OF him he
released his grasp and sank from sight.
He did not rise again.
g The men on the ferry say that the
bench would have kept the man atioat
indefinitely had he cared to cling to IT.
They feel sure that he wanted to drown.
The man is described as about 30 years
old, fairly well dressed. He wore mus
tache OF light color, and was tall,
strengthening man.
A stranger climbed on the port bul sarks
and waving his arms shouted: Here
goes nothing" Passengers threw life
preserver to the man, but he paid no at
tenton to them. An employee OF the
company on the Pleasure jumped in after
him, but was too late to reach him. The
man went down about 100 feet from
where the ferry boat lands.
Temporary insanity was the verdict OF
the jury which was empanelledto cit upon
the case; temporary insanity which car
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waken to the enormity OF your acts; then
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it. AS you feel the symptoms stealing
over you, you cannot sleep at night, then
your appetite becomes poor, dark spots
appear before the eyes, you imagineevery
one notices the dark rings under the eyes
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