The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-02
, PAINFUL PREDiCAMENT.

q , pAlNFUL PREDICAMENT.
:, Man VINO sa9ed Fellow Azan
= Sc' From Suioide.
well, would hardly be willing
% say, responded the physician to
~ inquiry made by one Of group
q = listeners, THAT man who COM
a lifted suicide was insane. for ]
a trow several persons who were nev-
:, s,spected Of insanity before the
-, nor have they been since. who,
i - my certain knowledge. have at
,eo,pted suicide. One or two cases
q hayo been public and have got into
,be newspapers. but the great ma
81 ;orjty of them are professional Sc
,,ots and no one will ever know Of
Them except those few who know
uow That's one Of the responsible
@tias that a physician takes upon
s himself
~ recall one instance where 1
Il ,ayed a man from committing sui
cae and, though he never showed
!. |the slightest symptom Of it after
ward, | am positive he was crazy as
,ioon at the time Of the attempt. 1t
zbappened about six years ago in q
sssxestern city. in hotel where 1 was
;4he resident physician. had met
ahe man in the evening sitter dinner
5and had played a game Of chess with
u him in his apartments. the finest
iult in the house. he had arrived
1t tho hotel the day before alone
Ind had asked for the best rooms,
laying for them in advance. Then
10 had asked for the house physi.
Siau, aud al one result Of our &C
3duaintanoe we wero playing thia
ame of chess. We had had one or
vo mild drinks during the evening,
lad after the gamo was finished ha
3uned the talk upon suicide, having
Qme very interesting and peculiar
lleas on the subject. chief Of which
as bis utter aversion to self muir.
a under any circumstances what
d ber He was 80 firm in his opposi-
son that he almost lost his temper
5hen ventured the assertion that
dcide might be almost justifiable.
g In the midst of this conversation
b suddenly went into the adjoining
bonn and returned with two revolv.
s which he Laid down on the ia.
e between us. I didn't understand
bat they were for and asked him.
M Well. he answered in the cool.
kind Of fashion. the time has
S$me for me to die, and you have
btto kill me. My soul would ba
hmned forever If did it myself,
@ if you do it my blood will not ba
hmy own hands. There are two
9rolvers. You take this one
Anding me one-'and' I'll take the
33hef. AS you see. they are both
aded and in perfect condition. #
EE9u do not shoot me within a min
| shall shoot you
He took out his watch. and.
Fnding five Or six feet from me, he
united the ticks and aimed his gun
aectly at my head. / saw by his
Ss that he was crazy and that
90 a7z5Ruld have to obey him or pay tho
nalty Of disobedience with my life,
still / did not want to shoot
however I might be justified
IL With this thought I lifted the
falver, and, taking careful aim,
Watching me narrowly. I drew
@ @ gun square down upon mis- fore.
ad. and just as Iwas about to pull
S trigger threw it TO one side and
p for his pistol arm. My inten.
was good. but I was excited,
my shot only cut through the
p without disabling him. and be-
sl had time to move he had fred
j IR7R0y uearL A case Of instruments
ny vast pocket saved me, and
zA4 ae1t shot fred was more to
purpose. and my host was dead
d aoat having committed suicide.
!, 'old the story to the landlord.
II i pWas my friend and relative. OK,
lH Ta0 1t occurred. but to the worl9
NJ Y age the story went forth that
81 man had committed suicide
le cfazed. and the faot that he
M peen In an asylum was sufficient
sntee that was telling the
"-Washington Star.
e'a tho Astrologers wers wreas.