New-York tribune., 1899-03-27
NOVEL METHOD or NJICIDE.
JURCEVITY FIRED BULLETS INTO HIS RE
Election IN \ MIRROR. AND NOW
DECLARES He Is DEAD

Iosepb Jurccvity twonty-cight years old. living
AZ 80 g. East Twclflh-st- invented novel man
ner OF committing suicide yesterday afternoon. Six
ehots i'm an were fred. four aimed with uHcrring
accuracy nj mis- head All took effect and the man
is dead That Is ne thinks he is. and the combined
efforts Of half dozen physicians ANA nurses in
the insane pavilion Of Bellevue Hospital went for
naught when they tried to convince him that he
was the victim Of strange hailucinauon.
The man fred the shots Al his reflected image i'm
plate-class mirror. II bad for the mirror,
but the man was saved and as he is convinced
that he accomplished his object, all hands con-
Cerucd satisfied.
Jurccvity came TO this country from 81. Peters
burg seven years ago He is skilled machinis
and made large wages. lie first went TO Boston.
where he attended Spritualist stanco. He later
formed tno acquaintance OF nearly all the mediums
in Boston. and they pilotcd him on many trips
through Spiritland
On one of these journeys tho Russian was intro
duced 10 Leila tho spirit Of Egyptian princess
who Informed MIN through the medium that she
was 70 be his sweetheart In all The unknown
shores where ex-mortals were alleged TO have gone
she said she nothing 10 compare with Jur-
cevity
Three yeas ago Leila commanded her be-
uothcd TO come 10 Ncw-York. Here she prophe-
Sled were great fame and riches for him For
a long time his landlord. Edmund Raymond. at
the East Twcifth-si house. has been aware Of the
man eccenirlclues, but hc thought MN harmless.
= lew weeks ago Jurcevity varied his strange be
haNlOr by taking up the subject OF mesmerlsH
Ills spirit sweetheart. b" said. told him that he
Was greater than Mesmer and in short tlme
would stdrilc the world with his skill Il
hypnotst Since this delusion entered his mind
the Raymon0s have found him undesirable
odscr lie attempted to hypnotize everybody m
the household. from Mr Raymond down 10 the
family cat II all ended yesterday afternoon. when
the man retired 10 mis- room and called out that
he going 10 see her. his sweetheart the spirit
Of the princess.
ln few minutes several shots in rapid succes-
sion were heard ~ the Russians room. The
household was thrown into Il panic and Mr.. Ray
mOnd ran The room. JurccNity met him with
outstretched arms. and. shaking him warmly by
the hands welcomed him 10 spirit land. Il just
shot myself" b, explained. pointing at the shat
tered mirror "and now I'm In heaven. How did
YOU get here; Shoot yourself too Don't blame
you a Bit"
The man then pointed to the stove and Ray
Inond noticed that several shots had been nred
into L.
she was a therc.' he said laughing and /
fixed her That Boston woman was iu there.
Now she Is in a hotter place
RAYMOND lost no time in getting n physician
from bellevue Hospital on the way there The
Russian amused himself by hypnotizing the am
hial,cc horse. He called attention to his skl
and declared the horse red. white and blue
ana had great wings the result Of his skin.
Dr Frank W Robertson spent some time with
the man He thinks he may be- cured by rest
and quiet