The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-07-08
WITH ORIGINALITY.
up,ove Methods Employed BY Them Ia
Quitting the World.

upiuue Methods Employed BY Them In
Quitting the World
The suicide Of Count Karolyi Ii only
one Of many hundreds Of cases OF SELL
destruction in which 1t has been founa
impossible to assign sufficient cause
for committing the act. The probaol-
ity is that in SO cases out OF every
100 there never Is sufficient cause. anu
that tho life Is taken In some ut OF
desneraticn or temporary insanity, as
the coroner's jury prefers to call II.
Another curious fact about recent SUI
c,des IA that novelty il The methods
Of severing the link with lie appears
ia have weighed considerably with the
unhappy victims Of disordered Minus
Perhaps the most remarkable case on
record is that CT man who, although
IN position of great comfort anu
ease, one day resolved to end MS lie!
and his methods were SO compilca'ea
that Il took him nearly seven weeks
to prepare for the end. With his own
hands he built himself wooden seal
fold consisting OF four corner sup
ports and an upper staging. This ne
na;nted black, except the fioor OF the
staging, which was blood red. HaS.
Ing accomplished this work, no aug
q hole under the center CT the stag
ing buried o highly explosive mine
three feet underground, SO that II
rested nine feet Under the staging &c
which It was connected by wires fol
firing by electricity. He then wrote t(
the authorities explaining his arrange
ments and that in a certain time por
n tions OF his body would be scattered
l. broadcast about the field in when nj
IS scaffold was erected. Going BACK u
the field he placed himself on IN
'r mattress on the staging and touche
the button which fired the mine. J.
A. the quantity Of dramatic effect the SUI
s eide OF q once famous steepie'ac
stands without parallel. The man IA
attempted to take his life by throw
" ing himself into a river, for which o.
N Tense he was charged at police cour
,r and dismissed with a very severe CAV
r ton. A few weeks afterward ne wro'
"a to a friend living in the neighbornoo
~ stating he had resolved to make a III
+. Their attempt upon his life, and IN
10 he intended doing so in mann
% which would obviate any possiDill.y
" his design being frustrated. Withln
en- few hours of the dispatch CT that ie
re ter the body of the steeplejacK "
ne seen hanging from the summit OF I
nd highest steeple in his toTn-a s'eel
lis he had himself repaired only II
les months previously. Women do not
he near to often seek original methods
Ter suicide, but young woman, VINO n
zee been tilted by her lover a short III
irl ago, decided upon taking her life
N such a way that the country Wo'
tie. ring with her name, as she thous
W. As a matter CT fact, her terrible
led was announced in five lines by SO
m naners and not at all by others. !
vretched woman left her home at
- dead of night with long coil OF re
81 One end Of the rope she fasteneu =
q buttress Of a bridge which ran owe
Y river and the other end she tied ro'
her ankles. She then let herseir &c
until her feet touched the water
the rope was taut, when she let
her hold and plunged into the II
her feet being held up by the rope
a which position she was dlscoyt
"a early the next morning
a The Troy IN. " Times tens {
y visitor at a public school Who ot
. reouested TO address the pupils sp
Y or the necessity Of obeying /
q teacher and growing up to De uS'
"a loyal and patriotic citizens. 10
x phaslze his remarks, he poihteo
g. large national flag that almost Gov
K one end of tho room and SAID, !
y boys, who can tell me what tna'
@ IA there for?" One little 1eilo"'
< understood the condition OF tne l
y better than tho speaker, replied:
a know. sir. It's to hide the olf''