The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-19
CAUSES OF SUICIDE
Freely 3DIscussad By-.hs Coroner
of.NswY
i tio WINE N FACE Death. \

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if is Claimed that More Oermsns
Destroy Themselves Than
Any o.hor Nationality.
PitIful casos. #
There were AL suicidos in tho bor-
4 ough of Manhattan last year. Opti-
mibts may be surprised that tho mum
Ler 10 large, possimists that it is so
small. M 81
Of al the gruesomo statistica that FL
+ Tor through tho oononer's office and
find oblivion in tho pigeon holes Of tho
health department. those pertaining TO
tho oity's suioides are perhaps tho most
interesting te . student Of life an hu-
& men nature. Evoh the mon in tho
oorontrs offioo philosophizo. ovor thom
4 and its q raro thing for man to spin
philosophical conclusions out Of q
! tragedy that ia all Q part Of tho days
{ work, " a 4. n q, ]. :,sS, 81 &,
'"I'hese suicides always set one think
ing,o said one Of tho amaturo -philoso-
pliers to Sun reporter. "Thoro arc 80
4 man ways in every case. Its an easy
matter to return vordiot Of nuioido by
illuminating gas, or oarbolic acid, or
Z whatever the metl cd happens to be-,
but there 5 such lot back of all that
About one person in dczon leaves
- letter. The lay forhids The rnhlica,
.tion of those letters now, but tho files
of them mako queer reading matter
Each ono hos it's own individuality
bears the stamp Of tho person who
4 Irote it,. Givon that letter you can
construct the mao. Some of them are
carefully writton on coed paper; some
arc sOrawled on scraps Of paper, mar
gins Of newspapers, books or backs Of
\ envelopes; some arc in firm, clear
hand; some are blotted and almost
!. illogible.
SITS queer how differently men face
death. Now, there arc the Germans.
4 There arc more suicides among the
! Germans in this CITY than among any
other nationality. Seems odd doesn't
it? One wouldn't expect atolid, boor-
4 drinking race to 60 in for suicide. A
German would be tho last man would
expect to see lose his balance and run
amuok. A dago, now, or q Russian or
an lriHhman-that wouldn't surprise
mo; but, bloss you, they don't commit
suicide. When they get down on the
world the Russian throws a bcmb at
somebody; the Irishman breaks
somebody's head; but tho German
drinks his beor, goes to his room and
quietly puts bullet hole in himself
.A.They say its racial instinct. It
\ certainly is easier on the public than
K thelother methods Of working off steam,
but We could spare sothor citizens bet
81 TOR tharSgye u yoan spare tho aormauas
The trouble With tho Gorman is that ho
thinks too much, We've decided that
y down here. He usually has decent
education and poverty or disgraoo 60
hard with him, He can't r oonoile
himsolf to failure. SThon tho average
German seems to bo good deal Of an
agnostio Half the timo ho doesn't
believe in hereafter Of any sort, and
Of oourse its a. lompation to him to put
an end to things altogether. Now a
Catholic lriahman believes he will be
damned If he takes his own life, and
he'd just aS soon endure tho damnation
he's used to right here as sample
another variety that may be worse.
$''Ve cry few Hebrows commit suicide
{ Sometimes man Of his race will do il.
! but the suicide Of Jewesss Is a very
rear thing. Tho Russian and Polish
y Hebrews Of the east side look nolan.
choly enough for anything, but they
usually endure life. 1t is tie Christian
Z girl Of the, east side who drinks oarbolic
acid--not tho Jewess. The American
y born girl is the most frequent victim
too. She heads the roll Of woman
suioides, just as the German hoads tho
list Of male suicides. Why's that? Is
che more intelligent too? Docs she
suffer moro from unhappy conditions
than tho other girls, or is she moro
reckless, and moro likely to get into
II trouble2 Oh, I toll you, these suicide
files make an interrogation point Of mo.
"After tho Germans on tho list oomo
the Americans, but the suicides whose
S nationality can't be determined are
Jumped in with the United States list.
80 it ien't quite fair guido. Next como
the AuBtrians and Bohemians Then q
long way be hind tho Irish. Tho ysllor
\ nationalitiee drop In by ones al twos.
You seldom hear Of negro suicide.
A darkey is too irrepressiblo. No mat.
ter how hard LUCK COOS today, he thinks
IL will be coming his way tomorrow.
.;,and fixed depression is absolutely inn
+ possible to him. When he docs get
worked up to euioide, he usually hangs
himself. A German prefers shooting
himself They'v all been soldiers more
or less and feel certain dignity CON
nected with o gunslot wound.
sThe American affects shooting, too,
but has a liking for illuminating gas.
The women almost always tako poison
or drown themselves. You SEQ tho
ordinary man can swim and it's rather
hard for him to drown himself. He
R nerves himself up for tho plunge, and
tho water oools him off. Hc can swim
and docs. But with woman it is diff
ferent.
Talking about mon and women,
we've often noticed how fow womon
kill thomselyes for love. Mon do it
SCORES Of them. A mans sweetheart
jiltaT him, or tho girl he loves will not
have him, and no blows out what fow