The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-19
CAUSES or SUICIDE
Freely Discussed, Blythe Coroner
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1. aliIO yv,faEN FACE . DEATH.

Destroy Themselves Than
fS Any othor Nationality.
s85. pitltul Cases.
There were All suicides in the Dor.
q ough Of Manhattan last year. Opti-,
y miBts may be surprised that the mum
ker is largo, pessimists that it is SO
small. ...5 y 3, # s. sas
Of Gil the grueaomo statiatioa that FL
tor through tho oononer's Office and
find oblivion in tho pigeon holes Of tho
healsh department those pertaining to
the oity's suioides are perhaps tho most
interesting te q atudent of life an HUI
man nature. Even tho mon in tho
0orontrs office philosophizo. over thom
Z and its a raro thing for man to spin
\ philosophical conclusions out Of q
/ tragedy the. is sll ., part Of the days
II work. /, y s.. \. .sSi, Ia IS Il;
."rhese suicides always set one think
q ing" said one Of tho amaturo ~philoso-
phors to Sun reporter. There arc 80
man ays in every case. It's an easy
meter to return vordiot Of suicide by
illuminating gas, or oarbolio acid, or
whatever the metl cd happens to bo,
]. but tbore's g auch d lot back Of all that,
.'About one person in dczcn loavos
letter. The lay fcrhids the puhlics-
tioho those letters now, but tho files
Of them mako queer reading matter.
Each one hos its own Individuality
bears the stamp Of the person who
K Rrote it., Given that lettor you can
construct the mao. .Somo Of th6m are
carefully writton on coed paper; some
are scrawled on scraps Of paper, mar
gins Of newspapers, books or backs Of
envelopes; some arc in firm, clear
hand; some are blotted and almost
illegiblo.
''Its quoer how differently men face
death. Now, there are the Germans.
There arc more suicides among the
Germans in this city than among any
other nationality. Seems odd. doesn't
it2 One wouldn't expect atolid, boor-
drinking race to 60 in for suicide. a
German would be the last man | would
expect to see lose his balance and run
amuck.. A dago, now, or Russian or
d ON Irishman-that wouldn't surprise
me; but, bless you, they don't commit
4 suicide. When they get down on the
world the Russian throws bcmb at
somebody's tho lrishman breaks
somebody's head; but tho German
Is drinks his boor, goes to his room and
" quietly puts q bullet hole in himself.
3 Ri ''"They say its 4 racial instinct. It
/. certainly is easier on tho public than
{ the other methods Of working off steam,
but We gould spare other oitizens bet-
ter than we oRn spare n The CORN aus
I ~ gI The trouble with the German is that ho
thinks too much. We've decided that
" down here. He usually has a dc cent
education and poverty or Disgrace 60
+ hard with him. He can't r conoile
himsolf to failure. sThon the average
German scems to be good doal Of an
agnoBtio. Half the timo he doesn't
believe in hereafter Of any sort, and
of course its a lompation to him to put
an end to things altogether. Now a
Catholic Iriahman believes he will be
s damned II he takes his own life, and
he'd just as soon endure the damnation
"A hos used to right here as sample
another variety that may DO worse.
very few Hebrews commit suicide.
Sometimes man Of his race will do it,
but the puioido Of a Jewesss Is very
rear thing. Tho Russian and Polish
Hebrews Of the east sido look nolan.
choly enough for anything, but they
usually endure life. 1t is the Christian
girl Of the cast side who drinks carbolio
aoid--not the Jowess. The Amerio an
born girl 10 the most frequent victim
too. She heads the roll of woman
suicides, just as the German hoads the
list Of male suicides. Why's that? Is
che moro intelligent too2 Docs she
suffer moro from unhappy conditions
than tho other girls, or is sho moro
reckless, and moro likely to got into
trouble? Oh, ] tell you, these suicide
files make an interrogation point Of mo.
After tho Germans on tho list como
the Americana, but the suicides whose
nationality oan't bo determined are
Jumped in With tho United States list,
80 it isn't quite fair guido. Next como
a the Austrians and Bohemians. Then
long way be hind tho Irish. J. Tho saor
a nationalitiea drop In by ones aE4 twos
You seldom hear Of negro suicide.
st A darkey is too irrepressiblo. No mat
tor how hard luck goes today, he thinks
IL will be coming his way tomorrow.
Il; and fixed depression is absolutely i'm
y ROHpAOAo w w HUI llO uOCB ROI
worked up to suicide, he usually hangs
himself. A German prefers shooting
himself. They've all boon aoldiers more
or less and feel q certain dignity con.
nectod with o gunshot wound.
y '"The American Affects shooting, too,
but has q liking for Illuminating gas.
The women almost always take poison
i or drown themselves. You see the
ordinary man can swim and it's rather
hard for him to drown himself He
nerves himself up for tho plunge, and
tho water cools him off. He oan swim
and does. But With woman it is diff
ferent.
'.ralking about mon and women,
we've often noticed how fow women
kill themselves for love. Non do it,
Z scores Of them. A mans sweetheart
jilta1 him, or the girl no loves will not
haze him, and ho blows out what fow
brains no has. You don't, once in q
blue moon, find woman doing that
sort Of thing. A woman takes her own