The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
1 QUEER CASE.
A Man Ordered by His Wife to
Commit Suicide.
HOW He FOOLED HER
And Had a Good Time With the Money
She Gave Him to Bury Himself
With. Laugh on the Side of
HOW He FOOLED HER
And Had a Good Time With the Money
tie Husband.

other heinous cff5nSes. All the same
Nogues thinks that the laugh Is on
nis side, and Paris agrees with him.
Ncgues is an expert machine filter
and practical philosopher. Wheth.
er be is the other things which his
wife alleges, remains to be proved by
the lady. who keeps a green grocery
shop in the Rue d'AlIemsgoe. Nine.
Nogues is woman Of thrifty habits,
but a shrewish temper. She and her
husband did not get along well TO-
gether and he rejoiced when bis work
took him away from home for few
days. He was engaged on a job at
Rennes the other day, and congratu
lating himself On his temporary relief
from domestic worries, when he re-
ceived this exhilarating epistle from
nis better half:
"Inhuman mcnste: /! You have
brough disgrace and dishonor on your
family. II you do not commit suicide
within twenty-tour hours, I shall de
nource you the police. ANNA"
any ordinary man would have been
greatly depressed 1y such missive,
but 1t did not upset Ncgues 3 bit.
He does not seem to have denied the
c 1arges, but wrote his wife that lie
was prepared to commit suicide. To
save her the necessity Of having to
attend to such diSagreeable details
herself, however, be begged that she
Wou' d send him suh ,ient money to
enable him to make provisions for
his decent burial. he besought her
also to send him photograph Of her,
self and his two daughters, that they
might be placed in the ctfll with
him. H. concluded by pleading for
her forgiveness and SUBSCRIBED him
self, your aft .ctionate husband
NogueS' fellow. workmen noticed
that be was in a particularly good
hum0r for the rest OF the day for he
chuckled frequently to himself, he
declined to tell them what it was that
tickled his fancy so much. Nine.
Nogues was delighted with the letter,
but she would not risk her precious
money on her husbands mere word.
Instead Of sending it to him by mail,
she in5rusted it to her brother ln-law
Legris Benonie, and instructed him
to see that Nogues carried cut bis
part of the bargain, and to seEd he1
a tels gr. IL when the j b was done,
She gave him s120, having figured it
out that amount would enable her
husband to blow his brains out dc
emily and pay for the ,funeral expen-
ses. And she considered that she
would be rid CT him cheaply at the
price.
Nogues had not calculated On LIE.
girls taking any part in the af4ir, but
ne readily adapted him:e + to tbs
changed circumstances. When Beg.
ris had explained his mission, Nogues
professed to be well satisfied with the
arrangements and thy went OF to
gether to buy a revolver.
After the wea pon had been pur
chased, Nogues proposed that they
should eat a farewell dinner and crack
couple of bottles Of wine together
before be made his exit from thi:
world.
You can cut down the funeral ex
penses bit to make up for what 1t
costs" be suggested, and Anna-she
is dear, good wife, but a bit close
hsted-need never know that We hao
good time with the money"
Legris acquiesed without cemu1
and they adj burned to the hotel where
Noeues was staying. There they die
full Justice to an ample dinner.
"Tne landlord has treated me Sc
well here" said Ncgues when it wa:
anished, THAT I couldn't think Of
committing suicide and making a mss:
in his place. 1t would not be treat
ing hin fairly. I'll have to do the
JOB somewhere else"
"You will have to hurry" said Le
griS: II promised to send Anna tel
gram when it was done. Time is fly
ing and she will be getting anxious.
Don't you think il would take
load off her mind if you wired at oncs
that I've done it?' observed Nogues
1T would only be anticipating my de
cease little and would allow U:
time to get matters fixed up so that
everything will go through smoothly.
1T Is an.excellent idea," said thu
accommodating Legris, and it vii
give her more time to get her mourn
ing ready"
This was the dispatch that be SEM
Nine. NogueS.
job finished. Everything passed
off satisfactorily. O5sequies at Rsn
nes."
Then they settled down to arrang
ing details. Nogues insisted that
funeral service should be held oVel
his body. L girls objected that a maj
who took his own life was not entit
led to that ceremony. Nogues con
tended that hiscase stood on a o.fer
ent footing from that Of an ordinary
suicide, since be was not seeking
death voluntarily, but was going t.
kill himself merely to satisfy his wifi
and carry out her orders. Legris re
cognized the force Of Nogues' log:
and promised to do his best.
Then Nogues begged for 4be pri7i
lege OF being allowed to select his owl
grave. Together they sailed fortt
to the cemetery. 1t was evening be
fore Nogues had selected site tina
satisfied his exacting notions.
''Since my wife Ihioks I'm dea<
anyhow" be said TO his companion
I'VE might as veil put of the job IN
till tomorrow and get comtorSabl
nights rest.
| Legris consented and the morning