The daily sentinel., 1905-08-25
SUICIDE CooLY PLANNED.
Maj. WHORTEN INTERPRETERS.

Last night while Maj Whorten
one of the night officers of the city
was making the rounds of the depot
yards he came across a young man
who was sleeping under a car which
was billed to leave the station during
the night.
On closer investigation the officer
found that the man, apparently
young in years, was sound asleep
with his head directly across one of
the rails within a few feet of one of
the big wheels of the car. His body
was on the outside of the track. his
neck was on the rail and his head
resting on an improvised pillow on
the inside of the track. Had the car
started the wheels would have easily
and completely severed the head
The man was sleeping easily and ap-
parently Indifferent to his appalling
situation.
Mai. Whorten aroused the fellow
and asked him what he meant by
sleeping under the car. The young
fellow stated that he was tired of
living and had determined to commit
suicide and thought that he had Sc
lected an easy manner of death
He said that he came into the city
last night from the west and finding
that the car under which he chose
to take his last sleep would be pull
ed out that night he waited until a
late hour and then crawled under
the car, fixed him pillow for his
head and dropped off to sleep expect
ing to awake in another world. He
said that he took his position near
the wheel believing that if the car
started while he was asleep he would
not know when death came.
Whorten locked the fellow up in
the city Jail lie refused to give his
name. However SEVERAL small mem
orandum books found on his person
contained the name, "Micial Bvom-
vooslIy," and the prisoner admitted
that that was his name. He was a
man very small of stature, native
OF Hungary, about thirty years OF
age and from all appearances his
mind had been injured at one time.
rible bloHe stated that he was a SOC
ialtst laborer and wore a socialist
labor button. In his native country.
Hungary, he had been implicated in
labor troubles and had served SEN
tence in prison as a result of being
implicated in political labor riots.
He stated that he had received ter
rible blow on the head before leav-
ing Hungary several years ago and
it had impaired his brain. An exam
nation of his head proved the truth
fulness of his statement.
Bvomvoosky stated that he had
been in California for a long period
and that at San Bernadio he fell in
love with a girl In accordance with
lie old custom prevailing in his nat
i've home, he secured a revolver and
taking it to the girl told her to tell
1im if she loved him and if she did
not love him to take the revolver and
kill him. The girl believing him
crazy and had him arrested on the
charge of insanity, but after a few
days confinement in jail he was re-
leased, and heart sick and despondent
left town. He had several notices
from San Barnadio regarding his love
affair and insanity trial there.
He came on east determined to
kill himself at the first opportunity
and last night made the attempt in
4 very cool and deliberate manner
in Grand Junction. In one or two of
the books that he carried were found
pictures of the skull and cross bones
He declared he belonged to no secret
society. He also carried great bun
lie of Chinese matches.
City Attorney Coles stated that il
was useless to hold the little Hungar-
ian in custody, so after exacting a
promise from him to leave town at
once and not to attempt to kill him
self and after giving him some good
sound advice he ordered his release,
and the peculiar and mysterious lit
tie foreigner, brooding over his sor-
rows and his unreciprocated love left
town counting the ties to Palisade.