Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-31
YOUNG RUSSIAN
KILLS HIMSELF \ ] |. ].
$3.50 -----
Driven Mad, He Takes Carbolic
Acid in a Glass Of
Beer.
LEAVES PECULIAR LETTERS R
LEAVES PECULIAR LETTERS
Tells of His Trial Before God in Il
World of Spirits aud
Angels.

The name OF the young man who
committed suicide at 8 o'clock yester-
day afternoon by taking carbolic acid,
as related lin the News" was Mike
Ostrovskony, q Russian Jew. aged 10
years. That his mind was unbalanced
there is not the least doubt, as this fact
is shown by the vague letters left by
the young man. He wrote them just
peiore drinking the acid and they
show that he contemplated suicide.
The father of the deceased is Movciiy
living ut Sluctk, Minvkstate, Russia.
One of the letters left by the suicide
reads as follows:
Dear Friend Bardisky-When you
are reading my last words will be
Lying stretched outson the earth The
reasons that drove me to take my life
i cannot write any more.
Il am asking you one thing before
ldie-that you should kindly write to my
parents that their son has died Of
$heartache
In my satchei there is s13. which
you Will kindly send5to my poor parents
and sisters and brothers. There is also
81 in my pocket and a photograph, ana
you Will take the So TO have more pic
lures made and send them to my pa.
rents
81 have lived here under the name OF
Mike ostichy, but In the old country
my name IS Aaron ostrovskony-'
ANOTHER LETTER.
Another letter left by him lie headed:
My last minutes before my death.
Following Is a translation of the mis-
siVe:
with the pen can hardly write:
my hand is shaking. and fon all sides
my heart is beating. cannot stand oiii
my feet, and my head is turning. In
zone more hour will lie on the earth
still With my feet stretched out My
eyes Will be shut and my heart will
have stopped beating. No more trou-s
BILE VIII I see and no more pain will Il
feel will be stretched out OH the
earth and Will be happy. Nobody
will cry after me. My parents are far,
far away from me.
Pretty soon they will put me in the
cold earth, and i will sleep very peace
fully. Will have no more pain after
that, even for mTsown brother l will
not be able to hear any more because
i Will lie deep in the earth. Then |.
won't feel anything or see anything
more. Nobody will have any business
with me. only the angels, and the an.
gels will ask me what my name is"
When the young man entered the
Plaza saloon, 81 west Third South
street, he asked for a glass of beer, ac-
.cording to A. r, Cabe, the proprietor.
He drank the beer and then called for
another glass. In this he emptied a
bottle Of carbollc acid and drank the
same.
WENT BEHIND CURTAINS.
y The saloon man says:
THE young fellow asked for glass
OF beer which 1 served to him. After
drinking 1t he asked for another one.
Z. He drank maybe about two-thirds OF
this and then asked me If he could take
some medicine in It, ] laughtingly told
him thought he could If he wanted to,
and then he left the bar and went be-
hind the curtains in the rear of the
saloon. There was nothing about his
action to attract any particular atten-
ton until suddenly he let out yell,
and coming from behind the curtain
threw an ounce vial on the floor and
then coming to the end of the bar,
handed me the beer glass. l saw the
vial was marked carbolic acid, and its
fumes were easily detected. Two men
In the room grabbed the man and We
tried to force two raw eggs down his
throat. He fought us and cried, NO,
No. l want to die. ] want to go to
hell
II called the police, and in a few
minutes the patrol wagon arrived and
took him away. l never saw the man
before he came into the saloon today"
The suicide left several statements.
one of them referring to sl3 which
he wanted sent to his parents. From
others 1t was learned that he had been
studying Socialism and was decidedly
radical on the subject. In one OF the
letters written shortly before his death.
Ostrovskony wrote his ideas of the
next world. Following is an extract
from the letter:
BEFORE JUDGMENT SEAT.
Tour o'clock. the stroke on the first
heaven, in Il big house of fire and wa
ter. Two angels Gabriel and Michael,
are sitting waiting for a young man
10 years of age. who lies in purgatory
Just before the trial.
All at once they rang the bell and
they opened the door. Satan came in
| and said, i want another helper. j
have here young man just in his
young years, who took his own life. He
is just beginning to speak, a weak. sick
boy
sAll ut once he started to spit tar and
sulphur.
HE asked me: What is your name?'
My name Is Poor Workingman.'
WHO killed you?' he said.
"'Oh,' / said, the capitalists. But I
cannot understand you. Ask me
straight words, 1t was Just in anger. l
suffered enough In the world Let me
go and leave me alone.
II want to bring him inside and they
begin to fight. He has bombs and other,
things. They have telephoned to the
second and third heavens and all at
once come soldiers and bad angels.
They have chains and they want to
chain me and take ME into purgatory.
mo lawyers want to take the case
and the trial is just beginning. The
judge opened the book and asked me
my name. l told him my name Is Poor
Worleingman. and told him that If he
asked me in Hebrew ] would under
stand better.
:. Who has made you that you should
die hungry
1.-The capitalists / said.
THE angels saw they could not do
anything with me and then they sent
me to God Himself.
God spoke to ME and told me what
everything is doing in this world. l
know all this myself.
God asked me, What did you do this
for? What did you have upon YOUR
self? You could have died naturally
II told Him we did not want to be
slaves and said, If you would kill the
rich people the poor workingman would
be able to live
cit took me until 5 O'Clock in the eve
ming TO write this, and then the bell
rang. and they said. Stop working The
trial is not finished yet. IL can will
write more You can guess the rest
yourself