The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-12-03
LONELY YOUNG MAN ATTRACTED
PLENTY OF ATTENTION BY
FAKE SUICIDE.

Young man whose appearance in
dicates that he is about 29, and lives
in New York. where he is well known
about one of the biggest hotels, was
feeling in q very penitent mood yes
terday. according to reports that
reached that particular hotel, says
the New York Press. He was still i'll
from the effects Of the stomach pump
they had worked on him.
The manager of the hotel refuses to
disclose the young mans name be-
cause he afirms that the other just
wanted to attract a lot of sympathy
and get his name in the newspapers.
Anyhow, the youngster sat himself
on one of the chairs that face the
room clerks desk and the marble Wa
ter cooler. alongside of which is a
stack of individual drinking cups.
The water is not always cold in the
cooler. but the paper drinking cups
are free. SO the management thinks
there is no kick coming. At the time
the young man took his seat there
was a big crowd between the chairs
and the desk on Thursday afternoon
and the young man waited until the
end of the crowd nearest the cooler
had been cleared away, when he arose
and approached the cup rack, pro-
cured a cup and filled it with water.
He purposely turned and drank the
water and went back TO his chair and
sat down. To an elderly stranger
who had the next chair he remarked
in what was intended to be a casual
tone, I have just swallowed twenty
five grains of bichloride of mercury"
Good gracious exclaimed the
other, jumping up. He ran to the
desk. Where is the manager Get
a doctor quick. That man there is
DYING" he cried.
There was some confusion until an
assistant manager, a detective, two
hall boys and two porters got hold
of the young man and hurried him
into che elevator and took him down
to the basement. Meantime word
had been sent to the most available
physician together with hurried dag
nosis of the case.
The doctor arrived in a hurry and
took from a bag a formidable look
ing instrument. BY this time the
young man was moaning, though,
according to the manager, he appear
ed to be unconscious. They took off
his coat and then laid him on table.
From the pocket of the coat two let
tiers dropped. The assistant manager
hurriedly went through them. They
were addressed to relatives, and gave
the news that the writer had come to
the conclusion that he ought not to
live any longer. He was tired of life
and was going to end it all.
BY this time the doctor was fore
ing one end of a tube between the
lips of the patient. This seemed to
revive the latter somewhat, and he
opened his eyes, discovered what the
doctor had in his hand, and strug-
gled to get away. The porters held
him down. There was little time to
spare, and the doctor was taking no
chances.
The patient tried to speak, but
words took time, and the doctor kept
iamming the tube down his throat.
In a short time the young man
was grooming in earnest. He kept
doctor would not let up. He kept
on with the tube, and then he finally
began to pump.
Finally the physician decided that
the patients life was safe. Then he
made an investigation, with the re-
suit that he said some things to the
assistant manager, whereat those
present lost their concern for the life
of the patient, and the doctor and the