Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-02-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

APTICR 111.  A few days after the ocourrence of the last incident teluted in the previous chapter, ii detailed account of a suicide, Interesting to ell melancholic isubjiscts, appeared the London papers under the inviting title of " Tragic eiticide in a Went end club." The contents of the paragisph may be thus summarised. A. young man, apparently • about twenty-sic years of age, entered a wellknown sporting club end called for a glees of brandy. Being served therewith, he produced ti -small package, the contents of which ha emptied into the glass and then drank. A few minutes later he fell forward, cud medical assistance being called be was conveyed to the hospital, where he died after seven or eight haurs. At the inquest two members of the sporting club came forward and identified the deceased as George Sealet, late of London, and in the course of their evidence, during which they indulged in many theirs, totally foreign to the coroner in his- official capacity, they stated that the deceased had in het itad £50,000, the whole of which he had spent in a most gedtlemenly way. They further iiteted that in their opinion the deceased was driven to the rash act us account of 'aril times. The doctor, as usual, eaves very detailed account of his postmortem examination to the jury, the majority of whom were wotkingmen,. and who were blissfully, ignorant of all that he said, but in conformity with iustiuci ions received from the coroner, they returned a verdict of " Suicide whilst temporarily insane," and as a proof of their careful attention to the evidence added a rider condemning the esident eareleasneee on the part of the (serving) eliemist'e amistant. Noswithstanding the exienuating feet that the deceased had produced a written authority for the morphia, and had represented himself tu be a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, the decision of !he jury was made known to the chemist, and coining from ouch an in ellectual body of men it had great effect on the master of the shop. The latter gentlemen summarily themissed his careless servant, and the bearer of the , stigma being unable to obtain employment in hie former capacity, emigrated to Australia, and euccended, after but a brief period, in obtaining ; employment as stonebreaker in her Majesty. , prison, Sydney. 130WOVOI, to resume. Thus was enacted the last scene in the career of George Sealet—a career opened with brighter prospects , than those enjoyed by most young menoind yet ended in the depths of ignomy and eharne. He . bad chosen a muds of file, bad lived up tti it, in • the face of the disastrous and almost inevitsble ' result. His ideas were aborted. The number of aocistr. paeaaites he multi maintain was to him , paramount to fame; his heroes and examrdee were chosen from these permutes, and wine, for the , most part, celebrated epocting mew, but the cause , of their cirlebracy was to him immaterial. As a , rational, independent ',tier h, had long ceased to , exist, and even in his larva sane moments he endnavuart.l to remove from his own 'shoulder* the reeponeitility ot tint intended suicide and the consequent,es thereof, for in a letter tenni upon there was written, "What I do, God, if there be one, will excuse, for He made me." But enough, , let WI throw the cloak roar him and turn ta Harry Kneels, who at Wile time was entirely , ignorant of the rash deed, potwithatending that a , letter had been Posted to him by George Stalet applising him of his intentions. This letter, consequent upon Knsele's absence from London, was , nu; received until a week had elapsed. He had . just returned fawn his usual matutinal walk, when ; his ituell..dy handed him a bundle of letters furwarded from hit London home. Happening to notice one in the handwriting of George %Met be leisurely opened it, thinking the while that ISOCIte [ spark of eO5OOlOllO, had been rekindled, and that , his old schoolmate might have been indueed to take , up his studies. But on openingzit hie outintan, mace soddenly changed. " What is this I" he cried. "fa this a practical joke, or whaL It can't be true."