SHOCKING SUICIDE AT MONTE CAKLO.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1819, 19 April 1888, Page 4

SHOCKING SUICIDE AT MONTE CAKLO.

On Wfdneßctay tbo 27tb Deoomber another shocking soicida tcok place at Monte Carlo, and was made public. In la neceseary to ac?d these last words, as the majority of anch sad cccarreccea (say* a oorreßpon'ent, writl-'g to the "'Scotem%n ' ) are hashed up by the authorities of the Cheino. The victim la this case wan a young, handsome, au<l, antilshe became a freqmoler of the gambling tables, a teepeclable wom%n. She was tempted to try her lack at the nnldlte tables. She loßt, and she won. Tho dread r ul papßlon for gambling was developed qqickly m her. She ficqu<nt<jd the ?»blea dai'y. Sbe ployed heavier mi heavier etakte, and at, the iiemo time p!ayed more exoltediy and rashly Her gold dimlnlahed rapidly. Like almost every woman who fr< qaenta the Oisioo fend the tables, ehe leg^n to lead a life of vice. Wha*. she eirm-d m one bad w=y the lojt In another, and bo ahe went on for many a day. On TiUßday last the went to the Caaluo as usual, but without her gll:teiiiig j swsla She had them lv her pooket Sne waa then seen In carneat converee *i'h one of those bangera-oo of the place, ' Btraa^era, they are called, who make their living m the gambling rooms thtmaelves by advancing to those who are • oleaned out' money on their jewellery, watohe?, and other valuablea. For a few thousand fracos this unhappy woman gave up her jewels. At once she took a place at the roulette table. By nightfall Bhe waa a beggar. She was seen to eater her hotel about midnight. She went straight to her bedroom. What she did there waß known the next day. About nine m the morning the chambermaid took hot water to her door. She knocked, but no response came, so ahe ae.t it down outside and want away. A little later the porter came with otters. He, too, got no answer to his knock. At once auepioioa was aroused. Those m the hotels at Monte Carlo are not unused to awful tragedies. The door was buftt open A light form was seen banging from the pole to which the window curtains Were attached. It waa the body of this wretched yoong woman. It was stiff end cold, Bhowing thas she had been dead some hours, but the awful expression and contortions of the face told that Bhe had abftared terrible agonies whilst slowly dying by Birangalation