Sky-Scraper Suicide.
Mr S. ,1. Haydon committed suicide at New York on Aprii Ist, bv leaping Ironi the top of a sky-scra-per. He entered the elevator at No 55, New-street, and journeved to the |°P "° ol ' of this 21-storey building. Walking calmly to a window, he laid ins umbrella on the ledge, which is 45 inches wide, and then leaped to his dealh, a distance of 325 ft. Scores of pamcriHiy saw the body whirling through the air, turning somersault after somersault (ill it rcn c] u , (i „ 10 pavement with a crash. Mr Havdon who was fifty-five years of age," was ('lt in height, and weighed fist The impact of his body when it mi( . befi the pavement was such that the imprint oi his boot was marked upon he kerbstone. The body was- terribly mutilated. men tno too(n M shattered to pieces. Letters were fmmd, from which it seems probable that tho suicide was due to a love affair. A letter was also found from a railway company promising Haydon a position as an auditor, which was apparently hfs vocation. This is the first instance on record of a suicide from a sky-scraper,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 125, 31 May 1904, Page 2
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195Sky-Scraper Suicide. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 125, 31 May 1904, Page 2
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