SINGULAR SUICIDE.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 877, 21 October 1871, Page 2

SINGULAR SUICIDE.

The " Indianapolis People" gives the following account of a most singular suicide which occurred near Philadelphia, a short distance east of the city, on Thursday week:— A farmer was threshing his grain by steam power, near the road side, when a well-dressed stranger drove up in a buggy, got out, tied his horse, and came up to the machine. He first went to the engineer and asked the privilege of feeding gthc machine for awhile, and was referred to the feeder. The feeder seeing no reason to refuse letting him try his hand, yielded his post, which the stranger filled with ability. After running a short time, he looked to the engineer for more steam, which tbe eugineer put on, and then, while the machine was going at lightning speed, he motioned the man handling to stop, and as soon as the teeth were clear he doubled up his arms and threw himself headforemost into the thresher before the horrorstricken observers had an idea of his intention. He was literally torn in pieces in an instant. No clue to his identity could be discovered; his pocket-book contained 30 dollars, but nothing in the way of papers. The citizens of Philadelphia are still in the dark as regards the name of the man or the cause of his making away with himself.