SUICIDE OF AN ARMLESS MAN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 51, 23 November 1907, Page 10

SUICIDE OF AN ARMLESS MAN.

i v «\>v STRANGE; TRAGEDY. One of the most remarkable suicides over recorded has takeii place-_ in. Paris. , A man without arms succeeded in shooting' himself with a revolver. For some timo (writes tho "Express" \ correspondent under date Scptomborrr-24>, the polioa refused to believe '.thjfc siicF,U suicide'was .possible, but medical examination has' proved , conclusively that such was the «*•>■'• Tho details of the suicide aro' extraordinary. ■ The armless man was named O'nillon. Ho was fifty-one years old, and a widower. He lived alone. ' One of his arms was amputated some years ago as tho result of an accident; tho other was cut off close to tho elbow a few months ago owing to medical reasons. Ho made a precarious living by tho sale of objects in tho street.

Ho had a son who for some timo past has been in prison at Chalons-sur-Marnc. This son was icleased with about 7s. in his pockety :Whic)i'hd luyd yarned as goodConduct money'wfiifo -m» prisbiW His first object was to see his father, and he spent all his money in paying his .fare to Paris. Without losing any time, ho went from the station to his father's residonce, eager to meet hiin. h Quco again.' , ,:;,i; i Arri.yed^:tJ) j Qi;p,,,^.ho" Repeatedly, at ; ltii<siiJjis^U)ui,.j)epi^a^ i ojitain s=jji.q' response. Becoming alarmed] ho"broko open tho door and entered. He struck a light, and to his horror saw his father lying inanimate at tho isjttb of',:bjj af;pss to him and found that lie was dead.

Running into tho street, ho called for help, and several gendarmes came to his ; assistance*. , A ..doctor., was.. ...hurriedly sum.ifubnedj,3li'<l, v ji"All'brt*l£h,b,xajnfe)U#on 0 f tho !)!)sb';-.'*i ii 5,.. nia .49.-,-n.j.>to'i 1 ~iiii,' '7,7' J ; Tho arinlcss."jman| his '■■ bed. As this was being done, a revolver fell from his clothes-.,. i lVsjjpAlfl, l ; l b.q mentioa a .l that .Im. was fully dress'ed i .. ii ; | :. ; -''' n : '■- "■ 'CareTuT'e'xamiii'atibiL'./'dis'yoscfll, tho fact that there was no" c'dnfrisi'o'h "8Vf l his body, nor. .was, thero,,,any, r ,evi<;lcuco ,in„tho room of ; a v struggJo having/ : taken ■ place's the 'revolver'was'cxanim'ecrif'wa's'Tound that two chambers had been discharged. Curiously enough, theso wero not consecutive. BoTween the discharged chambers thero was an interval of two that wero undischarged. It was u]so obvious that; however tho man had".met his death,-, r.obbcry was not, tho motive, if- it had been-'accomplished by any -Tho dead maftif Jvatch and other .small possessions were found on tho iniiiitplpioco, and 15s. was still in his trousor pockets. • . •'■ T . '■ v-I nc mystery that'piiziiliid tho police was, How did tho armless man discharge tho revolver? It, an extraordinarily resoiircefiil'ninn'." For k instanco, ho was in.vtho'; ha.lu't.,nk unlocking his door every night with his own latchkey. Ho did this with his teeth. ~The autopsy to-day -proved that it was by '•means of liis teeth and his feet that ho com-mitted-suicide. - -With- his tooth he succeeded, in fastening a Jiootlace „tq..a piece of '■Hfii , .e,'.; l and i)r',;att(jc)qrrg llijr-wijo to tho trigger of a'"revolver.'''' Ho "then took tho barrel '.'of ,',-tho revolver in his mouth, and pulled tho wire with ~ln's, fect..-.;.^

,' jlA'sr'omaWfiWrir?fi?%' l during a 'stag-'hunt=on'l?xrii6or: J _ ffh'd stag'was taken in "a'"garden, and in his struggles ho upset sbvpral : :bee and field were routed;' -and itf "was-'somo time before the sjfcagjs .bod^..-.could be .-