RED TAPE RUN MAD

Evening Star, Issue 14307, 4 March 1910, Page 3

RED TAPE RUN MAD

A young farm servant at Cambrai, after a dispute with his employer, hanged himself from a tree overlooking a railway. A passenger saw him thus suspended, and (the London ' Telograph' states) walked off to report his discovery to the local guard, who, when ho arrived on the spot, found quite a crowd assembled. He felt the body, perceived that it was still warm, but would not interfere, as the tree happened to bo standing on the ground of a neighboring parish. Ho therefore proceeded to inform its special guard. After a lapse of half an hour this worthy returned with his comrade, and then ensued a long discussion whether the tree was situated in one parish or another, so away they went to consult the ordnance maps. Hours rolled by, and when they at last met again on the scene of the tragedy they came to the agreement that tho tree was located in a third parish. They then walked off together to inform that particular guard, who, having visited the spot and confirmed tho opinion that the tree was in his special domain, started off to report the suicide to tho gendarmes, who finally cut the rope. Need it he added that long before this hour tho man was dead?