TIRED OF LIFE
! ST, PETERSBURG, March 18. 1 There is a.n epidemic of neurasthenic suicides ia this city." Two sisters named Kollman, aged 16 and 20. and a friend, Mdlle Laurie;':, heiress to two millions sterling, drank poison after, plaving Chopin's " Funeral March." Thev left letters stating that tbev were tired of life. Fifteen other ffuioides, mostly girls, were recorded yesterday, ard on an earlier dav there were 29, including 16 women and three children.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2923, 23 March 1910, Page 25
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75TIRED OF LIFE Otago Witness, Issue 2923, 23 March 1910, Page 25
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