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Show NOVEL METHOD OF SUICIDII. EiQllsh Jurist Had Himself Shot by J His Ga. -ekecpers. H Lord Chief Justice Hunk ford of H Hngland, who lived In n formor con' H tury, notwithstanding his hfgh pusl- H tlon, became ro tired of llfo thnt bo H determined to shuillu off Ihlu mortal H coil. But ho foa red to commit su oldc, bocnuse at tho time a vardlct Of fll fclo do so followed tin a mattor of biil courso, and the body of tho sulaltlo wus buried at four cioRH-roads with HH a stako thrust through It. Further, Hl ho had to avort tho r-onscquonccs to H his rclntlvos of forfeiture of his goods,' jfl which was also one of tho penalties H for self-destruction. He adoptod a. H novol expedient. Sovorul of his deer H having been stolen, ho gavo orders to jJ IiIr keopcrs to shoot any poison thoy H met In or near tho park at night who jJ did not immediately stand whon challenged. Then on n dark night H ho throw himself in tho path of tlio H keopers and, not ausworlng tho chat- longc, wns shot dead on tho spot Tho - H stump of an old oak under which ho fell still marks thu nee.no of tho trag-" cdy and goes to this day by tho nnnio H of Hnnkfurd's oak. " |