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Show Priven to Suicide by Low of II it Dead Doy, Sidney Cluy was a London builder's clerk living in Euston roud. lie was C8 years of ago and had u wife and several children. A sister-in-law lived with the family, and this lady had a pet dog, a toy terrier called Peep, which became a p-oat favorite with all. Clay took tha pet dog for a walk and lost it; presumably presuma-bly the creature was stolen, for it was extraordinarily small and marvelonsly intelligent. Clay made every effort to recover the pet, but failed. Thereupon he became desjxmdent and moody, aud four months later he suddenly fell dead in the family sitting room. At the postmortem post-mortem examination it transpired that the man bad taken a (lose of cyanide of potassium with suicidal intent. It seems that clay h.id for a long time contemplated contem-plated making away with himself, for a , letter (which bad been written three months) addressed to his wife was found upon his person. i "To tho best and dearest of women, Marian, my Wife," be wrote; "there are ; times in the life of a mnn when be is su- j premely happy. Such has been my lot with you until quite recently. Then comes a downfall such as bas befallen : me. Since I lost our dear, darling Peep the life, light and. joy of our hearts I have been brokenhearted. I told you on one occasion I should never be able to brook her loss, and I feel I never can. With kindest love, your affectionata husband." Chicago News. |