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Show HE CROSSED THE LINE. Frank Haig-nez Ends His Life with a Hempen Cord. Weary of an existence which for him had no charms Frank Haignez yesterday strangled strang-led himself with a rope, stepped into Charon's oyster boat and sailed across the creek to the landing place which is supposed to exist in the inky blackness of the other shore. J He was discovered hanging in a bam I owned by Jam?s Kennelly on Market street at 5:40 last night by Mike Smith, a teamster in the employ of the city. Frank was a one-legged man, who has for a long time eked out a living by selling peanuts pea-nuts around town. Its a sorry way of making mak-ing a living, and a person so employed is apt to receive more sneers than silver. So Frank, like a good, sensible man would under un-der similar circumstances do, quit this cold world, where countless thousands mourn as a result of the inhumauity of their fellow beinr, and placed himself at the mercy of the Oue who has said, "Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." Peace to the old man's a6hes ss he slumbers with the dead. May the coarse pauper's pillow upon which he sleeps the eternal slumber be as soft as fhe down of the cushions in the Mansions of Paradise, and his awakening as joyous as a summer morning at the gates of the eternal city. That he had contemplated this act for some time is evidenced by the following letters written by him, one of which it will be noted bears the date of June 1: Mme. Jean Pierre, No. 3 Rue de 1'Aba-toire, 1'Aba-toire, Faubourg du Faurneau, Belfast France: Yes, this is a hard world,. In vain I have asked to those I thought could help me of one old shoe and some old shirts UTt.. : 1 4 t . u I. T l hat grieves me the most is that when I ask for assistance so are good enough to tell me to buy what I need that I have plenty of money. O friends may God spare you any of the pain and suffering I have gone through for the past six years. The last of my foot; the dead bone in my left wrint, right shoulder hurt; rheumatism in the lett leg, and ruptured on the right side. AU this is enough to do and commit this act. No, there is no more hope for me. So farewell fare-well all. Good-bye my friends of the past. Yours in distress and despair. Frank Baisnez. Bury me as you rjlease, bat death is pref-1 pref-1 erable to me than a miserable life like this. Be as indulgent as you can, and forgive me. "F. H. Some of you boys will eay poor Frenchy is gone so much the better for him. Wrell let it be so. God help us all. Mrs. Genevieve Bero, Parsons, Kansas. Mrs. Ttoxa'ia Jlmgnez, Wellsvillc, Cacht County. Utah: No it is no use, I can't keep up any longer and I don't see any much good hope before me for the future. Ask a rich man for a little help, eight cases out of ten, "Weil, but yeu are all right. You don't suffer for anything. I can't do nothing for you." Only four days ago I was hungry. Believe it, friends, it took two rich merchants merch-ants and one banker to make up the big sum of 5 cents. But in parting I wish to thank all those who have been kind and generous to mo in my misfortune. There are some good men in Salt Lake City but there are some hard ones too. No this waf of living is worse than death and no food, bo place to sleep at night, no change of clothes. Few small debts I can't pay; so I say farewell all. Forgive me. forgive all, and if it were not that I am suffering so much every way I would have tried to- earn my living once more. But I am not fit to do anything at present and mnst go. F. Haignez. California Saloon, ) Salt Lake, June 1, 1S93. ' Dear Wife and Chtt-lrcn: It is one great pain to tell you that I feel old enough to go and meet my creator,and leaving everything to him to judge my case. I will leave this world without any regrets, except to leave you In such a state of poverty. But since I lost my foot I also lost my eyesight and many other things, friends and all. F. Haignez. I have nothing left to look after. Ask Mr. Winslow at the Walker House for my naturalization nat-uralization papers if wanted. Thanks to all my friends. I suffer in many ways and must leave you. Forgive me and be as good to others as you have been to me. I am of no use in this world any more. Good bye, farewell to all. Frank Haionez. The list writing. Fifty years old on the 20th. I wish I had better eyesight, but it is gone; can't read no more. Jtsad this It costs me a great deal of pain to do this rash act, but I think death is better bet-ter than to suffer as I do, besides haviasr to beg my bread on the streets, and do not sleep on a bed every night, my friends. Again, if I do not-want to starve, I think I conld go to the poor house, and, aa some of the well-off men of this city have told me, you go to the poor house and you will bo a happy man. Another nice one not long ago said to me not hundreds of feet from the Continental hotel, if I was not able to work, I was able to go to some corner and die. Life has been hard to me, and the greatest regret I have is to leave a poor wife and four loving children. This may be better for my family,, as I am of no use to them and I am in the-way of everybody every-body in general. There are a few friends in the city I wish to thank f ortheir past kindness, kind-ness, hoping they wiH forgive me. I for- give all forgive me. And heed me, my dear boy Louis, he good to your mother, and NEVER touch liquor. Friend Ruben, please write to my sister; do not let my wife know of this before I am buried. Francis Haioxez. Ask Chas. Harvey on Second South, bet. Com. and Main, how I tried for weeks past. He left a wife and three children who live at Wellsville, his wife having.left him a number of years ago. The inquest was held at the Utah Undertaking Under-taking company's parlors at 10 o'clock this morning. The jurymen were Mark McKim-mons, McKim-mons, W. B. Booth and S. C. Boon. Nothing new was developed and the jury returned a verdict of suicide. , . a . |