Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-07-29 | Page 25 | Poisons Fail; Artist Eats Wartime Stew

POISONS FAIL ARTIST EATS WARTIME STEW By Special News Service AMSTERDAM July 28 A A Prague newspaper relates s the sad story of an artist there who found it impossible to kill himself with poison or ora a rope and acid was only e to shuffle off this mortal coil colI finally by eating a restaurant restaurant restaurant rant stew The newspapers newspaper's account of the tragedy is as follows Tired of life at 45 the artist procured procured procured pro pro- cured a portion of a violent a-violent poison and tried to poison himself with it In vain he awaited a fatal effect and on the following day had the remains of ot the vial analyzed analyzed- It was a war Var sub- sub poison He t n procured a rope and hanged himself but the the rope rope was made of paper pulp and it broke The twofold failure of his attempt at suicide the man regarded as a a. sign of fate and a fresh joy in life inspired him Proceeding to a certain well known restaurant he ordered and arid consumed consumed consumed con con- an alleged meat stew It was a war substitute stew and two hours later he was dead