OCR Text |
Show Police Invent An Effective 'Suicide Cure' Demonstration of Fact That Others Have Greater Troubles Trou-bles Usually Deters Despondent De-spondent From Act M8 AXOKLKd. May 20. (By A. P.). A "aulrtde cure," devised by the Loa AnirHea police department haa proved Its efficacy In the few cane where opportunity has been aTforded to apply ap-ply It. It constat- of a demonstration o the pcrxon who desires to end his life that no matter how dreary and unbearable existence '.vems to Mr... there are others who fare arenter tmublra without with-out even the thouKht of resottlnp; to self -dent ruction. STARTS FOR BEACH. The moat recent exposition of the value of tha "cure' was in the ciise of a yuunr woman who had quarreld with her fiance. She decided life was no longer worth (he livlnic. She wrote a note to her mother that she was on the way to a beach resort to drown herself. T reach the resort she had to pass throuKh Lus Angele. nr mother notified the pnlr of her city and they notified the Los Angeles police. po-lice. The remit waa the latter met the train which the younfr woman thouKht was taklnir her to death. GIVEN NEW VIEWPOINT. The policewoman to whom the you nir woman was turned over said little directly hearing upon the latter'a case, hut Immediately started upon a "personally conducted "tour of the city and county jails and the homes for unfortunate youne; women. Tfle would-be would-be suicide was fhuwn nirl mothers who had no husband; (tirl wlvea who had bet-n deserted hy their husbands; utrl j wives seeking- divorces from their husbands; hus-bands; Rlrls and wornm charred with I various felonies. Including murder. The point was soon driven home "I see what a fool 1 was," said the ! young woman taking the tour. 'l can I never thiink you sufficiently. I am go-I go-I lug right home to mother and be a good girl." |