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Show COST HIM $5 FOR SUICIDE INSURANCE Corneilus Donovan failed to respond When his name was called at the Police court yesterday afternoon, and forfeited for-feited 15 to the city. Saturday night Donovan presented himself at the police station, saying that he was drank and was afraid he would kill himself if he were not restrained. re-strained. A charge of being drunk was placed against him, but on Sunday he sent word .to the desk sergeant that he wanted to be released as he had become Sober. He left $5 to insure his reappearance, reappear-ance, but -falling to respond when his name Waft read yesterday, forfeited the money. . - This is probably the first case on record rec-ord in local police circles where a man has insisted on being arrested to keep him from suicide. |