Eureka Reporter | 1903-09-18 | Page 4 | Was "Elected to Die"

WAS ELECTED TO DIE member of su cide club ends his life in connect cut out whether or not solemn oaths bound bernard bernabucci of derby conn to destroy himself he took his life most calmly and deliberately herna bernabucci bucci was forty years old he was in good health and he had em there seemed to be no reason why he should end his exist ence he told his roommate joseph E that he was one of a suicide club whose meeting place is in catharine street new york I 1 have ben chosen he said to esposito I 1 have been elected to die I 1 have sworn not to try to escape my fate at the appointed time indeed it would be useless for it I 1 do not kill myself they of the club will I 1 ill me ile the doomed man went to the line of the naugatuck atuck railroad he tried to throw himself under a passing loco motive but it whizzed by him ans aris ing he explained to those around that he had stumbled aad and fallen he coolly waited until a fast passenger train approached then he dived at the flying engine fell under its wheels ana was killed