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Show TIED TOGETHER, TRY TO DIE Buddhist Superstition Believed to Have Inspired the Act of Eleven Koreans. ' Seoul. Korea. An extraordinary ,'it-j ,'it-j tempt of eleven Koreans to commit suicide by tying themselves togetlcr witli a rope and then jumping over-hoard over-hoard is reporled from the treaty port of Chemulpo, about twenty-five niib-s ! southwest of Seoul. I The incident occurred on a ferryboat ferry-boat running between Chemulpo and a nearby Island. The boat wan stopped and all were picked up but. three wei dead. The act Is believed to have been Inspired In-spired by Buddhist superstition. |