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Show NOVEL METHOD O SUICIDE. English Jurlat Had Himself Shot by HI Oa. keeper. Lord Chief Justice Haukford of England, who lived In a former century, cen-tury, notwithstanding hla high poal-tlon, poal-tlon, became ao tired of life that ha determined to shuffle oft thla mortal eoll. Hut he feared to commit suicide, sui-cide, because at the time a verdict of felo d ae followed aa a matter of eoorae, and the body of Ibe aulclda waa burled at four cross roads with a stak thrust through IL Furthar, be had to avert the consequence to hla relative of forfeiture of bis good, which waa also on of th penaltlea tor eelf destruction. He adopted a novel expedient. Beverel of hi dr having been atulen, b gave order to hi keeper to shoot any person thoy met In or near the park at night who did not Immediately aland when challenged. Then on a dark night be threw himself in the path ot th keepera and. not answering the challenge, chal-lenge, was shot dead on the spot. Tha tump of an old oak under which ha fell atlll marks the scene of th tragedy trag-edy and goes lo thla day by th nam of Haukford' nait. |