We need particularly a Society for the Assistance of Suicides. Such a society would build a commodious asylum--or rather station house--from which persons could take their departure from life. We can fancy such a house fitted up with a score of self-acting guillotines, ready for the use of all applicants. The suicide, on entering the house, would be supplied with pen, ink, and paper, with which to write his farewell letter. He would then be required to register his name, birthplace, age, and, if he so desired, the cause of his weariness of life, and he would be shown to the operating-room, where he would be provided with ether and assigned to a comfortable guillotine.
New York Times
April 21, 1880
Just what I need, another blog. Well, this one will be the work pages for my non-fiction article "The Guillotine Suicides." This is where I will keep and organize the information and get help from folks.
A Partial List
- Francois August Chere [London, 1876]
- James A. Moon [Indiana, 1876]
- April 188o [NYT OpEd--fascinating!]
- Drainpipe guy
- Boyd Taylor [Northumberland, 2003]
- Allen Park, MI [2007]
- David Moore [Belmont, NH, 2006] this one is really sad
American Journal of Forensics
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