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May 3, 1803
Kentucky Gazette And General Advertiser
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
A well-dressed young man from Lyons, traveling on foot, committed suicide in a lonely valley near Chonas by shooting himself with a pistol. He left a note expressing grief over a woman's suicide, whose hair was in a necklace he wore to burial. His identity was concealed via a torn passport from Dijon.
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SUICIDE.
A young man, very well dressed, says the Moniteur we received yesterday morning, coming from Lyons on foot, arrived at four in the afternoon three weeks ago near an inn in the commune of Chonas. He quitted the high road, and proceeded to a lonely valley, about 300 paces distant. There he was found the instant, stretched upon the grass, and dead his face upwards and a horse pistol in his right hand. The ball had entered beneath the chin, and had passed through the head. A second pistol loaded lay beside him.
The following billet was found upon him:
"I am of honorable parents at Lyons--I never swerved from their principles. I beg those who shall perform the last offices for me, to let me carry to the grave the collar I have round my neck. Perhaps, if it had not been for the head on which the hair grew, of which that collar was made, I should have died a natural death: but since the period in which she cut short her days, I have had no peace, and see no happiness for me, but in going to join her."
"I have informed my parents, by letter, of my resolution, and leave to them the power of claiming me, or not. It is this that determines me to call myself merely A. B."
A passport was found upon him, but he had taken care to tear it into eight pieces, that his name and his family might not be known. It was found out however, that the passport had been delivered by the municipality of Dijon. Round his neck was a collar, to which was suspended a jewel, containing hair. Conformably to his desire, his body was buried with the necklace round his neck.
A young man, very well dressed, says the Moniteur we received yesterday morning, coming from Lyons on foot, arrived at four in the afternoon three weeks ago near an inn in the commune of Chonas. He quitted the high road, and proceeded to a lonely valley, about 300 paces distant. There he was found the instant, stretched upon the grass, and dead his face upwards and a horse pistol in his right hand. The ball had entered beneath the chin, and had passed through the head. A second pistol loaded lay beside him.
The following billet was found upon him:
"I am of honorable parents at Lyons--I never swerved from their principles. I beg those who shall perform the last offices for me, to let me carry to the grave the collar I have round my neck. Perhaps, if it had not been for the head on which the hair grew, of which that collar was made, I should have died a natural death: but since the period in which she cut short her days, I have had no peace, and see no happiness for me, but in going to join her."
"I have informed my parents, by letter, of my resolution, and leave to them the power of claiming me, or not. It is this that determines me to call myself merely A. B."
A passport was found upon him, but he had taken care to tear it into eight pieces, that his name and his family might not be known. It was found out however, that the passport had been delivered by the municipality of Dijon. Round his neck was a collar, to which was suspended a jewel, containing hair. Conformably to his desire, his body was buried with the necklace round his neck.
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Tragedy
Misfortune
Love
What keywords are associated?
Suicide
Lyons
Chonas
Passport
Dijon
Love
Necklace
Hair
What entities or persons were involved?
A. B.
Honorable Parents At Lyons
She
Where did it happen?
Commune Of Chonas, Near An Inn, Lonely Valley; From Lyons; Passport From Dijon
Story Details
Key Persons
A. B.
Honorable Parents At Lyons
She
Location
Commune Of Chonas, Near An Inn, Lonely Valley; From Lyons; Passport From Dijon
Event Date
Three Weeks Ago
Story Details
A young man from Lyons shoots himself in a valley near Chonas, leaving a note about joining a deceased woman whose hair he wears in a necklace; identity concealed but passport traced to Dijon; buried with necklace as requested.