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Foreign News
December 9, 1785
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Private letters from France report a Paris print-seller, seized with 'l'Ennui de vivre,' hanged himself after proposing to hang his shop boy first, but the youth fled for help, arriving too late to intervene.
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LONDON.
Sept. 24. A cause of a most singular nature will come on in Doctor's Commons the ensuing term, brought by the wife of a person in Black-friars, for non-performance of conjugal rites, after a cohabitation of six months.
By private letters received from France we are informed, that a print-seller in Paris, being seized with the disorder called l'Ennui de vivre, hanged himself a few days ago. His intention was to take along with him a travelling companion upon his long journey, and he actually proposed to his shop boy to hang him first, with a positive assurance that he would dispatch himself instantly afterwards. The youth not relishing the proposal ran out for help, but before any one could interfere, his master had time to effect his fell purpose.
Sept. 24. A cause of a most singular nature will come on in Doctor's Commons the ensuing term, brought by the wife of a person in Black-friars, for non-performance of conjugal rites, after a cohabitation of six months.
By private letters received from France we are informed, that a print-seller in Paris, being seized with the disorder called l'Ennui de vivre, hanged himself a few days ago. His intention was to take along with him a travelling companion upon his long journey, and he actually proposed to his shop boy to hang him first, with a positive assurance that he would dispatch himself instantly afterwards. The youth not relishing the proposal ran out for help, but before any one could interfere, his master had time to effect his fell purpose.
What sub-type of article is it?
Suicide
What keywords are associated?
Paris
Suicide
Print Seller
Ennui De Vivre
Shop Boy
Where did it happen?
Paris
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Paris
Event Date
A Few Days Ago
Outcome
print-seller hanged himself; shop boy escaped unharmed.
Event Details
A print-seller in Paris, seized with the disorder called l'Ennui de vivre, hanged himself. He proposed to his shop boy to hang him first, assuring he would follow immediately, but the youth ran out for help, though too late to prevent the master's suicide.