South Wales, "Mr. Chaifey, has sade an appeut to the newspapers that State asking them to reishing the results of suicide cases. He said he could not go 10 the matter of auto-suggestion Lut there were certain kinds of} cides which appeared to have amongst them is Lysol ference was made to the manner] of murderers who indulge in poi a means of ridding them thelt vietims—generally wives. The' alarming increase in. sui Mr. Chaffey thinks might be due fo the publicity ug the brain of the morbi which leads to self-destruction. Whether this applies to murders well—and the police appear to think it does—the numerous poison ing cases within recent years is accounted for. It is a known fact that the pastime of throwing oneself over the Gap in Sydney appeared to be increased after pub-Heity given to a wealthy woman who for no apparent reason ended her life in that unhappy fashion. Whether the withholding of all facts: regarding a suicide will do any geod remains to be seen, As a. rule in the case of morbid minded people the withholding of the facts only. tends to multiply in the: rinds of the morbid a thousand and one theories as to why the suicide occurred. In the withholding of the facts in the case of a young. girl who committed suicide in Melbourne twenty years ago, her social friends to this day formulate theory ies as to how and why she destroy ed herself. If the facts had been' made public a seven days wonder} id have taken place and then oblivion.
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