Tokyo, Apr. 23.
How a length of artificial rope. made of staple fibre, saved the life of a would-be suicide was revealed today in a letter of thanks sent to the rope manufacturer.
The would-be suicide, A. Tanaka, writes: "I had only been hanging a few seconds—everything was swirling madly—my neck began to ache—I repented, and, I thought, perhaps too late—then the rope broke, your rope, and I fell into the waiting arms of a policeman. Many thanks."
The policeman. took him off to jail, where he wrote his letter of gratitude. Tanaka is so enthused over his good fortune that he can't remember his reasons for attempting suicide.
The use of staple fibre has been encouraged in Japan as a means of conserving other materials needed as war supplies—United Pres.
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