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Strange Felo de Se.
--On Friday, says the Washington Chronicle, of May 15th, at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, Mr. Edmond Baron, a Frenchman, was found dead upon his bed, with a surgical instrument called a calling in his hand, with which he had inflicted a fatal wound in the region of the heart.
A previous unsuccessful attempt at suicide had been made with morphine.
Mr. Baron had also thought of shooting himself, but had desisted out of regard for the feelings of those occupying the next room.
The cause of the act was probably depression of spirits, brought on by losses of property.
Mr. Baron had once possessed great wealth, but had been reduced to a comparatively slender income.
The most remarkable feature of the case, perhaps, is a will left by deceased, bequeathing his body to Dr. Weisse, with the request that the skeleton should be nicely set and placed somewhere in his office.
The document runs as follows: "I hereby bequeath my body to my talented, and some day