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The deceased gentleman dined last night at the Carlton Club and seemed in his usual health and spirits. He left the club at about ten o'clock, and was seen walking leisurely up St. James's Street a little later. Subsequent to this his movements cannot be traced. THE DECEASED GENTLEMAN DINED LAST NIGHT AT THE CARTON CLUB AND SEEMED IN HIS USUAL HEALTH AND SPIRITS HE LEFT THE CLUB AT ABOUT TEN O'CLOCK AND WAS SEEN WALKING LEISURELY UP SAINT JAMES'S STREET A LITTLE LATER SUBSEQUENT TO THIS HIS MOVEMENTS CANNOT BE TRACED
ting had been gradually growing louder. The noise rose from the eastward and swelled down Piccadilly, drawing nearer and nearer, a very torrent of sound; surging up streets usually quiet, and making every window a frame for a face, curious or excited. The cries and voices came echoing up the silent street where Villiers lived, growing more distinct as they advanced, and, as Villiers spoke, an answer rang up from the pavement: “The West End Horrors; Another Awful Suicide; Full Details!” Austin rushed down the stairs and bought a paper and read out the paragraph to Villiers as the uproar in the street rose and fell. The window was open and the air seemed full of noise and terror. “Another gentleman has fallen a victim to the terrible epidemic of suicide which for the last month has prevailed in the West End. Mr. Sidney Crashaw, of Stoke House, Fulham, and King’s Pomeroy, Devon, was found, after a prolonged search, hanging dead from the branch of a tree in his garden at one o’clock today. THER A CONFUSED NOISE OF SHOUTING HAD BEEN GRADUALLY GROWING LOUDER THE NOISE ROSE FROM THE EASTWARD AND SWELLED DOWN PICCADILLY DRAWING NEARER AND NEARER A VERY TORRENT OF SOUND SURGING UP STREETS USUALLY QUIET AND MAKING EVERY WINDOW A FRAME FOR A FACE CURIOUS OR EXCITED THE CRIES AND VOICES CAME ECHOING UP THE SILENT STREET WHERE VILLIERS LIVED GROWING MORE DISTINCT AS THEY ADVANCED AND AS VILLIERS SPOKE AN ANSWER RANG UP FROM THE PAVEMENT THE WEST END HORRORS ANOTHER AWFUL SUICIDE FULL DETAILS AUSTIN RUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS AND BOUGHT A PAPER AND READ OUT THE PARAGRAPH TO VILLIERS THE UPPER END STREET ROSE AND FELL THE WINDOW WAS OPEN AND THE AIR SEEMED FULL OF NOISE AND TERROR ANOTHER GENTLEMAN HAS FALLEN A VICTIM TO THE TERRIBLE EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE WHICH FOR THE LAST MONTH HAS PREVAILED IN THE WEST END MISTER SIDNEY CRAYSHAW OF STOKE HOUSE FULLUM AND KING'S PALMERROY DEVON WAS FOUND AFTER A PROLONGED SEARCH HANGING DEAD FROM THE BRANCH OF A TREE IN HIS GARDEN AT ONE O'CLOCK TO DAY
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