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| Editor | Associates | Business Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Kreymborg | Leonard D. Abbott | Charles Boni, Jr. |
| Albert Boni | ||
| Alanson Hartpence | ||
| Adolf Wolff |
Diary of a Suicide
By
Wallace E. Baker
NEW YORK
ALBERT AND CHARLES BONI
96 Fifth Avenue
1913
Copyright, 1913
By
The Glebe
FOREWORD.
On Sept. 28th, 1913, Mr. B. Russell Herts, of“The International,” received the following letter:
New York, Sept. 27, 1913.
Mr. B. Russell Herts,
c/o International Magazine,
New York City.
Dear Mr. Herts:—Under separate cover I am sendingyou a record of a young man who is about to commitsuicide. My only object is that it may help, ifpublished in part or whole, to ease the way for somewho come after.
If you will kindly read it through, especially thelatter part, you will be able to judge whether you careto make any use of it. If not, kindly mail same toMr. ——, Toronto, Ont.
I have cut out references to places and people hereand there for their sake, because naturally I cannot beworried about myself after death.
Thanking you for giving this matter your attention,I remain,
I do not sign this, but you may verify my death bycommunicating with Mr. ——, whom I am writingto-day, so that he may look after my effects in NewYork.
The body of a well-dressed young man wasfound off Manhattan Beach, Sept. 28th. In hispockets a torn photograph of Strindberg and receiptsfor three registered letters were found. These receiptswere traced to Mr. Herts and to friends inToronto, one of whom identified the body on Oct. 2das that of Wallace E. Baker. He was buried onOct. 3d in Everg