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- Subject: Re: Suicidal cager
- Message-ID: <Stafford-161192094452@stafford.winona.msus.edu>
- From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
- Date: 16 Nov 92 09:48:16 -0600
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- In article <22370@drutx.ATT.COM>, pms@druhi.ATT.COM (Paul M. Smith) writes:
- > Yesterday, there was a bizarre story in the news here in Denver.
- >
- > James Pedlar was apparently attempting suicide by running his
- > car into a large elm tree at high speed in urban Denver. He ran
- > a stop sign enroute to the tree. Matthew Burke, a father of four,
- > had just bought a new motorcycle, and was on his way to a friend's
- > house to show it off. He had the misfortune to be in the intersection
- > at exactly the wrong time. Burke was killed instantly. Ironically,
- > Pedlar did still succeed in hitting the tree, but he was only slightly
- > injured. Police found a suicide note in the pocket of his jacket on
- > the car seat.
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- Better than wishing this person the death penalty (which he might
- desire) perhaps he could be put into the service of the surviving
- family for life.
-