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The Gaming Table by Andrew Steinmetz, Volume II
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Atrocities, Duels, Suicides, And Execution Of Gamblers
REVELATIONS OF A GAMBLER ON THE POINT OF COMMITTING SELF-MURDER.
The following is 'A full and particular account of a person who
threw himself into the Thames, from Blackfriars Bridge, on
Wednesday, July 10, 1782; with the melancholy paper he left
behind him, accounting to his wife and children for so rash an
action.' It is said that several thousands of the papers were
dispersed through London, and it is to be hoped that some of them
might produce that good effect which seems to have been so
anxiously desired by the person who wished them to be
distributed.
'Midnight, July 10, 1782.
'Whoever thou art that readest this paper, listen to the voice of
one from the DEAD. While thine eyes peruse the lines their
writer may be suffering the most horrid punishments which an
incensed Creator can inflict upon the greatest sinner.
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