Weiss's Last Days

The final word should go to ernst weiss. I think you could say that there's value in the ability to publish things that don't meet journalistic burdens of proof. He wrote a farewell letter to his friends, ending with the words, vive la france, quond man. After running a bath, he swallowed some sleeping pills, and, lying naked in warm water, slashed his wrists with a straight razor. His death was, from all accounts, slow and agonizing. It was also unnecessary too, because the american embassy had just approved his visa and a ticket to new York city awaited him.