{"product_id":"2940013708952","title":"The Spider","description":"When the student of medicine, Richard Bracquemont, decided to move\u003cbr\u003einto room #7 of the small Hotel Stevens, Rue Alfred Stevens (Paris 6),\u003cbr\u003ethree persons had already hanged themselves from the cross-bar of the\u003cbr\u003ewindow in that room on three successive Fridays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first was a Swiss traveling salesman. They found his corpse on\u003cbr\u003eSaturday evening. The doctor determined that the death must have\u003cbr\u003eoccurred between five and six o'clock on Friday afternoon. The corpse\u003cbr\u003ehung on a strong hook that had been driven into the window's cross-bar\u003cbr\u003eto serve as a hanger for articles of clothing. The window was closed,\u003cbr\u003eand the dead man had used the curtain cord as a noose. Since the\u003cbr\u003ewindow was very low, he hung with his knees practically touching the\u003cbr\u003efloor-a sign of the great discipline the suicide must have exercised\u003cbr\u003ein carrying out his design. Later, it was learned that he was a\u003cbr\u003emarried man, a father. He had been a man of a continually happy\u003cbr\u003edisposition; a man who had achieved a secure place in life. There was\u003cbr\u003enot one written word to be found that would have shed light on his\u003cbr\u003esuicide...not even a will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurthermore, none of his acquaintances could recall hearing anything\u003cbr\u003eat all from him that would have permitted anyone to predict his end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second case was not much different. The artist, Karl Krause, a\u003cbr\u003ehigh wire cyclist in the nearby Medrano Circus, moved into room ¹7 two\u003cbr\u003edays later. When he did not show up at Friday's performance, the\u003cbr\u003edirector sent an employee to the hotel. There, he found Krause in the\u003cbr\u003eunlocked room hanging from the window cross-bar in circumstances\u003cbr\u003eexactly like those of the previous suicide. This death was as\u003cbr\u003eperplexing as the first. Krause was popular. He earned a very high\u003cbr\u003esalary, and had appeared to enjoy life at its fullest. Once again,\u003cbr\u003ethere was no suicide note; no sinister hints. Krause's sole survivor\u003cbr\u003ewas his mother to whom the son had regularly sent 300 marks on the\u003cbr\u003efirst of the month.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180541460720,"sku":"2940013708952","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013708952_p0.jpg?v=1763584280","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013708952","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}