An unidentified Romanian immigrant, who had just been told that he was too short, at 5'7", to join the local police force, went into the gun shop known as T.W. Boyd & Son and asked to see a gun.
Once said revolver was in his hands he slipped out a bullet and put the cartridge in and pointed it at his head.
"Well, here goes, I am going to kill myself," he said before pulling the trigger in front of the shocked employees.
The man was said to be well-dressed and appeared to be a capable candidate for the police force had the height issue not been such a factor. The local top cop had even told him that they'd try to find another spot for him, as he was considered a good candidate.
It seems a little strange that if indeed he was 5'7" that he was considered too short, as even today the average height for a male in Quebec is only slightly taller than that and just about half the guys on our local NHL team are barely that height even today.
And indeed many female officers appear to be less than that even today.
Perhaps we should take that spot on Notre Dame and make it the local capital of height discrimination.
I feel deeply because I am a short man trapped in an average-height-guy's body.
The man died, that day, August 21, 1914.