News The Death of a Bicycle Thief
posted by February 25 at 13:05 PM
onThe primitive and powerful instinct to live could not overcome the force of the shame:
LONGVIEW, Wash. — A popular podiatrist who was charged with stealing about $55,000 worth of expensive racing bicycles in Washington, Oregon and Utah has committed suicide at a hospital.According to a police report, Jacob J. Bos, 35, hanged himself Friday night in his room in the psychiatric ward of St. John Medical Center at Longview. Two certified nursing assistants found his body Saturday morning, police reported.
Bos, 35, had been released on $5,500 bail while awaiting trial in Cowlitz County Superior Court on nine counts of first-degree possession of stolen property and three counts of trafficking in stolen property.
How can a podiatrist be popular? Are there that many happy feet? Only God knows.
Earth accept this dishonored guest.
Jacob J. Bos is laid to rest.
Comments
why would u kill yourself? im guessing the doc had some slight mental illness or severe depression. the jail time for this offense would have been short. i dont even think he would have done a nickle. being a doc, his time wouldnt have been that hard on the inside.
That sucks.
Charles, your feet must be awesome and never trouble you. I have extremely minor arch problems, and I adored my podiatrist (but his practice moved into Virginia Mason proper from a satellite office, and they charge "hospital fees" now that make no sense).
This story in the Times made me rather sad. Clearly, a lovely fellow with a hidden problem. Something likely happened before adulthood that made him a high achiever and an (alleged) thief. Clearly charming and his clinic said he was very skilled. Made people happy. But also must have been desperately unhappy.
Nice of Charles to say he is a dishonored guest. Talk about judgemental socialism talking!
I think this had more to do with him realizing he couldn't join the thousands of people in the STP race, actually.
The guy was totally into the zone on high-performance biking ... and he knew that would be precluded for a long time, especially with all the problems with his podiatry licensing as a result of the arrest.
He may have been popular based on his personality, regardless of his professional. Profession is rarely a persons most defining role in life. Unless, of course, you're a Marxist.
Better than being a Marist.
Will, STP hasn't been a race for over 20 years now.
#8 It is still going strong. My friend rode it last year and here is the link to this years:
http://www.cascade.org/EandR/stp/index.cfm
@9: I think #8 meant that STP is not a formal, timed race and hasn't been since it's first year. It's a "recreational ride" (but don't tell that to the participants).
Some fucker stole my bike from UW on Saturday afternoon. Obviously it wasn't this guy. Still, I have very little sympathy...
Yeah, if it didn't exist it wouldn't be in the Times and PI ...
While predicting that this story would attract mudedian notions with the bicycle thief, cm, did I miss the equally predictable attraction that you would have re: alain robbe-grillet? Where are your posts, man? I was out of town and alas missed any computeristic opportunities. What say you man, about the arg?
How do you kill yourself in a mental hospital? Man, they even take away your belly button ring.
@3, I like your phrase, "a lovely fellow with a hidden problem" - and there is a tragedy in this situation that I don't think would be there if he were e.g. an emergency room MD or an orthopedic surgeon. His calling was so humble, but making people's feet feel better is more than most of us do to ease the suffering of the world.
Dr. Bos is my new absurd hero.
Dr. Bos was a friend from our past. He was a husband and a father and a great friend. Something must have been troubling him (whether mental, chemical, or some other imbalance). We were very sad to find out about this tragic story.
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