Corruption began long ago, a flashback to set the stage of the corrupt machine in Queens:
From The NY Times: Moments before Donald R. Manes plunged a knife into his heart Thursday night, his wife, Marlene, had urgently telephoned his psychiatrist about admitting the former Borough President voluntarily to a mental hospital, Mr. Manes's lawyer and police officials said yesterday.
They said Mr. Manes had joined in the telephone conversation on an extension in the kitchen of the couple's home in Queens, and stabbed himself during a pause that came when his psychiatrist went to answer his doorbell. An Increasing Despondency
Mr. Manes's lawyer, Michael F. Armstrong, said Mr. Manes's suicide came amid an increasing despondency that paralleled the growing focus upon him in the investigations into municipal corruption - a despondency heightened by the decision of Mr. Manes's longtime friend, Geoffrey G. Lindenauer, to plead guilty last Monday and agree to testify against him in return for possibly lighter penalties.
''He had been not looking well for the last few days,'' said Mr. Armstrong, who spent five hours in his office at 26 Broadway with Mr. Manes Thursday afternoon, reviewing details of the investigations into his activities.
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