The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-01-25

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iTHRILLINGasIN cIDENT.-Tncidents of thr
reat Chica go fire will b" read with interes,
years ! o gomez While Madison street west
~ Dearborn, and the west side of Dearborn
We're dlhahazts, the spectators saw the lurid
tgnt appear in he rea, windows of Speeds
Block Presently a man " ho had apparently
AIKEN time To dress himself leisnreIy. an.
peared On the extension huilt I'M tn the sec
oud story ~ the stores He coolly looked
down the 'hir y feet between him and the
ground, while the excited crowd al first cried
jump Il nd then some Of them more consider,
,ttly looked for IA ladder. A long plank was
soon found and answered tor ladder, and
was placed at once against The Fhuildng.
down which the man soon af err Sid But
while these preparations were going on there
aDDeared .anothF-r man al a fourth story. win
dow OF the building below, which had no
Ipro echlon, but fash from the top to the
grohndr-four stories aud basement. Hrs
ieScapebv the stairway was evidently cut off
and he locked Gespairinglv down the fi'tv
feet between him and the ground. The crowd
grew almost frantic at the sight. for it, was
only II choice of deaths before him-hy fire
| Or by being crn he'd TO death by the fall.
Senseiess cries OF "irmp - . Jump !" went
mp from the c'owd-Senseless Init full Of
sympathy, Tor the sghr was truly aponizno
| thfn for minute or two he Disappeared
| perhaps even less. bnt it seemed so long
! ''iph the snppo sitiOn was that he had fallen,
/ no-he appeared again First he 4 brew q
/ he'd 'hon some he'd clothes apparently: WHY,
| prohablr he d q no. know, sAgain he looked
/ dawn tkr dead sheer wall of Try feet before
him. He hcsifated rs lie turned and nknd
around him Then he mounted he window.
/ sill His whole form apneared naked To the
shirt. ard his white limbs cleaned auains
the lark wal! IN ne bright light ms he $ ,ung
him self h"lowtihe window Snmehow--ltn,v
/ none can tn''--be dropned and ca nght on he.
Eton.of the windows below him oi the third
Estorv. He s'onped and Gropped again and
&n'Znd he frame with his hands and his
/ cleaning body ono" more straightpndd and
hung prone downward and dronpe9 inst ntlv
and accuratelv on the window sin of tn G.
third story. 4 shout more Of iov than an
ptnnse went mp from tho breathless crowd
ard !tosp who had turned away heir heads
! not daring to Ook npnn him a. he Sc, med O
Il on 10 sudden and cert*in death glanced
| M ~ him again, wit raw Of hone et this
daring and skillful feat. Into This window he
rr"pt. 10 look probably. for a stairway bur
anpcared presently for here was the on "
svp ne ~ escape desperate and tlonelnes as
I II was Ore" more he hropned his hodv,
BANGING nv his hand The crowd screamed
and wavrd 10 him 80 swing over he prni"c
/ tinn from which the o. her man had inst he."n
rescued He tried TO d. this on,l vihrntrd
! ] Ike pen 4ulum from side TO side hut could
not roach sr,nougb tn throw hiu,s"If upnn
Its roof Then b" hung hy one hand and
/ looked down raising The other hand h too<
q fresh hold and SWING from side To side
again, to reach the roof In vain: again he
| hing mntionl+sS nv one hand and slowly
turned his head over his sh0uldar and gazpd
| into he abyss below hmm. Then gathering
| him elf m h" let go his hold. and for SEQ
ord CLEAN IF white shot down mn rortv
| feet 70 The foundation of the basement. or
J. course. it killed him He was taken to y
drn" store rear hv. and died in ZEN minutes.
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