Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-05
aSAvE HERR"
MEN eAcE TO FACE WITH A DEATH
That Seemed Inevitable - Holding f,
Shiekisg Gin Who was Swinging
Over tAsReoFs Edge while the
Spectators Shsddered.

NEw YORK, July E--Mn Staver aai her
two daughters. both grown. snd one On
invalid. occupy an upper suite Of apart
ments in the six.stoTy fats, I:i West E!ev.
enth street.
Early yesterday morning the mother
and daughter were In their room swaitins
some friends who were to take the invalid
to hospital for treatment. Suddenly the
girl got up from her chair, and saying.
Mamma, dear, can NOT stay in this
room; II 10 % close, lot me 70 for little
air. She ran up the stairs md disappeared
,,ahaapehu hukAAAtts-asea IRAs>2aaese.sss-
ter followed some time after, apparently
not fearing any danger. Al shs reached
the roof
She Was HsrSiasd
to see the girl sitting on the coping. She
called her mother, and a. she reached the
roof, the girl bending down and catching
hold Of the oornice With her hands swuug
herself over. The paved yard Wa six
stories below. The mother, with . shrek.
rushed forward and caught the girl by the
the cornice. The daughter struggled vio-
lently. Let me- Co." she cried again and
again. 81 want 10 die. want TO die" The
mother, with Q strength supernatural. ttill
held the girl. though her whole weight
now depended upon the mothers grasp
but the sister came TO her help and 10th
called hystsrically for aid.
"Save Her." Help" Help"
rang through all the neighborhood. Some
children shrieked, men came to the win.
dows, anil after brief look rushed for the
stairs and 70 the street. Everybody shouted
for help. 4 lady in the apartment below
leaned far out from q window under the
struggling girl, but she could barely reach
her. She could secure q slight hold upon
one OF her ankles, and this hold she kept At
great personal danger, somewhat checking
the girls efforts 10 get free from her moth.
ing spectators that in a moment tho
strength OF the woman must give out and
the girl must plunge down to death, carry
ing with her by her weight the brave lady
below, and, perhaps, the mother snd sister.
In this
Ssprems Nomesi efSa.pssse.
sl owe the cries of mother and daughter aud
on.lookers, the girl shrieked loudly "letn'
drop il will be qetter for me, want 20 CO."
Then young girl rushed on the roof and
gave her aid TO The two ladies. and then .
Hcuu anu suOulutTb hppchTeu tuTOuku wv
trap door, and the first of the rescuers
swung himself onto the roof.
There Was . glad shout and then pro.
found silence except tor the cries or the
maniac. In an instant he was at the edge
OF the roof leaning far over. had his arps
about the girls shoulders. A second stal.
wart man came TO his aid. The mother aud
sister fell hack fainting. The two men
slowly drew the struggling girl over the
pararet and 10 safety. A reporter Was
among the helpless spectators In . build.
ing across the yard. II had been . terrible
sight.
The kceae
was thrilling one, on that dizzy hei sht
silhoutted s2ainst the blue sky the group
OF three stood motionles for Q moment
Then the mother and sister arose and were
s,p pbraaln9 ihs nsscrs,i siyI ysbs- .'-S+st .~A
senses The two men wiped the perspira.
ton from their faces In hundred win.
dows up and down the block men and no.
men were weeping and laughing at once.
In an almost incredibly brief time the
roof was crowded, the mother and dangh.
ters were helped TO their rooms. Congrss'
ulutions were showered on the two res.
cuers, and il seemed ~ II their shoulder
would be shaken out OF their sockets.
Everyone wanted TO take them by the
hand. Then the crowd dispersed slowly.