The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-14
A THRILLINa soENIq.


A Young Lady Suspended from "a Cornioe
six Stories above the Pavement.
NEW YORK, July 12.-Mrs. Stayer and
her two daughters. both grown and one
an Invalid, occupy an upper suit of an
artments in the six story fiat house No.
III West Eleventh street. Early in the
morning of July I'd the mother and her
daughters were In their rooms awaiting
the arrival of some friends, who were
10 take the invalid girl to hospital for
treatment. Suddenly the girl got up
from her chair, saying, mamma, dear,
cannot stay In this room: 1t is close
let me go for little air, ran lightly up
the stairs and disappeared through the
attic door. The younger sister followed
some time after, apparently not fearing
any danger. As she reached the roof
she was Mortified to see the girl sit
tlng on the coping. She called her moth
er, and as the latter reached the roof,
the girl, bending down and catching
mold OF the cornice with her two hands,
swung herself over. The paved yard
was six stories below. The mother,
with shrek rushed for W ard and caught
the girl by the arm as she was relaxing
her grasp on the cOrnice.
Ihe daughter shrugged violently. LET
me gOP' she cried, again and again, 81
want to diel I want to dieP'
The mother, with strength that
seemed supernatural, still held the girl,
whose whole weight now depended up
on the mothers grasp. The sister came
10 ner assistance and both called hyster-
lcally for aid. Their cries, Save her I
Helpl HelpV' rang through all the
neighbOrhOOd. Some children in the
yard below shrieked. Men came to the
windows. and, after brief look, rushed
tOr the stairs and to the street, Eyery-
body shouted for help.
lady in the apartment below, with
gentleman beside her, leaned far of a
window directly under the struggling
girl, but she could barely reach her. She
could secure slight hold upon one of
MISS StaVer's ankles, and this hold she
Kept at great personal danger, some
what checking the hapless girls efforts
10 get free from her mothers frantic
grasp. 1t was evident to the shudder-
Ing spectators that in a moment more
the strength of the woman above must
give out, and the crazed girl must
plunge down to death. carrying with
her by her weight, the brave lady below
her, and perhaps the mother and sister.
In this supreme moment of suspense,
above the cries of the mother and daugh-
ter and onlOOkers, the girl shrieked
loudly: Let me drOpl 1t will be bet
Ter tOr me- want to CO." Then young
girl rushed on the roof and gave her fee
ble aid to the two ladies', and then a
head and shoulders appeared through
the trap door, and the first of the rescu-
ers swung himself onto the roof. There
was glad shout and then profound 81
lence, except for the cries of the maniac.
In an instant he was at the edge of the
roof, and leaning far over, had his arms
about the girls shoulders. A second
stalWart man came to his assistance.
The mother and sister fell back fainting.
The two men slowly drew the still
struggling girl over the parapet and to
safety.
IL had been terrible sight; the scene
now was thrilling one. On that dizzy
height, silhOuetted against the blue sky,
the group of three stood mOtiOnless for
a moment. Then the mother and sister
arose and were embracing the rescued
girl, who, dazed and now silent, seemed
to have recovered her senses. The two
men wiped the peTspiratiOn from their
faces. In hundreds of windows up and
down the block men and women were
laughing and weeping at once. In an
incredible short time the roof was crow
ded, the mother and daughters helped to
their rooms, congratulations were show
cred upon the two rescuers, and it seem
ed as If their shoulders would be shaken
out of their sockets. Every one wanted
to take them by the hand. Then the
crowd SLOWLY disDerSpd