Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-08-30
SAM PATCH'S LAST LEAP.
Fatal Ending OF HIS Showing that
Some Things Can BE Done as Wei
a. Others,
Rochester o.. " Union.

The fate of Capt Webb at the rapids
of Niagara having awakened melan-
choly interest in similar occurances,
correspondent of The Union has been
at the pains to furnish the following
in relation to Sam Patch's exploits in
this place, clipped from city paper
of AN early date:
SAM PATcH's LAST LEAP.
We have often been requested by
travellers and others to republish the
partiulars of Sam Patch's last leap
from the falls, but not having i'll our
possession any newspaper files of that
year, we are unable to do so In
answer to the inquiry in our daily
yesterday, Mr.. Henry Scranton, of
this city, has furnished us from his
private journal the following: The
first leap took place on Friday. the
9th of November, 1929; distance, 10U
feet. He went down in fine style, and
rose to the surface amid the huZzas of
the multitude. The number of persons
present was estimated at 1000 to
5000 The last and fatal leap, which
took place one week after was adver-
tised in The Antimdsonic Inquirer, as
follows:
HIGHER YET: SANS LAST JUMP.
Some things can be done as well
as others"
THERE'S NO MISTAKE IN SAM PATCH.
of the truth of this he will endeavor
to convince the good people of
Rochester and vicinity, next Friday,
Nov Is, at 2 o'clock p NJ Being de-
termined to 'astonish the natives" of
the west, before he returns to the
Jerseys, he will have a scaffold twenty
five feet in hight erected ON the brink
of Genesee falls, in this village, from
which he will fearlessly leap into the
abyss below, a distance of 125 feet
Sans bear cat o'clock precisely will
make the same jump and follow his
master, thus showing conclusively
that some things can be done as well
as Others Moreover, Sam hopes
that all the good people who attend
this astonishing, exhibition will con
tribute something toward remunerat-
ing him for the seemingly hazardous
experiment
The following is The AHtimasoRjc
Lpqutrers notice of the exploit:
THE ominous expression contained
in the reckless Patch's advertisement
has been fearfully vindicated. 1t was
indeed his last jump" He jumped
from a staging twenty-five feet above
the brink of the falls into the abyss
below, from whence his body has not
yet been recovered. 4 variety of
reasons are given for the fatal termin-
alton of this presumptuOus feat. All,
however, concur in saying that Patch,
from some cause or other, did not re
tain the position while descending or
strike the water as he did on former
occasions. 1t was daring and usless
exposure of human life, which, hav-
ing resulted disastrously, creates a
train of painful reflections. We
would not dwell upon this distressing
scene, and yet we can not Danish it
from our thoughts. We still see the
frail mortal standing, as it proved,
upon the brink of eternity! The ter
rified Imagination follows him from
the giddy height, through the thin
air, into the deep, dark chasm below
1t fingers but few moments of
breathless and agonized suspense!
The waters troubled a moment in
swallowing their victim, are at rest
The expiring bubbles announces that
the spirit has departed, leaving the
body in the dark bosom of the ocean
buried The multitude shrink away
abashed and rebuked T.