The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-06
OVER THE FALLS.
Unfortunates Who Have Died at MI
agara.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Oct. 25.-Of the
hundreds of thousands of tourists who have
admired the foaming waters of Niagara as
they tumble over the rocks and rush along
to the seething whirlpool, where Capt.
Webb lost his life, there have been every
year some for whom the great cataract
seems to have strange fascination, aud
who, while gazing upon its grandeur, have
been irresistibly drawn to their deaths in
the seething torrent. Ii from the early
days up to the present time, there had been
Kept record of all the unfortunates who
nave passed over its fearful brink, it would
I'LL more than one volume of the most thrill
ing and romantic interest.
One Of the earliest of the many cases of
suicide, and one of the most mysterious as
we'll, was that of handsome lady and gen
tleman, who leaped together over the
American Falls from Prospect Point in
July, 1881. The facts are remembered by
many of the old residents of the falls to-
Jay. The man was a tall, handsome young
fellow. about 25 years of age, elegantly
dressed, and registered at one of the hotels
near the tails as William Claridge. He was
most reticent, and told nothing about him
self to those he met except that he came
~ ANohios anu LtlG COll6 W uuH6U Ills
vile, Spanish lady who had recently
Aqded IN New York en- route from Cuba.
FOR several days he was about the village,
anu anxlously watched the arrival of every
Stage coach from the east.
NIAGARA BOAsTED OF NO RAILROAD
IL those days-when one night the last pas
sehger to alight from one of the coaches was
beautiful young lady, whose complexion
Void only too plainly that the blood of His
pouIa moved In her veins, and whose great
u.aIA, lustrous eyes fairly danced with an
ncpated pleasure.
Though plainly dressed, her face and
soueral appearance gave every evidence of
ce and refinement. She no sooner
raugnI sight of the gentleman than she
iLusued toward him and threw herself into
Sio arms. regardless of the bystanders.
90 SEiue VINO were present noticed that Mr..
Claridge returned the beautiful iady's
sleeUlng rather coldly, and that his face
IRE Hole dark, scowling look, while the eyes of
d iiio uarE Spanish beauty suddenly became
uLInlned with tears
" naG passed between them after they
aoacned the hotel will never be known. A
servant heard loud and angry words in a
.nsn voice, mingled with feminine sobs
~ ~ pieaolngs, issuing from their apart
n rvhV Dut as they spoke in Spanish he was
Con-, " recognize the purport OF their
they '0AS 'iAiA0 aA'0i ""iu
STRoLILD OUT OF THE HOTEL
r rrl In arm, and Mr.. Claridge informed the
tp ai1 that they were going out to OBJ
S ra,a a view o the falls by moonlight. They
lever returned.
tho ABOUT 6 hall an hour after, pedestrian on
s re canada side saw the figure of a man
n nau Tnomanleap over the falls from Pros
9ern rolnt the moon being at the full, rem
booldI;ng az |, objects plainly visible. The
f SUures OF Ci'ridge and his alleged wife were
Mo MIG ivy days after near the whirlpool.
iao o.ning iarther concerning them was ever
Or ' ra Ahelr effects contained no letters
paper by which their friends could be
Sppr -'5, and the name of Cla idge is
na pposet 10 be an assumed one. A sum of
csn .ey barely enough to bury them de-
m 1aoiy NSs found in the pocket of the
thu, Jq and distressing suicide, and one
yonnl n'1 its romantic side, was that of a
WENT Tt9 glrl named Elmira Willard, who
WV Fer the falls in 1s47. The story Of