The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-07-17

New york HssNia: Probably no man
evss lived Who hse not at one time or
another asled hinse1f the question.
How doss Il fssl 70 DIET
In n1innaapoIis there iives q man
who Il able 10 answer Il. This man,
whose expsrisnce battles comparison, 10
william J. Rohr. Since he was q boy
going TO school ne has travelled six dif-
ferent routes attempting to cross the
River etuyx. hut each time, NJ ne ex-
presses Il, "Gt. Peter turned away and
announced false alarm"
Rohr n confident that the slender
thread that holds his life possesses
marvellous strength, for he has passed
through the following ordeals, each Of
which brought him near death:
Fell through hole In the ice while
skating on millpond; unconscious
when taken from the water.
Fell into n river while protecting
bridge against an Ice noe; unconscious
when found.
smothered In nm alright trunk while
hiding In n game Of hide and SEEK"
unconscious when found.
Fell over q precipice In St. Paul TO
the grou.id below. a distance OF 196
feet: unconscious when picked up.
Stricken with consumption and given
MP to die. but refused TO allow physi-
clans 10 have their way.
Attempted suicide by shooting him
self twice in the breast with revolver;
unconscious when picked up. but not
dead.
What Ia rather unusual In Mr.. Rohr
II that he has experienced the novelty
OF writing about his own death sensa-
tions.
when I slid under the ice Of the
millpound that was the beginning OF
series Of accidents that have followed
me to this day." he says. AS my slide
carried me to the edge OF the thin Ice
and into the water thoughts began to
fash through my brain.
what would father and mother say
when my lifeless body hal been recov-
eredf-if ever.
with the shouts Of my pIaymates
ringing In my ears. passed through
the water under the Ice. II camc into
feel nat had I'll I could hold.
Tho passage Of such large quantities
Of water through my nostrils gave me
= btt0uHuu8s buuoNNtin6 ogunaNsOus
which, In turn, gave way to one that
the arms-and then q bump. and Il
that II was the Ice which covered the
pond.
"The last sensation was MS II float-
ing away on the crest of fleecy clouds.
a. they swept through the sky on a
Aav and thor. unrnn ri nuo-
nese.
when I came to there was q dis
agreeable sensation Of some one try
ing to use my arms for pump handles.
A pressing down on the chest. and then
at last, voice. He lives.'"
Describing the sensation OF suffocat-
ing In the alright trunk he says:
"The fear of suffocating finally gave
way to one OF pleasure. and I felt as
though music we're floating around with
the melodies rising and falling as I
drew near or receded In the distance.
Hours afterward I heard voices
strangely familiar"
Describing his attempt at suicide
Rohr says:
Advancing before q mirror, 10 a. to
better see what ! was doing, I Grasped
the handle and pressed the musxle TO
my breast and pulled the trigger.
"A fash, report and felt some
thing like sudden prick Of q pin In
my side. Well. what was the troubls
II guessed that the muzxle had de-
nected In the effort required TO pull the
trigger.
There was q numbness coming over
me and realized that II were to end
Il all I must forth with insert another
bullet nearer In.
Frantic with rage and frenzled with
the unsuccessful first effort, I again
placed the weapon TO place where ]
thought the heart must be, and as the
realization came over me that this was
70 be the end OF all my sleeplessness
and the heat. I seemed to gloat over
the fact that they could be cheated so
easily. Nervously and hastily I again
pulled the trigger.
when consciousness returned. for.
strange to relate. I had not succeeded
In my design, found the room filed
with strangers and q physician kneel-
ing by my side ~ lay on the floor"