New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-12

Young Woman, III, Falls SeUen
Stories in Telephone Building.

Miss BESSIE D. L.azare twenty three years old.
living IN the Ontario apartments. in Herl-mer-
st near Nost-and-ave, Brooklyn, a stenos-
rapher employed b. the American Telegraph
and Telephone Company I'm their Offices on the
eleventh floor Of the Telephone Building. at No
Is Dey-st Is dying in the Hu isCn Street Hos
pital as the result of fall last evening from
window on the eleventh floor OF the building to
a steel netting protecting a slgylight in the air
shaft at the fourth floor.
About SIS o'clock Miss Lazare complained Of
feeling ILL., and said she would so home. She
started from the Office. few minutes later 2,
s Davis and G. X. Terry. clerks in the Office
where she is employed. saw her sitting In
open window facing on the airshaft from the
hallway and directly opposite the elevator shaft
About the same time Patrick Durliin. ele-
vator man IN the building. was passing the
eleventh floor, when he saw Miss Lazare sit
ting IN the open window He stopped the car.
opened the door and asked:
Going DOWN."
No not now" replied Miss Lazare 4 don't
feel very well and I want to get the air"
Durkin said she looked pale. After that he
made several trips up and down. and saw Miss
Lazare still sitting in the window.
About :35 o'clock Davis and Terry. who had
been looking out OF the window now and then,
wondering why the young woman was sitting
there heard a scream and rushed 10 the win
dow Looking down INTO the airshaft. they saw
Miss Lazare's body whirling In the air and rap
idly descending They saw Il strike the steel
netting. face downward. rebound and lie still
Durl,iu had his car about opposite the fourth
floor when he heard the crash. lie stopped the
car. ran out into the hallway and saw Miss
Iazare lying on the netting. which IS placed
about iu the middle Of the windows on that
floor.
Hurrying back TO his elevator. Durkln ran
the cor down 20 the ground floor and informed
the Mailman a message was az once sent 20
the police % tho Churrh-st. station. aud De-
tectives Mccormick and Maloncy hurried 90 the
building. They called on ambulance from the
Hudson Street Hospital and Dr. Gould respond
ca Tie said Nfis7 IazIra was stul alive. and
with the assistance OF tho detectives he carried
her INFO on Office on ihe fourth foor. Her skull
uas fractured
Althaurh be- had no hop, %: her recovery. he
hurried Der fo tHH hospital
Taa detectives fararfr. uaf the flu was an
.i--s.rrr4s-- --r and tHaf tlsre was 90 reason
'0 make pri+H=~- - tH. young woman on
rI arls 90 attempted sul.if-.
There Was street, excitement i1 the ruiftf'-=
when the news 90 tl' ffI be.Im" known. Tho
..rHt. AND rirrE U.erH HuI about fH-.. IH..
Ir.I r.rIs are wIIHf"I fN.... They R.rH hrI'
General Sure-'rfrris-t Howard 2. ThHrh~-
08s asked 10 DO Thought Oh" young woman
fail Was purely accidental
There has been "a rr.tt t-1l ~ talk iu the
building about DO possibly being attempted sui
eide. De- sait This talk originated. / eHr-
pose. from OBJ" fart that Che tauur woman sat
was 90 and bad been il Eut fs uo one 'uaI-
iy SAW fhe fan do NOT eco how 7 can sHv that
sh" JUMPED from Ga" window You htl better
see h'r parents. They win soon tell YOU
whether the young woman had any such Uo-
tons or not"
Tie young vomau's parents AMI brother vis-
FsHH cal Dat. q .r=H