Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-07
Further Details of the Feat of
Harry Wilson Who Was
Crazy Drunk
NO WORSE FOR HIS PLUNGE.
Says He Does Not Know What To-
duced Him to Make the Sen.
sational Dive,

Harry Wilson, the foolhardy half
breed Indian whose sensational leap
into the seething pool beneath sho-
shone falls on the afternoon OF March
2 brought him sudden notorlety is re-
cuperatlng from the effects OF his rash
dive under the care OF physician At
Twin Falls City, says the Boise states
man. lie received a severe shock and
had his senses not been deadened BY
liquor II is probable his body would
now be food for the fishes.
The rock from which Wilson took his
thrilling somersaut juts out over the
pool a short distance below and to
the right Of what Is known as Lovers
Leap" 1t is higher than the crest or
the falls and Is probably 225 feet from
the water below. AZ the time Wilson
took his plunge a vast volume OF water
was passing over the fails and that
portion OF the pool into which he dived
was concealed with spray How VIII
son escaped being sucked under ana
battered to death on the rocks Is a
mystery which nobody can solve.
MllSOil WIS klollpnniN UT JUN Mllfll Nv
made the leap. His companions, who
we're not so intoxicated. thought at
first that he was making a maudlin
bluff. when Wilson began TO disroba
II began TO dawn ON his friends that
NE might be foolish enough to make the
Jump. They shouted TO him franticaly
but he paid no attention, except TO
wave his hands and smile, Standing
unsteadily on the rock, Wilson stripped
to his Undertaking saiutod his cora
panions with a mock bow and leapel
clear OF the rock He turned twice IN
the air before disappearing IN the mist.
COOLED OFF ON THE ICE
saw Wilson'S form HURTING into the
water A minute later the spectators
saw the diver swimming stoutly to-
wards the south side Of the preoipitous
canyon, He found footing on the slip
perry rocks ana succeeded In crawling
up on a ledge OF ice There he sat,
stark naked, for 10 minutes while his
companions brought his clothing down
to him
Wilson was q thoroughly sober man
when he was assisted from the cake "
ice. His teeth were chattering Violent
ly and the blood streamed from cash
on MS TlSnl leg, ASIDE from lnlA WOunl
he appeared to be unhurt
When asked what Induced him to
make the hazardous jump Wilson SAID
he did not know, He had no intention
Of committing suicide, he declared
II know | could jump from those
falls he declared, "and ] just wanted
to prove H."
Wilson said he cleft the water feet
foremost. His knees were drawn up
slightly and hls body Inclined back
ward. Had he struck on his head II ~
believed his skull would have been
crushed, The force OF the impact Is
supposed TO have been sufficient TO have
split his skin and stunned him n he
had struck the water In any other way.
How Wilson sustained the wound on
his leg he does not know, IL might
have been caused by contact with rocks
while he was climbing out Of the wa
ter,
Wilson came to Twin Falls City from
Oklahoma early IN February. He
seemed to be reckless sort Of fellow
and had well developed apr o for
liquor. Nobody paid much ton
TO him as he was not quarrels0ae AMI
generally had money His escape from
death IA considered miraculous by those
who have seen others perish beneath
the falls and who appreciate the enor-
nous danger which turks In the big
pool.