The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-24
Asleep iii Third Story Window
Robert Hudson Fails to
Sidewalk.
ON HANDS AND KNEES
and Bruised, He He 4 Was Vas
Able to Walk Into the House.
I Not a Bone Broken.

Almost miracle happened yesterday
afternoon, when Robert Hudson, d Jack
Il OF all trades. fell from thlrd-story win
Il dow to the pavement. some forty feet
below, ana lived to tell ~ the tale OF his
I renarka bic descent. < ly II
The man resides with his wife and four
small children at q boarding house on
1.-THE site OF the old Virgil lpia Opera House,
on Ninth M Street, between Main and
franklin Streets. Just across from tho
Capitol Square. known as the Central
House. His wife. the daughter Of
Mrs Moore, who runs the house, is a
Woodworking woman, but Hudson is un-
steady as a wa age-earner. IA t555
g on yesterday afternoon Hudson M re-5
pairedsto a front room on the third floor
OF the boarding house and locked himself t'lf
In. Not needing the entreaties Of his wife:
from the other side OF the fastened door
who persisted in begging him not to go g''
near the window, Hudson not only went
near It, but perched himself on the win
dow sIlj About half past q q clock every
occupant Y OF $the boarding house was
alarmed by the noise OF tremendous
blow which shook the building. Mrs
Hudson and x Mrs. M MooreN Nf wero y IN v the
Kitchen, and felt the shock M 1iuds
says she turned to 4 her mother and ex.t
claimed e ~ know Bob has fallen ou u OF
the window and killed himself Il
|5S&All rushed to8 the front entran &C, ana
there found Mr.. Hudson stretched out
,rpon the granolithic pavemen t sensei icss :I
and bleeding. $ q # At 395 . Es v ".
THE man had fallen asleep, tumbled out
~ the window ag struck the balcony on
the second floor as he fell, and landed
&on his hands and knees on the stone.
sidewalk, forty. feet below tn the II roolr
above. rs 35f4 s s
| The fact that he struck the balcony
which broke his fall. 81 and that his BODY
was . IN d limp condi ion from drinking,
| .ayed him from Instant death. As 5sit
/ was. his knees were "A horribly scut, his
hands bruised, and "a finger broken.
gfl..yNhere am /? What has happened q. ?,'S5
were we're the first words ~ tered by Hudson,
wh, when : MI hfr. =. Harvey spen ce, NJ Il:
is1yhttlock ana Mr. Charles An doni sptck Sd
igiin1s1 q and carried him into the house
There. a lying on sofa. the Injured;
man. ,,sobered and suffering. waited TOR
1.-THE city ambulance to arriY .Si turning
| tosllis wife,5who, with eeping children
/ cllnging to her skirts. stood Dy tiie l:iis
couch, Hudson exclaimed MA 858 &!
! lI.'Nly8 God Ny God z Tn fixed.
His wife replied !" " N oN'. you see what
drink and bad associates NJ has done for!
& YOU. It's oil done by whiskey. s n 8 9sa .t;s
g. Dr.. .S Jones, j.s OF the 81 eli ty s amhulancee m 3
| corps, examined Hudson, and decided to
|atake hini}4to the City HOSPITAL. where
he vas resting quietly last night after ter
the awful shock Of his fall Dr. Jones 3
states that not a bone IN the man !, 8 poay
vas broken by the fall, that there are no
internal injuries, and that few painful
bruises are the extent OF his three story tor,
dive. ft t 3s2 +. .sl & ls5. +. 1.
g The accompanying Illustration shows t'ta ne
course OF fHudson's fall. 5sjf