The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-05-15

ralyzed by horror.
His nerve had failed him complete.
ly. He fully expected to fall and b
dashed to death. Later he commenced
calling for help. Twice he made Of
forts to crawl around the projection,
but his strength and nerve both had
failed him and he sat numb with ter
ror and despair. except that at times
he broke into frantic crying for help.
Discharged for Being Absent.
The next morning his absence was
noticed. the fact of his disappearance
the previous day was recalled, the jan
itor gave his testimony. some OF his
fellows were puzzled, and he was
marked discharged for absence with
out reason or excuse
Night came on and the chill crerl
up from the bay and numbed Lam
inert. He still chung to his giddy
perch and at intervals shouted for
help. Several patrolmen and night
watchmen heard his cries, but family.
and. as they could not locate the
sounds. they gave up the search. Day
break brought fresh hope to Lammert.
Hunger. he says. revived him and
spurred him on to fresh attempts to
escape.
His first thought was to slide down
the pipe. but he found that it ended
four stories below, apparently in .
hole In the wall its own size. He dig
covered. too; that 1t carried telephone
wires to the upper stories. During
the morning he decided to call for
help every half hour. and took out his
watch for that purpose. Also he found
that he could see two windows of q
building across the street, apparently
windows to washfooms. from the ir-
regularity He could not see any OF.
flee windows.
Vain Effort to Escape.
He was not afraid of the height that
day. and lost his giddiness when look
ing down. About noon he managed to
stand up. and decided to try to get
around the angle again and return to
the office window He crawled out
until he could look around to where
the window pole hung; then he grew
afraid to let loose of the pipe and
drew back Into his safe harbor. He
had come near falling in the effort and
was weak from the experience.
Then brilliant idea dawned upon
him. He began pounding on the Pipe
with his penknife. but after an hour
Of this he desisted. During the morn
ing. too. he had put out a signal OF
distress. flying his pocket handksr
chief and waving at at the people be-
low. He spent the greater part of the
afternoon writing notes on envelopes
and pap6rs from his pocket and trying
to drop hem into the street. Some
were waited blocks out OF the way
and some fell unnoticed.
He wau so weak that he dared not
attempt another climb around tho
ledge, even If he had possessed the
courage.
Decides to Jump Into Street.
Daylight came again-and with II
hope. Lammert says that during the
morning he declared he would end
his misery by jumping-but that he
was afraid he would alight on some
one and kill him-so postponed the
jump until night The grim Jest kept
uhy- Ihc l8u6hcu ~ bh0
idea of waiting until others were saSs
before killing himself.
About four O'Clock that afternoon
Curtis Logan, an employee Of broker
age firm in the building across the
street. went to the washroom and.
while there. happened to glance out Of
the window.
He saw Lammert and stopped to
look. That fellow is a long time NJ
ing that pipe" he thought. For on
the preceding day Logan had seen
Lammert. noticed his perilous posi-.
ton and watched him for a time.
thinking he was daring workman re-
pairing the pipe.
He watched this time for several
minutes. Then he noticed the attitude
of exhaustion and despair. and the
handkerchief tied to the pipe.
Suddenly the thought struck him
that the man could not get out of the
crevasse in the side OF the building
He watched while longer. and then,
hurrying to the elevator. descended,
crossed the street, and went up to the
life insurance company ONCE. where
he rasied the alarm.
Rescued by Window Washer.
The employees of the auditing de
partment were skeptical. but Logan
insisted that man was on the ledge.
Then some one remembered Lammert
and his odd disappearance. The win
dow was thrown open and some one
shouted Lammert's name. The result
was feeble cry for help.
After that there were things doing.
Telephone messages summoned men
from the nearest fire station. A rope
was swung from the window by Lam
merits desk across to the window be-
yound the projection and one of the
window washers. with his belt hook
ed over the rope. slipped hurriedly
along the ledge. around the projection,
and in an instant reappeared support
ing Lammert. Eager hands stretched
forth and drew Lammert into the win
dow-and in dazed way he walked
over to his desk, put the paper he had
saved upon 1t. and toppled over in .
! dead faint.