The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-07
WOMAN LEAPS
over NIAGARA
Husband Makes Desperate
Effort al Rescue.


Catches Hand Of wife and FOR an
Hour Battles Against swift Cur
rent--Is Finally Rescued, but Wom-
ans Dead Body Escapes and Is Car
rled to Brink Of Falls, Where II 10
Recovered by Two Daring Life
Savers.
Niagara Falls, N. ", June 7.---Louis
Cohen OF Buffalo saw his young wife
leap into the swirling river between
second and third Sisters islands, only
$50 feet above the brink of the cata,
ract. Without a moments hesitation
he followed her. caught her hand and
struggled desperately to save her.
Mrs. Cohen probably died in her
husbands arms. Before Il was possi.
BILE to bring efficient help an hour had
passed. during all of which time Co
hen was making frantic attempts to
reach the shore. But the struggle
against the current-at this point 1t
is about 20 miles an hour-was bo.
yond his power.
Fortune aided him. With his wife
tightly clasped to him he felt him
self bump into tree stump. and on
this he got grip with his one free
hand. He Justify shouted for help
and word was carried to the reserva-
tion police, but it was nearly an hour
after Mrs. Cohen jumped into the
river that Officer James Martin ar
rived with Representative James j.
Simonds and three other men. carry.
ing ropes.
Three times they threw the rope
before II fell within Cohens grasp.
When he did catch It he was too
weak to tie II about his own or his
wife's waist. The two were 20 feet
from shore. and Il was extremely diff
ficult, owing to the precarious nature
OF the footing, to make good cast.
Pinned against the tree stump by the
terrific rush of water, all the strength
he had gone. he had been unable to
keep his wife's face above water.
Once Cohen had hold OF the rope,
the men on shore began TO pull and
Officer Martin. who was In the front,
slipped and fell into the stream. but
quickly regained his feet. When with
In Is feet Of the shore Cohen lost his
grip on his wifes body and II was
carried of down stream and was lost
to view. =
Cohen was so far gone when his
rescuers got him on shore that he
could not speak for 10 minutes. His
first words were: "She IN out there.
Go and get her. She is dead. She
died In my arms"
Meanwhile a crowd had gathered.
Superintendent Perry and Chief Shoe.
bridge skirted the Goat island shore
looking for the body. but could see
nothing OF II. Cohen Joined them. al
ways insisting that the body might
have stopped short of the cataract
and might be rescued by men daring
enough.
William Barnet and Hugh Brown,
who had Joined the searchers, finally
spied the body. II was held fast by
rock about 100 feet above the
brink. Without ropes Brown and
Barnet waded out into the stream
and, moving carefully over the slip
perry rocks, reached the body. Just
as Brown tsuched the body the cur
rent caught 1t again and II whirled
around an eddy. II was with great
difficulty that the men brought the
body to land. Life was quite extinct.
Cohen says that worry over the
fact that she was unable to suckle
her infant depressed his wife greatly
and probably caused her desire Cor
death. He, a robust man, quickly re-
covered from the shock Of his expert.
ence.