El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-16
SUICIDES BODY
ARRIVES SUNDAY
J.F. Greek Thought He Was
Going Swimming When
He Owed TO Death

The body Of James Fay Greek. the
former FL PaSO machiniSt, who leaped
the Masonic temple building in Chi
cagO. will be brought here for burial
sunday, and the Masonic funeral serT-
Ice will be read over the remains OF
W. Greek. father of the boy will &C
company the body to FL Paso, where
ne will be met by Frank Lanan,
chief clerk Of the Sheldon hotel. who
is a half brother of the deceased. and
the Masonic lodge.
The detailed account of the horrible
act of the demented man as told in
the Chicago Tribune:
Greek dropped 225 feet. The descend
ing body, having acquired almost ire
sistible momentum, struck Harry
Evans. 64OS Vernon avenue, who was
buying a smoke at the cigar case on
the main floor. Almost simultaneously
it hit the counter with a crash that
emptied offices Of startled workers and
brought them fearfully to the railing
which guards the open court on the
many floors
Evans Near Death.
Evans. was hurried to the Practi-
TONERS hospital. After a consultation
at night physicians said he had one
bones Of his chest were crushed in,
causing internal injuries which prob
ably viii prove fatal The hgaments
Of his left knee were also torn by the
strain Of the impact
Greeks death is the most horrible OF
the eight which have resulted in Chi
cago by leaping from high buildings.
Four Of these deaths have occurred in
the Masonic temple, two of them this
year
Porter Sees Maniac.
The suicide occurred about 1890
o'clock. Greek first was noticed by Sc
bastian Tolmairie. 1916 Dearborn street,
a porter on the 18th floor. Looking
across the. court Tolmairie saw the
naked maniac clambering over the rail-
ing. Tolmair1e called to him. His
shouts brought the man to the atten-
ton of Mildred Alexander 1900 Indi-
ana avenue. a manicurist, and r. D.
Russell, 1851 Fullerton avenue who
sells tickets for the observatory.
J. J. Sullivan, 1924 Archer avenue
who operates the elevator in the north
shaft saw Greek climbing over the
cross beam. He left his car and walked
to the railing. The three others shouted
to him. He paid no attention to them
Tries to Divert Maniae's Attention.
w ait a minute old man." Sullivan
called to the crazed men. Lets go get
a drink"
Greek stopped crawling Turning his
head around, he said:
I'm going swimming. 80 away and
leave me alone
Then he continued to the middle of
the beam, critically surveying the void
below, as If looking for a better posi-
ton. As he rose to his feet the watch
ers saw there was a half burned, I'M
lit cigar in his lips. Greek raised his
arms over his head after the fashion
Of diver He poised himself. then he
shot downward, head foremost
Above the cigar stand in the rotunda
IS a canopy. Creeks right arm struck
this. The limb was severed at the ell
bow and it fell about Is feet away.
Evans was knocked flat. The body of
the suicide rested on the right side OF
the demolished counter. Tt was horribly
manned, only the head escaping dis
Greek had been working as a ma
chinist in the North Western railroad
shops. A check for s63 so was found in
his pocket. He carried a card of the
International Association of Machiuists
and was a Mason