The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-03-28
NgVlNG PICTURE
THRILLING ACT
Dariag Death and Risks0 Own
Neck for Pictures.
Holman Law, HighSalaried Actor
B1Hppsd $500 Feet From
An Aeroplane.


r,u:GnN- among New Works. large hu-
rrsa, collection that could make
-y.sysssrtsble bluff at keeping up with
Rnkr.an law, the famous daredevil
IN "a, employ of moving picture conf
uaaiss-
3aepever his friends warn him OF
afzH..s- he invariably tells them that
"A b.z years with plenty OF thrills are
3Ju.ssrable to a long life without eA-
s:jtenf.zbt. But Of course fun is not
III q. gets out OF his stunts the
zzErs1s picture people pay him big.
A ss.scn of his personality and de-
sriJ1jon of some of his hair-raising
performances are described in the
Ny7z York World Magazine, from
.yhjf5 Re quote in part:
E4na the man who delights in
--s1Ezzg mis- life looks like the meek,
thGrn1ghly squelched young man.
DG1I look for muscles should you
err meet Rodman Law. Gaze instead
II
1sys-- - have known eXertion. Don't
look FOR fiery black eyes and
bai-f1x jaw. Behold a shrinking be
sysrszcled, blond, blue-eyed young
1aa1 ~ho stands in corner and says
r,cShrg. bit who can tell stories of
E1tRJ Nte when once started.
PALS? Yep, I've had a few.
drsgEsz1 105 feet off the top of a der
I1rk once and landed in a pile of
srzJ IRON. Scratched me up a lit
Gle ktss that's all.
What's my ambition? On, some
af tlese days I'm going TO chase over
TO Paris and climb the Eiffel Tower
vim my parachute under my arm.
Thea, when | get to the top,Tll jump
M Yep. it will be kinder dangerous.
AZ Mar as | can recollect, thirty
pepp5e have been killed so far, but
yVnsars 1hats"
AeGxding 10 Law, il Is the simp-
Lest yrDe thing in the world TO drag
up twenty or thirty stories
SIZE plg by the gripping strength OF
che HADds. ciinging to a rough piece
o. 1zDos here, or jabbing your hands
IN "a hole in the mortar somewhere
=IS- As ior leaping off something
ijis. M torch of the Statue OF Liber-
y. sycsre one must jump out thirty
is24 z.2 clear the edge of the crowd, (,
asS -til=n drop a sheer hundred before !
? tr para chute stands even a chance TO
OmE-a mere nothing.
2,hatJI you do? asked the NOV |
2Ny sfC1Ure company when / applied |
to- n nh. ] thought a while and the /
sayzysaled il might be a good little |
stalz1 no jump off the Statue of Lib /
III didn't have any idea how /
sp5ls going TO accomplish it, but that
Jj1tIs1 Worry me much.
-Than old balloon Jumpers heard
~ n Zhey all came around andtold |
'pr The thing was impossible, that no
1r. ss-sr had made jump less than
$50 tssat and lived. | replied that
lrEyx zhSt time ON being a fool was
- sss my biggest stock in trade.
'ssshsn stood up to'make my leap.
sUs fpTeuan was so frightened he was
-3zl1ng like a baby. | grinned at
i,Ez and reaching over jerked his
rtsz<rss o1t of his mouth and put 1t
n zIuf- Then lit out into the air.
IN ttin alive.
Est motion picture company liked
-nos Tral we'll Somebody suggested
'9Srse }3yn Bridge as a next best bet.
JsJEs Il. Then came the Queensbor-
712SSs Bridge. That wasn't so nice.
ADS 7saler was full of floating chunks
d w and | had to pad myself fairly
.Ve2 Nn ease | should hit any of il.
Isgoss in the water all right, and
-ss-s yhs trouble began. The ice was
% Inlck ] couldn't swim to shore. and
n EyDsheed up that | couldn't find
IssE. big enough to climb up on. The
-SS c0oldn't reach me. So | just had
70 i'm around in that ice-filled wa
fT an hour and half before they |
sns NE out. Bosh my hands and feet !
ssyy frozen, bst | didn't mind that
JsRxA
-AGunt the only thing | wished for
shsE I was in the water was a good {
'sszs al a cigarst or little drink. | I
sCr kunb when | was pulled aboard {
ms eng. Some idiot poured a quart |
Ixsr = half of whisky down me when 1
tsa.snl noticing. IL didn't hurt me, {
hunxh. Fact is, didn't even make I
~ dry. 90 . 4. : c
We'll, after that | thought Id try I
1nse real high jumping. ! went out I
p heksyilie. l.. l.. and dropped $500 I
ssE krpm an aeroplane travelling six r
2 soiies an hour. II remember z
=znttg. the jerk when the parachute Il
u<z1d pulled one OF my arms out of a