Evening star., 1926-04-02
TWO SAVE WOMAN
FROM DEATH LEAP
Men Pull Her Up as She
Hangs From Bridge Rail-
ing Over Abyss. :.

Heroic work on the part "f Wilton
W. Conner, a23 Tenth street norm,
east, and James Matthews, tatheorai
Mansions. saved the life OF MISS
Pearl West. 80 years old. "ho ias'
night attempted to jump off the ton
nscticut Avenue Bridge
Delay OF a second or two IN reatn
ing rhe Young woman. Whe nohS y!
one hand from the iron stats IN lhf
railing. would have prevented her re-
cue. in the opinion of those VINO
witnessed the affair.
Miss West Is recovering 'Ioh'
shock In Emergency Hospital To-Day
and. while reluctant at first 10 as
cuss the mater. explaining "nobodN
cares ahouI me" she finally hdIni'
ted thai III health. spread over pc
riod of nine wears. caused the "hoie
thing.
Tells Story In Hospital.
81 left nv sisters house, ~ 1o'"
Connecticut avenue, Whefe iNe,
about O'Clock last eVehinH ar"
didn't ssv ANYTHING to anybody, she
asserted.
II walked down to the bridge ana
now have a fairly good recollec-
ZION Of climbing over the falllhR.
Then. when saw was going 70
fai held on for all WAS worth
What followed then was not cleaf
IN her mind. phy sicians at the nos
,,itoi said she was hysterical asl
nIcht hut because of her rapid re-
roverv she probably Wouid he ais
missed some tlme today.
The Young men who saved me
woman from the death she herseit n,o
not want to meet characteflstlcahH
dismissed the incident as something
apvhody else would have done anu
"A i'd they didn't see the need OF al
rh,s spread In the papers about 1t.
common told in Q mstterof-fact
way Of riding across the bridge
toward the Cathedral Mansions and
seeing the young woman climb over
the rail. The car was stopped ano
ne and Matthews rushed 20 the poin'
in the middle Of 'hs bridge.
Others Came to Heip.
This stun about my helm. held
hv the feet rs all bunk he declared.
Matthews may have held on 10
some part Of me while We pulled hei
nm hut after we got heI aTen with
the ton railing there were many more
persons TO help ms get her over. We
placed her in an automobile belonging
to Mrs. E,dmunds and drove her TO
The hospital"
Mrs. Ralph Edmunds of Wsrdma n
Park Hotel WAS driving across the
bridge. and she reiRt' j today. SIN
4 Young woman walk na hurriediH.
She stopped and iuoned over the rall'
ing for moment and then before j
could realig. IL. she climbed over the
railing She missed her footing ana
hunk suspended by one hand. The
in hcAd nf m
saw her climb over At the san time.
They stopped and ran back just In
time TO catch her before her rapidly.
slipping hold on the rail gave away.
| think Mr.. connor and Mr.. Matthews
deserve = '"ui credit for II was not
an easy to climb over that ia IL
ms unde NJ conditions. Mr. Con
nor put his ann about her and pulled
her up 10 point where M. Ma Athews
could get better hold. She was
crying and hysterical. They put her
in my car and we took her to the
hospital
Men Never Hesitated.
The young men never hesitst ed
about wing the girl. If they had
DELAYED a second or two she most Ger
tainly would have fallen
Miss Wes, said she was employed
in the disbursine division OF the Vet.
Grams Bureau. where there is lot
OF noisy machinery. This constant
noise she believes. has undermined
her nerves. together with her long
period Of ill.heslth. MY doctor has
advised me TO go away for q rest -
she said. hut that's all very nice II
you have plenty of money To do 1t
with"
The close call she had howeve.'
has spurred her on to renewed cOur-
age. and she intimated hat immedi-
ately she VIII seek quiet spot away
from Washington.