The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-27


On the door. A member u the
staff u ~. Patrick Cathedral, lie
Was volunteering his services. He
leaned out the window. said:
What Is your religion. young
fDaHM"
Il don't kn0y-~presbyterian. ]
guess"
Father Mccarthy spoke long ana
earnestly on Gods Commandments
against SET destruction. liz point
etd out that he would be entering
an unknown world after having
committed 81 gfsVions sin H. made
no impression. Ward answered. rs
he had answered 10 sill; "f'vs got 70
Work this out for myself"
Meanwhile. poles made despef-
ate by the spafled traffic, the vast
cf6Wd, the bitter complaints u tbs
merchants, The manifest danger u
persons falling out windows ana
Oft roots. had vaitl1 sought SONS
tdeans III getting him In ny fofee,
But he had unWittirgi1 SCI 'ctsd
spot tor his dtaGa that mads II I'M
possible ~ take him by surprise
and IL Was quits obvious that he
would jump II he saW that he ~as
going " be caught 4 ledgs on the
18th flGor protected him from sur
tfiss above. and the ledge on which
hs Was standing protected hIiH
from belDW. This windows we're IN
dsep fscesses and ttess protected
him from the TANKS.
Lite Nets Were Useless
Fiffmen Wefs standing NJ On The
sidewalk With life nets. but no enc
feaiized their futility mare than
thsy. These nets we're constructed
~ catch psrs6n dropping from
less than 100 feet. Ward vas 200
feet rbGys tbsm, Polics tschpi-
clans. stamped, calisd IN szpeft rig
gers ~ the tire department. tt.d
construction firms. ~ wefs
stuunpf1.
Willis thry sought q nsats oi
Applying tGcs, ottiff poles am
Wandffs Wfts trying persuasion
NO words. no personality. bad any
efteet. A. LAST they sen. tor "a
tfoiman Charles GiaszGW. n young
man With a reputation Tor t!o-
qiienes and charm, liz TOOK OH MS
coat, his esp. his badge, his gun
everything that mafked hlm as u
Doliceman-leausd out the UludDW.
and ctjtG,
1HGk NJ me. mhpi Have ! "vff
d6nf anything " y6u7 Then my
% you Want ~ ruin me, I'm his
clerk N This h0tel l have Il Wits
ana thfse children. n Yop jump
pe6pls vii saY It's my fault, and
m l0s6 my JOB, t'ben WhatIl hap-
pen " my children, C0nts On IN,
man. hnd lets talk ~ GYe"."
Ward kssmed Touched
Ward ssffnsd touched NJ thFss
bGnsyed words. lie explained sadly
that bf had no wish 10 hagm any
0nf. that he couldn't maks no his
mind,
"Lit6k nj all H10ss ps6ijis dawn
thste." he said, u can't disap-
point thetd,"
Glasgow tsiksd on ahd Ml and
though he did not ovffpGVff Ward
WITH his sDgusBes, he did thass
Who WFfe IN the room bsbiHd him,
Deputy Mayor tsnfy CHffaB, tssfs
IN his eyes. exclaimed that be bad
nsYff s6sn such sxcslient poles
marx. Ward acesDtsd eigafsts, water.
aHd c6ftse specifying that he
wanted a lGt III cfssm IN lte=ff0n
Glasgow. favored him with Esd
smiles abd sympathetic words. But
beyond E3at he wouldn't g0<
Wards mother. IN her hons IN
southampton. tsleptlGbed. The tsI-
sph6ps was pssshd out 10 bst s9n,
lie put tbs instrument ~ his ear.
heard his mothers votes, and. with
out w6rd, put II dam on ths
lfGgs.
Darkness Had Fallen
DARKNESS hhd failsH, tbs crowd
haf Increased. peddiefs Wers SSH
Ing ice efsam and chesD binoculars,
4 fsac9us y6ies hsfe and thefs Of
fffed odds that he wouldn't jump.
a0W sHd thsn. Ward would stand
M sit dawn and from the stfsst
IL leek6d ss though he Wss tsstff-
ing, EGfsaas ana shouts WsHt uD
that sbtiIlsd 0vsr into laughter and
mas yGiess exclaimed tbht he was
6a szilbiti9Bist and would Bsyer
Jump,
tbs teeiihicjsns hsd wi IsasL de-
vlssd sehsns, On tbs sidewalk
bsiSW thsy stfstehsd out cargo
net borrowed ffM1 4 steamship and
attached lls sids W ropes inst had
been stffsptiti0lisiy lowered from
ths mn bsi0w Wsfds Ledge. Thsy
worked slowly, afraid that Wstd
would sss and be inpeilsd 10 Jump,
Policemen vent among tho scores 0f
photographers, urging thsfa not 10
tsks hssbiight pictures lest they H.
I,iHihAts tbs net rising slowly 10
The sids 6f The h0tej, But The
flashes WsHt on anyway a1d Ward
surely cav,
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