Show i I MAN N I LEAPS EAPS TO DEATH FROM THE TIlE r WASHINGTON MONUMENT MONUMENTA T A leap from a small window near the top of the Washington monument monument menu menu- ment feet from the ground brought Instant death to A. A BIrney grandson of the late General GeneralI William BIrney Barney who served with distinction during the Civil war as asa asa asa a brigadier general in the Union army had been suffering from a nervous disease for tor several years relatives said and had left home unknown unknown unknown un un- un- un known to his bis mother He had suffered suffered suf suf- a breakdown several years ago while attending Cornell university and had just come home from a n Philadelphia sanitarium Monument Monument Monument ment attendants expressed the belIet belief behot be be- hot lief could not have fallen from tho the window which Is only about 18 inches high and narrow Although there are attendants stationed at the top no one ono saw leave the window His shoes were ripped off art by friction from contact with the of ot the monument monument monument ment and the force torce of the wind durIng during dur dun ing lug the plunge |