Show EDWIN M EASTS MISHAP I I H Sues to Recover 825000 Damages I Dam-ages For Injuries I I Edwin M East formerly of Salt Lake who met with an accident while performing perform-ing as an acrobat In Chicago has com dal oi I irinccd an action to recover S250W damages dam-ages In regard to it the Chicago Record has the following hen he lost nls teeth his grip on his I profession was broken also Consolidation Jroe Consoldaton I can cumo only through the collection of J230CO damages from his former employers i employ-ers This Edwin 1 East says is tim I story of his spoiled face and blighted hopes I East set forth that he was hurt Sept 5 IStf while I Its It the 7Wfoot teS at the I water chutes Besides being forced to I part with his teeth his lower jaw was dh ld goj C broken and a few slashes god In I his lla and chin His troubles and his demand for compensation I com-pensation will be told In tho circuit court this morning I I had made the drop eighteen times East tells In his complaint But tho hard luck came in the nineteenth whirl nod I was doing It all for 23 a week I happened hap-pened at 10 oclock Everybody was staying stay-ing to sec my act too I went up the pole i ta d belclt to my pedestal grabbed my torches and I gn my signals to McGuire who was i lt standing at the lower end of the cable I i All right he answered I took tho strap in my mouth and swung off After I i sail of 120 feet the rable pave way and I was left In the air I became unconscious J hitln unconsccus up there Then East goes on to relate how when half way down he struck the Iron railing nlcnfT ldc tho chutes losing his teeth breaking his jaw and cutting his lower I lip and chin Ho speaks of being taken to the Cook county hospital and consld I I ered den for three days He recovered i and was discharged Sept 2 The falso teeth ho claims will Interfere I with his going on In the sliding nrofes I siou So ho places his future handicap at t tho JZiOOO mark i |