Show H hERO RO FOR OF JAKEMAN LAD Through publicity given gen his heroic u Lt t in Th Herald the IJ 1 J ienn Jakeman from City creek last ening has been identified He fie i i is Tom a Greek living at Ill Fifth West street and is employed n me ne of ot the repair gangs ganga of the Utah Light Railway company The rescuer refused at that time to reveal asserting he no reward for his brave act Even now he has no wish to be com corn compensated pen by bv the parents of the rescued lad But friends have decided to make application for a Carnegie hero medal With considerable reluctance Cheva las was as induced to tell the story of the rescue to The Herald He related it through an interpreter Geurge George Williams known as the Black Brack Greek Incidentally Williams is a ne negro negro negm gro gm though he has a perfect command of lof the Greek tongue I was working with the gang ot la Ia laborers laborers borers at the crossing where the car tracks are being raised he said I 1 Iwas Iwas was first attracted by seeing a hat shoot by and then I heard reams screams for help helpAs As soon as I caught sight of the lad ladI I ran down to 10 the creek creck and jumped in inThe InThe inThe The current was so swift that I was taken down at first and nearly drowned It was all I could do to keep my head above water But I have five little children of my myown myown myown own And when I thought fit I 1 seemed to recover my ana ana an courage and anti I made lOade up Uti my y mind to save that youngster I 1 was unable to iMm Wim and that hampered me But I kept on my feet as best I could and struggled to the side of or the drowning lad When hen I reached lim him he was all allbut allbut allbut but gone The other Greeks pulled us out olit as I was almost completely ex cx exhausted exhausted hausted The boss boas let me go iW home to change my wet clothes |