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Show GREW TIRED OF LIFE. Taking Passage to Other Shores By Varied Ways and for a Diversity of Causes. JUMPED OVER NIAGARA FALLS. Love and a Kovolver A Blind Man's Deed Hnug Himself Iu a Old tern. Niagara Falls. N. Y July 17 Another naiiio will have to bo added to tho already long list of Niagara suicides, sui-cides, as this afternoon, at 4 o'clock, a young man, whoso identity has not yet been established, was dashed into eternity eter-nity by leaping over tho brink of the American falls from that beautiful spot. Prospect point, before nu audience of hundreds of people. The facts, so far as known, are that the suicide boarded tho New York Central train leaving Hull'alo for tho falls at 2:20 o'clock. On tho wav down ho got acquainted w ith John liurus, of tho Continental hotel, liuffalo, and with M. P.. Daley, of 1 17 Klliot street, the samo city. Peaching the falls, the three started down towards to-wards Prospect park. Ou tho way down Falls street they stopped iu several sev-eral saloons, ami each time tho suicide drank beer. Passing through the park they went to the point, tho suicide sui-cide keeping about 1.1 feet in advance of his companions. Tho three stood for a miuute lookiug upon tho beautiful sight, w hen the suicide, turning around, exclaimed: "Good-bye, boys; 1 am going over tho falls," and instantly leaped upon the stone wall and jumped into the water, right at the brink of the American falls. It took but an Instant for him to pass out of sight into the depths below, and tho cloud of spray acted as a mantle, shutting out from th J view of tho dn.ed spectator the unavoidable un-avoidable dashing of the body upon tho rocks below, lie appeared tJ be about 2(5 years old, was about S feet 10 inches in height, smooth faco and wore a gray checked vest and trousers, blue cutaw ay coat and black Derby hat. It seems quite probable that his home is iu Buffalo, but nothing occurred during the time ho was with Daley and Hums to his identification. |