| Show I BATTLE FOR LifE ON HIGH TOWER TRIER TO FATHER TRIES TO HURL GIRL OVER RAILING ON AUDITORIUM AUDITOR-IUM AT CHICAGO CAUGHT IN THE NICK OF TIME Elevator Operator Foils Attempt of Former Lunatic to Dash Daughter Daugh-ter to StreetFight Rages Fifteen Minutes Chicago A terrible battle with a maniac with the life of his daughter Marie Shilling a 21yearold girl nt stako took place the other afternoon when J E Shilling of La Orange 111 attempted to hurl her from the Auditorium Audi-torium tower and was forestalled by John Illchnrduon an elevator operator opera-tor Tho screams of tho girl as she struggled strug-gled In tho powerful arms of hor crazed father attracted the attention of sightseers who were viewing trio city from tho tower The man was caught as ho hold the girl poised at the edge of the railing ready to dash hor to tho street him dreds of feet below For IB minutes a struggle on the narrow corridor on top of tho tower ragod before the maniac was overpow < orod Ouco ho broke looso from his assailants and grasped hIs daughter In his mad attempt to end her life As ho loosened his hold on her the last time she staggered through n doorway door-way and fell down a flight of stairs where she lay until her father had boon overpowered The attempt on tho life of the girl was brought about by a recurrence of an attack of Insanity from which Shilling has been suffering for somo time Only two months ago ho was released from the asylum at Knnkn kee where ho was confined for three months Ho was driven Insane by the loss of his fortune For several days ho had been acting I queerly A few nIghts ago tho family consisting of n wlfo and two daugh r 7 14 I G I I Il Her Crazed Father Attempted to Throw Her from the Tower tors Alice 22 years old and Mario 21 years old sat up and watched him fearing violence The other morning ho asked Mario to accompany him to Chicago Ho said ho wanted to pay his life Insurance dues During the morning tho man and his daughter walked along the lake front during which time ho acted rationally Later he wert to tho Insurance office and transacted hIs business after which ho asked Mario to go up on the tower with him The girl didnt wish to go but the father Insisted and to avoid a scene she went When ho reached tho top of the tower the insane man walked away from his daughter and gazed out on tho lake Suddenly he turned on the girl Her back was turned to him With a wild cry ho grabbed her about the waist and lifting her above his head started to throw her over tho railing She grasped tho balustrade and screamed for help John Richardson an elevator starter start-er employed In the observatory was standing a few feet away Ho grablled the Insane man by the neck and pulled him from tho railing Snarling with age Shilling tore ut tho throat of Richardson Several other persons who saw tho affray joined tho struggle strug-gle The crazed man was finally overpowered over-powered and was hold until tho police arrived Tho girl was taken to a doctors doc-tors office whero her Injuries were attended at-tended to Shilling will be examined and application appli-cation made In tho county court for his return to the Kankakeo asylum |
