Show A A. HERO iRO IN HT VAIN WAS THIS PAT FAT OFFICER Jumped Into the River Kiver to Save a aHan aMan Man Han Who Placidly Swam Away Policeman James Tames Quirk of the steamboat steamboat steamboat steam steam- boat squad pl played the hero I In Ia a vain last night This morning he ie was laid up with a chill and was the policeman policeman policeman po po- po- po in New York says a a- aNew New York dispatch Quirk weighs pounds but when he heard the cry Man overboard on pier A North river lver at midnight he did not hesitate He saw a a. mans man's head bobbing up and down in the water a afew afew afew few yards from the pier end and with visions of a saving life medal on his manly breast he took a header into the water The terrific splash seemed to alarm the man the policeman n sought to save and Ire he swam s away to a small float lying near a fireboat and got aboard it Quirk when he saw that his bravery was wasted lost his enthusiasm took tooka a cramp and bellowed for help Sergt 1 and other patrolmen of the squad hauled him out of the water The man whom Quirk to save was Dennis Enright a laborer He was He was arrested and it was found that he had been drInking I only wanted to cool off he declared |