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Show WITH LAUGHTER ON UPS CHILD BT PLAY ON ROOF PLUNGES TO HIS DEATH NEW YORK, July 2. Jacob Edel-steln, Edel-steln, a youth, played blind man's buff with his little sisters. Augusta and Sadie, and his cousin. Lena Sachsberg, on the roof of a seven-story tenement last night. About the roof ran a low coping. Jacob raced about until he was penned In a corner. Lena, the blindfolded blind-folded girl, advanced upon him. Jacob sprang backward, giving the next Instant In-stant a shout of terror. The girl snatched the handkerchief from her eyes, only to see Jacob disappearing over the coping. Lena grabbed one foot. Augusta and Sadie Joined her. Jacob screamed as he hung head downward with his back to the wall, unable to save himself. him-self. The three clidren clung to his foot. Presently Jacob made a determined effort to recover himself. But the force he exerted tore his foot from the children's, grasp, and wltH a shrill cry he plunged to the court below. He died Instantly. |