Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-08-08 | Page 1 | Preferred Death to Army Service

PREFERRED DEATH TO ARMY S SERVICE NE' NE NEW NESS YORK Aug S. S Peter S.-Peter Peter o Harvey a n ayoung ayoung young army private at Fort Slocum on Long Island sound lies today strapped to his cot in a cell at the tho fort Cort raving In de de- de le owes his life nrc to the pluck of or orAnna Anna Moran a g girl rl of 20 O who y yesterday yesterday yester yester- ter- ter day struggled with him in tho the waters of or Long island sound when ho attempted to commit suicide by drowning in order to to escape escape tho the punishment u ent for tor desertion Hane Harvey W was 5 recruited only a n few Cew weeks ago lie quickly tired d of ot army life Uto and andye ye yesterday morning burdened burden d' d with rail full uniform he swam a ft mile mill from tho the fort tort to Glen Island whence ho he hoped to find his way unnoticed at nightfall on a ferr ferry to Now New Koch olio But during tho the day ho ho was picked up by a n. patrol sent out for tor his capture and was put on board an arm army launch which was then started for Cor the till fort The launch had not riot gone gono far tar before o Harvey cy dived overboard He struck the thi water only a few foot feet from where Mif Miss MIs s Moran was as bathing She pd dJ d after aCter him and they rose roso to- to to gether Hane Harvey craz crazed d with the tear fear car of or H hin being r captured d end and death Instead struck at lil his lila rescuer again ag ana anu again but hut she sas utterly unmindful of blows or bites and kept herself afloat until tho the launch camo came to her ller assistance Tho The crew was WIlS compelled to b beat a at t tho the recruit Into Insensibility before they could drag him Into tho the launch