Show Traffic Cop in i High Dive Thriller o Stages Act While Chasing Auto O i O F acing Facing Crash Steers Into Canal Riding a a. motorcycle off oft a bridge approach Into a canal at a speed of ot forty five miles mUes per hour is s a new high dive e thriller successfully demonstrated ted to a small smal audience on the state road Monday morning b bv by Deputy Sheriff George Georee Beckstead G Georges George's ories orie's motorcycle motorcycle- is In tie the George is O. O K He got a mighty cold bath but George says that hen it comes to choosing be between between between be- be tween runn running ng Into th the concrete side of a bridge or taking a plunge i into to a canal capal he chooses the canal every time time the the water is s softer even if it Is colder and wetter It happened this way Beckstead Beckstead Beckstead Beck- Beck stead was chasing what he be believed believed be- be lIe ed to be a stolen car and the driver of ot the car was attempting io 10 run away away from him Near the bridge across the canal just north of ot the Jordan high school Beckstead Beckstead Beck Beck- stead almost overtook the runaway runaway run run- away car going car going at a speed of forty five miles an hour As the thear par far ar took the bridge wi with h Beckstead Beckstead Beckstead Beck Beck- stead and end his mot motor i a neck be hind the driver ot of the car car suddenly sud sud suddenly denly swerVed over so as to close cloe the road to the pursuing officer was already on the approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap to the bridge He saw he must crash into the side of f the bridge or turn turm sharp sharp- sharp and and take the canal He chose the canal A wheel of ot the motorcycle was re removed removed removed re- re moved by the side of or the bridge and the sudden Jolt sent the deputy deputy dep dep- uty clear of the machine a aid d high Into the the- air He landed in the stream cIe clear r of the wreckage and came out without a scratch The suspected auto thief made made- good his his' escape repair shop badly wrecked but I |