| Show DID ID BONY HAND OF DEATH DEA TH EVER BECKON No man whether h he be bo soldier sailor miner air nir pilot or ju just t plain citizen whether hether he ho hunts in the byways of the worM world for tor thrills or T whether hether he walks in in inife's life's lifes shaded avenues entirely escapes conflicts with tho the Grim Reaper which bring aring rin him face faco to face faco with death No man knows when tho the forces of nature may suddenly smite him It may bo b 30 while he ho is on a happy holiday outing It Jt may maj be bo right in the tho quietude of his own homo home It may be in tho hills in the tho or valleys or valleys or on Main street tho automobile demons aro speeding down n the broad street The men 0 ot the tho West particularly have havo had thrilling many experiences such as are arc bound to occur in tho the settlement of ot a new empire It follows therefore that no man who has passed many ninny milestones has I I ved without grazing death deaths death's 8 door Probably every er man will recall some period fa ra 11 his lifo lito when it looked as if it hi his days wore numbered P Perhaps somo did not realize tho close clos call until afterward but he be knows now that tho the t swinging wing ng scythe almost touched him A number of well known citizens of Salt SaIt J Lake ake have o recounted for TilE I TELEGRAM experiences which they consider co their calls In each whether hother it in ift ima imaginary inary or real thero is tho the material for tor a thrilling adventure tory such luch aa as the thu average erae person would delight in in reading it printed in a aa magazine a Perhaps you ha have havo 0 had J oven O a closer call lores lore's a a. Novel One William E. E Griffiths to his hla friends Just Bill Griffiths has had a most exciting ramble ambit with tho the Grim Reaper In fact tact then hen questioned concerning his narrow st capes Bill related a 11 series of oC blood episodes In the tho mining camps of oC evada ada Idaho and Montana that would nake ake the hero of the most cherished Diamond Dick ever e cached under the tho kummer ummer kitchen look liko a 0 Chambers ummer resort beau benu I BUI Bill was In Bullfrog once when that tha t tamp amp was thriving most heartily He lie tarried his trust trusty revolver re arid and rounds of enough to lost last through a n uple of or scuffles He lie says that It would late ive e been beon most embarrassing to haye hae Icen cen mixed In three little tilts or a ha half ray ny unruly battle In one day as all hells were all ha lie could conveniently cart round It was sas during the balm balmy days darB of Bullos BullOK Bull- Bull os OK and Bill was a broker reaping rich f ests All 11 loving citizens of oC the tho camp pp ared for Cor or breakfast armed to the teeth BIll BUI relates But upon this particular horning hill BUI with a friend named Barkley cro ero taking a morning eye e opener opener Q a bot- bot r. r of ot extra dry Service was poor and andvord 1 1 word vord with the bartender led to anThe anI an- an I r The Barkley gentleman hud had the P p of ot being able ablo to protect himself In Inese tie ese little differences most abl ably vouch vouch- fes Bill and already had three nicks i hi his gat Wen Well as William was relating one word I to another The bartender saw jaw that could not gracefully back out EO so took chances lie Ho Just jUIt slipped out his gun un I id d shot hot Because Citizen Barkley had e rep he was the first target Bullet hit Barkley all right de- de ires Bill but he didn't drop Tho bar bar- Ider then came me around from behind the unter to get set a II better what shot Darkley d his gun GUll out by that time limo and let fly ny was 1 curtains for them both The Tiu roner found Cound them both dead dud when h he rived rl each clutching the others other's throat th his hand Where Vh r did narrow y your ei escape p come 1 Mr Griffiths was Q asked Oh the bartender Intended to plus Plug m mo me I bu but Barkley Darkley Scot ot Ol him first he cx- cx a med Bill has had Mil many man other narrow es cs- cs tie lIch ich as aa having a 11 gun shoved d lr In Ins I s face tac but the tho bullet didn't work or a L lug hIS bUIl bullet t just grazing his cheek le Ice e minor arral affairs Bill BUI has not perfect t collection of however howe ad Lii Two Close Calls Jerrold Lotcher Letcher clerk of at the United I atea ites te district court has had man many r rilling escapes from the grave rave some somo S which he will tell humorously If It you yot oU 1 op OD in on him In the federal building tree rep wrecks two real ones once on trains train 3 d another on a ship constituted th the S t tapes pes of the federal clerk Near L Near Pueblo I 1 was on a train that tim t In n of off the track but luckily lucIdly the train timI I out a nice sandy land spot to take It Its S tlc tie Ie roll and no one was waa seriously hurt The next one ono came near being tb tho d of ot your our servant en We Yc were hitting I up near Kansas City and were croes- croes r other tracks track at right angles when a int t freight turned a 0 corner and came cam S at our train trail Neither could stop sto id d I mentally calculated 1 that the freight freigh t Dud Duld ud Just about hit our car Too scared a I move I said m my prayers repented my m y hs ns and anu walt waited results The freight t our car by bO about one hundredth 0 of t second and cut between our car and ani I e c ono one following severing th back bacle par part t the train from the front and rolling e t back Jart art In the ditch Injuring soy sov- I B al aJ people Attesting to the agility of the Kansas Kansa S ty ty- newspaper reporters 1 Mr Letcher sai said half dozen were on tho the scene before tb the tho e had ben been laid out on tho the floor too r a car and they wore were all hot on th tho th rk of oC getting the pedigrees of or the und d. d I do believe belle that they ex- ex the wreck added Mr Letcher h io I Is u reporter rop-orter wise having to endure u reporter rop-orter wise having to endure sir questions every day A A watery grave never ne did op appeal al to f. f eal said Mr Letcher In recollecting his Winy n-my voyage on the Cortex Cortez from Par Far rari nl nt to San Francisco In 1861 I 1 wasn wasn't I t enough h to take command of lOt the ship there wouldn't anything serious have Tho The old ship waa a aide eldo wheeler d barely got through h to San I- I Francisco do no believe In another da day she would ve vs b been en at the bottom of oC tho the Pacific th all alt on board boar or else elfte washing around I the briny depth The next trio out B Cortez Cortes went on an excursion to thc the of the sea eM and has hal never been ar ird of or sine nine Well a a. a. a miss Is ts a as good as ns a mile 1 ei ed the tho genial clerk with a a. parting life lie I I lads on His Head rv In lag A. A Benton When I was Ds a bo boy P 12 years I wan climbing like a goat on or I t Rock New Haven Conn with a s L ber her of oC other othor boys boye I lost my toy foot foot- d and fell thirty foot Ceet on striking my irn d d. d I was Voas unconscious when hen the tho other othel r I picked me roe up and carried me roe to a 1 L irby rhy rb house and then to my home I I unconscious for tor forty eight hours I C I. I ino no consciousness of ot any een sensation atlon er r than an Instant of oC fright as m my r t slipped flipped an and do not remember fall taU through the air when I J began to regain consciousness dais at lat later r. r It seemed HH HR though I coming out of or a n h beautiful dream e a of oC the details of which I could f rc ro- ro But Rut It seemed heavenly and I did dk I ant want to wake up have had the same fame sen sensation atlon throe three C e 51 the since the same ume In every minute de- de Those were times when I have re reefed re- re Ted ered con from ether admin fed red when I was on the tho surgeons surgeons' op op- op ting Ing table I I had baa 1 a thriller In Parkersburg W W. r Va a n I waa working as an superintendent t Chicago tS VS' VS construction fo company compan says say S I. I Ullrich aEI assistant tant state engineer he chuckled at the thou thought ht o of ot f cape and beg began n tho the tale talo rou ro OU see lIer it was as like this We Wa wore were e King on a railroad mixing concrete Ce e ay dy old oM style stylo mixers W were re c certainly un undy un- un and treacherous Instruments an and andr 1 r fe one Olle especially had bad to be humored to I 0 effective l work ork pi The blamed thing was on a stan slant t 1 It day ay Y and w we had a a. Propped board boar fi I f tg r twenty feet teet lonz long stuck u under er I it L I. i t 1 with a n marl man on the end acting as a n lever or Soon the man hollered for help and nd I ran i-an up and threw rn myself self across s the board with all my weight But Dut all aU to 10 no a avail Bang Baug went vent tho the mixer The other man lot let loose his hold and whiff and whiff I Iwas was taking a graceful night flight through h the blue sky luckily alighting on my roy shoulder three seconds later In a n cur car on the tho track some twenty five feet oct of off o. And the Cunn funny part about It was was hero Mr Ir Ullrich expanded a grin Jn in In those three seconds I 1 was taking m my lIttie lIt lIt- tie sail through tho the atmosphere everything every every- thing that I shouldn't havo o done dono In my life came through m my mind No io I hurt much only a broken shoulder blade and I didn't know that until tha that t night Almost Burled Alivo Alive Missing death by a n traction fraction of or a n second sec rec sec sec- ond and escaping being burled under 2000 tons of or dirt by a stride Is 18 the tine sim sim- plo pie story told b by Hobert A A. A Holley of ot the field service section of ot the tho general land office Holley rays I 1 came camo within a second of getting m my Innings ten years ears ngo ago In a mine and I hn have ve been a n fa fatalist ever since Tho The experience ex ex- cx- cx happened In li the tIne Harus mine In Butte I I. I was running a waste wate car out of ot the mine and was as down the foot 1100 level where here wo were dumping the waste I was smoking a cigarette and It was the only light I had when m my candle was whiffed out In a a. mysterious draft In Instantly Instantly In- In a roar and a crash burst upon me Ine and looking back I saw the tho whole roof cave cavo In and dump about 2000 tons of oC dirt and timber on tho the spot 1 I had been but a a. second before bHore Believe me never nover again Inside a mine I Heros Hero's a a. Fast One Ono Perhaps tho the most bloodcurdling g cx- cx ex cx- ever heard of or was experienced ex by Alfred Thiessen section director of ot the United States tes weather bureau Although Al Al- Al thou though h being the tIne man who doles out bad badI weather occasionally tho the nature of or his crime crImo does doe not warrant tho tim terrible hairbreadth hairbreadth hair hair- breadth e escape c from Instant death which he had a few years ago aso I was riding on n a train which was w soIng goIng go- go Ing lag at about miles an hour one ono day he said eald As I looked out the window I saw another train coming toward us going go go- go o- o ing oven faster Castel I looked for Cor a place to Jump but hesitated because I didn't know which side to jump from as I could not toll which way tho the train would roll when the two met head hend On camo came tho the other train straight ht at ours and the two would meet In about three seconds at their terrific rate of ot breakneck speed Just at the tho time my suspense was as at Its highest point mind my was greatly re relieved ro- ro when I found tho the oncoming train did not hit us us for for It was wao on tho the other track tracIe Should Thiessen havo bovo escaped With one accord No Wo Escapes Plying Flying ng Bullets Officers Carlborg Carlberg and Egbert probably have had one of ot the tho closest calls caUs to death deat of ot an any men In tho the state One of ot their fellow tellow officers thus describes It About two years rears ago a 0 negro armed stood at the top of oC a narrow stairway In a Commercial street rooming house He lIe was desperate Ills only chance to kill kUl the police Tho The two officers was never hesitated but plunged up the stairs after their man Ills His weapon flashed hed re 1 but the bullets by a seeming miracle missed them both It was probably ab ably the closest tho they thoy will come to death I and still live e to tell tho the tale for tor the passageway pas pas- was WiS completely blocked when I they started up tho ho stairs Slides Into Hole Holo Capt George E. E Hair of or tho the United I States land office field service division contributes c a hot one to tho the list of or death d defying stunts by mine workers Captain Cap Cap- L tain ain Hair Hall was nab alii surveying In a coal mine mian In i n Pennsylvania Pennsyl some somo years ago and was wan t told old to go out on tho the surface by his hie brother who also alio told him him he lie could Eave cave I a about bout a 1 mile by taking the old Well ell workings started out the tIne captain and anc I b beads eads eads of oC perspiration of course courso from th the t thou thought hought n ht of ot the terrible experience anc and I not from the heat of the day stood ou out o on n his forehead ad I started out of the mine through the old workings which had been boon abandoned years cart before My IY l lamp amp was burning brightly on my ray hat a and nd I was making good progress when my lamp tamp flickered and with a 0 final feeble flare lare Clarot f ft wont went out Even Een then It was vms not t too oo dark ark to travel slowly and I kept on Suddenly my t feet et failed to make moke connections with tho the earth and I stopped glano- glano i ng down nt at the tho same samo time A A hole hoe seemed to cover about ten feet teet of or the P passage sage and so so unthinkingly I rolled up my ray coat and started to crawl crowl down what I Imagined was a slight alight de de- de As I slid down about five feet m my hands let loose a small email boulder Bang It struck tho the side of ot the hole Crack It It ricocheted back on the other side and continued to do 10 this until the noise faded an away ay In a hollow of oC what must roust have been fifty feet Ceet A hole holo fifty fo feet foet t deep and me roe six Ix feet Ceet on my way Ily to eternity Well you Ou should have havo 11 seen n me tear tho the sIde of ot that elope And when I got up out of that holo hole and that old mine I stayed out TJ U. S. S Marshals Marshal's Closest estI est I never ne have cared much for tor water since then began United States Marshal Neb lounging back in his big bh chair The nearest shave from Crom a w watery tery grave Krave I J over had bad was waH about twenty five years ears a ago o when I was WOH a small boy boY hero hero he winked at Deputy Ludan Smyth across from him when him when I was breaking a hor horse e in Off Ogden den canyon I Oil l had nad purchased a 0 fine tine phaeton In In town for m my wife and having several se horses hortell oa as s well eU as tho the unbroken one ono to take tako to the ranch I decided I might as ns a well hitch up tho the frisky colt to the b bV buggy V wo v o were about half halt wa way up the canon can can- yon on In a narrow v place overlooking o tho thc Dolling O Ogden den river rI when we w met a n team I coming toward us un I managed to turn n the colt rolt aside but tho the oth other r horses trotted L on ahead out of ot f l ht An Angered ere he wanted to go but I gritted m my ray teeth and i held him Then blame uiel mel mel-If If he didn't give one Jerk jerle and Jump right richt off ocr Into tho the I Ogden river It was all done dono so 60 I didn't know what was going on But I surely knew that I was In tho the and that fact could not be altered so I struggled like a good fellow Just as I hove hO my head above o the torrent the cover of ot the phenton flopped over o |
