Show son loses grip grio on mother fall fatal he ile held hold her from apartment window near white house washington the 45 year old wife of a maryland farm owner slipped from the grasp of her son after a struggle and fell fen eight floors to her death from the window of an apartment building a few blocks from the white house the woman was mrs helen P berlage she and her husband and son lived in two apartments on the top floor of the jefferson apart ments here the son 23 year old thomas N berlage jr said his mother went to the window without warning shortly after 10 a in and climbed out he rushed after her and grabbed her wrists just as she was about to let go for three minutes while he screamed tor for help out the window overlooking street the son struggled to pull his mother back to safety finally his grip loosened and she slipped to an awning which covered a window on the floor be below low the son started out the window after her but her body edged off the awning and plunged to the side walk police said she lived only a few minutes they said her husband thomas N berlage sr owner of an olney md farm told them his wife had undergone a serious operation about easter and had been de pressed since the couple had two other children witnesses on the street tried to improvise a net below the woman as she dangled from the window but did not succeed |