Emery County Progress | 1902-02-01 | Page 4 | Feats in Midair

PEATS IX MIDAIR career of steeple joe lawler original steeple climber had plied HI all over the country and hod scaled tile spire of huny tall BaId lne steeple joe bawler the original steeple climber who has bast died in gouvernel Gou verner hospital was 40 u old and dur n his tin e ns steeplejack probably ascended more steeples and autore 1 more pupils in his daner oui trade than any other man in the coun try I 1 abler was or g nally a member of tl e anre ai d it was in tl e trail ing he received a cremin that t ed h s ability as i stee pie while a memi er of a ladder company he niada a record of ascel d ng over feet in a trifle over two m ates 1 abler vias ant tl hout the cour try b the fre do martn ent to exhibit apparatus and ed some dar ng I 1 ats it h trade of seal o 0 the s 1 of lu vit en he was in bar 1 fancisco ran cisco on th s mission in IS 1 he met and married cleo lev ne an actress lie gilded the ball on the top of the flagstaff of the dome of the 1 alitzer iro id ng five t mes swinging feet m the air wh ie thousands thou sanda of below watched him with anxiety ue worked at old trinity and grace churches helped place D ana on the tower of mad son quare garden and handled the prel m nary rigging on the h gh I 1 ough keeps e br dge across the son lie served m cuba and porto II 11 during the war with spain and si perm tended the bu iding of the first military andge in I 1 orto esco