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Show Risked Life for a Small Sum. A special from San Bernardino, Cnl., says: A. H. Wilson, a young man from Ogden, Utah, this afternoon leaped from the top of a fifty-foot polo at Needles for n wager of ?3.C0, and, plunging through tho canvas net held for him by twelve citizens, lauded on his feet and shattered both his hip', besides sustaining serious internal I"-Juries. I"-Juries. Wilson bad Just reached Needles from Ogden, and, to turn some easy money, collected n crowd of citizens about tho pole, saying ho would make tlio leap to tho giound. Ho then passed his hat, seriulns a small sum. Twelve men volunteered to hold tho canvas not. On reaching tho top of tho polo ho hesitated n minute min-ute and then leaped off. As his body shot thiough the net mid struck thi giound, aery of horror aroso from 20C people who witnessed tho mishap Wilson wns unconscious whon picked ti). His bones wore protniillng throu h tho llcsh, making a sickening sight. Tho lower part of his spluo wns nlso Injured, mnklng it almost Impossible for him to recover. |