Morgan County News | 1947-12-12 | Page 6 | 'Takes His Time' in 'Death' Leap and Lands in Jail Cell

takes his time in death leap and lands in jail cell COLUMBIA PA A 33 year old lormer former taxicab driver who wanted to take his good old time about leaping from a bridge tower 90 leet feet above the susquehanna river was held in jail after his rescue by state police the man claude S miller ol of elizabethtown Elizabeth town pa stood lor for two and a half hours atop the tower and defied attempts to coax him down until a final plea concerning his dead mother brought him to a lower level where policemen nabbed him motorists passing over the lincoln highway bridge midway between lancaster and york noticed the man atop the tower and called police when police urged miller to come down he replied im going to jump off this bridge and kin kill myself but im taking my good old tune time police learned his mother had died recently and talked 0 of her miller began crying and came down to a lower level where policemen seized him with a flying tackle miller was ordered taken to a state hospital at harrisburg tor for an exam In atlon