Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-04-29 | Page 8 | Shot down like a Bolt

Then Parachute Jumper Descended in Sharp Circles. Los Angeles, Cal.. April 29. Vril-Ham Vril-Ham M. Morton, a professional aero naut, made a parachute jump from an aeroplane at a height of 2,600 feet at Venice yesterday Morton was carried aloft by Phil Parmalee in a biplane, the aeronaut seated on a board between the skids of the machine. ma-chine. Whon the proper height was attained attain-ed Morton jumped from the swiftlv-moving swiftlv-moving biplane, with the parachuto bar in his hands He dropped 300 feet before the parachute opened. After Af-ter steading the machine Parmaleo descended In sharp circles aboe Morton. Mor-ton. Tho parachute landed in some electric elec-tric wires and Morton was dropped to the ground, about ten feet, slightly injuring himself. About 40,000 pcr-Bons pcr-Bons cheered the feat. on '