Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-05-31 | Page 6 | Mexican Had a Narrow Escape

thus he saved himself from drowning. He had been on his lone Island for nbnut four hours before the officers found him. MEXICAN HAD A NARROW ESCAPE GREW DIZZY WHILE ON WEBER RIVER BRIDGE. Fell Into the S'ream and Was Fished Out by Officers Experience Did Him No Injury. Santos Guiteroz, the Mexican, who had a narrow escape from a watery grave in Weber river Saturday afternoon, after-noon, was released from the police Mat ion Sunday and sent on his way rejoicing. Upon the afternoon mentioned. Officers Of-ficers Cooney ond Shumaker were notified not-ified that a man was marooned on a small sand bar in Weber river several sev-eral hundred yards below the bridge. They went at once lo the scone and c'lscovered tho Mexican calling frantically fran-tically for assistance. Securing a long rope, the officers essayed to throw it across the channel, but the swift current prevented the success of the scheme until the man waded out for some distance and finally secured se-cured the rope and tied It about his body. He was then hauled to the shore and taken to tho police station where stimulants were given him and he was put to bed to recover from bis experience. Officer Lever was detailed to Interview Inter-view tbe man regarding his mishap, and returned shortly, stating that the Mexican's name was "Santa Clans" ami that he had been trying to do a Steve Prodie stunt from the Weber river bridge while under tho influence influ-ence of liquor. Sunday tho Mexican Mexi-can managed to write his name and tell the officers about the accident. From what could be learned from ! him. he had sat on the edge of the Lrldge for some time, resting. nd the swiftly rushing water beneath making him dizzy, had fallen In. The shock of the cold water sobered sob-ered him sufficiently to enable him to grasp some buhhes growing upon a sand bar some distance below and