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Show HUS6AND SEES HIS WE LEAP MD RIVER FOLLOWS AND STRUGGLES DESPERATELY DES-PERATELY TO SAVE HER. Mrs. Cohen, However, Probably Died In Her Husband's Arms. (Niagara Falls, June 6. Aaron Cohen Co-hen of Buffalo, saw his young wifo leap into the swirling river between Second and Third Sisters' Island this arternoon, only 150 feet above tho brink of the cataract. Without a moment's mo-ment's hesitation he followed her, caught her hand and struggled desperately des-perately to save her. Mrs. Cohen probably died in her husband's arms. Before it was possible pos-sible to bring efficient help an hour had passed during all of which time Cohen was making frantic attempts to reach the shore. But the struggle against the current at this point is about 20 miles an hour was beyond be-yond his power. Fortune aided him. With his wife tightly clasped to him ho felt himself bump into a tree stump and on this he got a grip, with his ono free hand. He shouted for help. Finally word was carried to tho reservation police and Policeman James Martin and three other men with ropes hurried to tho scene. Threo times they threw a rope before be-fore it fell within Cohen's grasp. When he did catch it he was too weak to tie it about his or his wife's waist. The two were 20 feet away from shore and it was extremely difficult, owing to the precarious nature of the footing to make a good cast. Pinned against the tree stump by the terrific rush of water all the strength had gone out of Cohen and he had been unable to keep his wife's face above water. Once Cohen had hold of the rope tho men ashore began to pull and Martin, who was in the front, slipped and fell into the stream but quickly regained his feet. When within 15 feet of the shore Cohen lost his grip on his wife's body and it was carried down stream and was lost to view. Cohen was so far gone when the rescuers got him on 6horo I hat ho could not speak for ten minutes.' Ills first words were: "She Is out there. Go and get her. Sho is dead. She died in my arms." Superintendent Perry aud Chief Shoebrldge skirted the Goat Island shore looking for the body but could see nothing of it. William Barnett and Hugh Brown saw the body after a long search. It was held fast by a rock about 10.1 feet above the brink. Without ropes Brown and Barnett waded out Into tho stream and moving carefully over the slippery rocks reached tho body. Just as Brown touched It the current caught it again and It whirled around in an eddy. It was with the greatest difficulty that the two men brought the body to land. Life was extinct. Cohen Isays that worry over tho fact that she was unable to nurse her infant in-fant depressed his wife greatly and probably caused her de9ire for death. He was a robust man. and quickly recovered re-covered from the 6hock. |