Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-11-03 | Page 1 | Sailor Slept at a Dizzy Height

SAILOR SLEPT AT A DIZZY HEIGHT Sow York, Nov. a. It Is Kifer t Fleep th'-re than on tho top of a mnst on th.i hlwh sea," was the explanation of Sam Ander.-ou, a sailor, to two p'dieenien who pluiked hltn from th" tcp of a sixty foot pillar of the elo- valed railroad trncture. wliere he had I stretch'-d out for a ijuiet nap tM ! morning. A small boy who saw the man climb up the pillar, rushed to the police M.-alon, crying that the tcunan was bent on suicide. Wh- n the polbe orrl'.od Anderson ehldcd them for waking htm up. awa, I want to sleep," he prv tested. It bok them an hour to dislodge Mm from his sn'-'p berth. He was find and sleepy, he said, and wanted a H.ife place to take an hour's nap before be-fore returning to hla ship. He feared to Bleep on the sidewalks or along the streets, 'cause of the danger from automobiles, danawuy street cara and scurrying traffic. At lhe top of the pillar, sixty left above the street, all was quiet, safe and peaceful.