Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1911 — Amazing Nap of a Tinsmith [ARTICLE]

Amazing Nap of a Tinsmith

Philadelphian Is Found Fast Asleep With His Head Hanging Over Roof of Tall Building. Philadelphia.—Taken into custodywhile soundly sleeping on the roof of the house at 634 North Front street, with his head hanging over the front eaves, Robert Morris, 22 years old, of Merchantville, is in a quandary as to how he reached his elevated slumberland and has the wiseacres at police headquarters puzzling their wits endeavoring to solve the mystery. Passing along the street early the other morning two pedestrians were startled when a derby hat dropped at their feet. Glancing up, they were amazed to observe the head of a man protruding over the eaves. Their calls in a vain effort to attract the atten-

tlon of the owner of the head awakened most of the neighbors in the block, and when the situation was explained the phone wires into the city hall carried many requests- for the presence of policemen. The first district patrol wagon was sent to the scene, and when thd crew gained the second story roof! by means of the third story windows of the residence of Joseph Dowling, on the corner, the man was still in slumberland. Even vigorous shaking failed to arouse him, and with the assistance of Mr. Dowling the sleeper was dragged to the street via the Dowling home with many excited residents looking on in wonderment Waking up at the city hall, Morris revealed his identity, and was dumfounded when the circumstances leading up to his arrest were sprung on him. He said he had no lection of going to the roof, and was unable to enlighten the police as to how he got there. Morris is a tinsmith by occupation and one of the theories of the police is that be shinned up a rain spout while laboring under the hallucination that he was in working togs making roof r»< pairs.