and was holding him by the head
when the boat struck the wharf. The horse jumped and threw him
into the river, when the current swept him under the wharf. I
jumped in and got him out all right. October 4, 1868, I saved a
daughter of Mr. McDonald, of Windsor. May 11, 1869, I saved Mr.
Flattery, one of the Flattery Brothers who kept a furniture store
on Woodward avenue. He was a heavy man; when I got hold of him he
was near gone, and I came near losing my own life in getting him
out. June 21, 1870, I saved a man called Mr. George Brodier. I
was eating dinner at the time, when some persons came running in
after me, saying, "there is a man in the river." I ran out and
jumped into the river, and as soon as I got near him he clutched
me like a vice and took me under water twice. When I came to the
top the last time my father handed me a large pole, which I
caught and that saved me. He was a powerful man, and kicked and
struggled so hard that he made my legs black and blue for many
months.

My mother goes to the edge of the wharf with me very often,
when I jump in; but when she sees persons struggling in the water
and drowning she never holds me back. August 24, 1871, I saved
the daughter of Mr. A. Wilson of Milwaukee. March 4, 1872, I
saved a colored man by the name of George Wilkes; he fell off the
wharf while under the influence of liquor; but I think he has
been a sober man ever since. July 4, 1873, I saved the daughter
of Mr. F. Barlow, a butcher, who keeps a stall in the market. She
was going on board the ferry-boat Detroit with her mother and
some other ladies; the crowd was very great, being the Fourth of
July, and although her mother held her by the hand, the crowd
surged, and she was crowded off the plank, and fell into the
river. There were about five hundred people on the wharf at the
time, and they were all staring at the poor girl struggling in
the water, not one of them daring to go to her rescue. I was in
the house when some one came to give the alarm, and when I got
out there I could just see her dress as she was going out of
sight, four or five feet below the surface. I jumped in and
caught her, and when I got out on the top of the wharf with her
the people gave me three cheers. March 6, 1873, I saved a young
lady called Miss