A HUMAN FLY.

Shannon News, 19 February 1929, Page 1

A HUMAN FLY.

MELBOURNE HAS A THRILL. MELBOURNE, February * 14Charles Clifford, Melbourne, vwas discovered to-dav be--, hind one of the hjgge granite pillars on’ the sheer face of the Commonwealth Ba'nk Buildings, 70 feet- above Collins Street. He was chasing -pigepns whqn he swung .across the'..intervening fpaee| between two ledges. People in the street stopped to watch. A woman screamed, find, .a. brow'd,. gathered inter-,, fering with .the traffic. A call was sent to the Russell street police headquarters, and a icouple of policemen • came .to capture > the ; lad.. Clifford had the advantage ..of the po-. lieemen, because he saw them first. When they got .out ...of a, third floor window, to .theiib cqptufe, thp lad; had disappeared. They looked for lib body on the pavement, but saw .only hundreds of persons . staring upwards. Then the caretaker of the bank; saw. Clifford hiding behind '.the pillars. A constable crawled along the parapet,, but Charles agreed to eome quietly. Clifford tpid tl-e .[police that, with, two companions, lie cliinbLa city'ljuilaing every Saturday and ~ holiday,' and" captures, pigeons, which they sell at ninapence. each. He climbs without boots and seeks, and when he catches a pigeon he places it down the neck of. his sweater and goes after more.