Henry D.D. Roland, one of the best known wall climbers in the country, is all set for his exhibition at the courthouse tonight.
Despite the rain, Roland says he will climb the walls of the courthouse as he promised and those present undoubtedly will a master at work for Roland has scaled walls in cities all over the country and has been very successful.
To aid him and the spectators Roland will install a big searchlight near the courthouse and this will be kept trained on him at all times. Thus the spectators can see him and he can see the wall ahead of him.
Roland asked permission to climb the Cabarrus Savings Bank building but it was not granted. He says the courthouse is harder to climb than the bank, although it doesn’t seem so to the average person.
Roland spent some time at the courthouse today, going over the roof and scanning the walls. He wanted to see where he could pull off his stunts after climbing the walls. Chairs and tables are used by this “Human fly” in his balancing act on top of the courthouse, so persons present tonight will see not only a man climbing a bare wall but will see that same man balance on chairs on top of the building.
Roland will take several copies of The Daily Tribune with him when he starts the climb and these will be thrown down to the spectators. Free tickets to a local movie house will be contained in some of the papers.
The fun will start at 7:30 tonight.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1926
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