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Many of his friends hoped Mr. Patch would succeed [Ralph Metcalfe] as alderman after Metcalfe was elected to Congress, but Mr. Patch was defeated in 1971 by Tyrone Kenner. It was the last time Mr. Patch ran for office, said state Sen. Mattie Hunter, a longtime friend who considered Mr. Patch a mentor.

Patch was well-known before his death-defying feats at Niagara Falls. Born in Rhode Island in 1807, Patch moved to Paterson and leapt into fame when he dove over the Great Falls in Paterson on Sept. 30, 1827. Patch had no such luck on his next stunt after Niagara Falls, billed prophetically as his last, which was a leap into the Genesee Falls in Rochester, N.Y. He was determined, he said, \"to astonish the natives of the West before returning to the Jerseys.\" PHOTO - A poster announcing [Samuel Patch]'s jump at Genesee Falls in Rochester, N.Y. He apparently saw no problem jumping on Friday the 13th. Patch got his start jumping at the Great Falls in Paterson.

Public Defender Scott Jocken said [Jason Patches] \"has an extreme heroin addiction\" and is facing a retail theft charge in Allegheny County. \"I acknowledge these are drug issues, but the drug issue is a separate issue,\" [Samuel Kline] said. \"Unless he has serious intervention in the state system, he's going to steal again. ... Unless I impose a stiff sentence, no one is safe from Mr. Patches, including his own family.\"

Ellen Jane Coniglio, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Coniglio of Doylestown, Pa., was married there yesterday to Benjamin Tuthill Patch, a son of Kathryn W.