Did Stock Brokers Jump off Buildings during the 1929 Stock Market Crash?

When the economy slowed down and then suddenly collapsed, so did the stock market. First in London, then dramatically in New York. This triggered the so-called Great Depression, which was a world financial slump that lasted in most countries for around a decade, until the start of World War II.
Did investors and stock brokers who had lost it all leap off of buildings during the 1929 Stock Market Crash?


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Six Days in October by Karen Blumenthal Copyright 2002
The 1929 Stock Market Crash by Martin Gitlin Copyright 2008
The Day the Bubble Burst by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgon-Witts
The Great Depression by Pierre Berton Copyright 1990