Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-30
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
A Girl Jumps Into the River, But Is Res
cued by Small Boy.

Cued by SmaH BOY
There was an excitement in the Sixth
ward Sunday night, which almost terminated
in tragedy. At about s o'clock Miss Brug
geman, daughter of Martin Bruggeman, was
walking towards the the bridge, accompanied
by the servant girl. They both were talking
excitedly. and when they approached Mer-
ritt's boarding house, the girl rushed off
toward the river, followed by Miss Brugge-
man, the latter screaming at the top of her
voice "Stop her, stop her, for heavens sake
stop her!'' Harry Dubord hearing the,
cries jumped out of the window
and tried to arrest the fleeing girl. She
avoided him and sped on with increased
speed to the rivers brink, and the sight of
the water seemed to lend additional impetus
to her mad career, and with a bound she
plunged in and leaped like deer toward
deep water, Miss Bruggeman the while
screaming for help. Little Harry Dubord,
lad ID years old, soon took in the situation
and plunged in after the girl who had by
this time disappeared. Wading out till the
water reached his arm pits he discovered ths
would be suicidest at the bottom still trying
to crawl further out into the stream. Selling
her by the arm and neck the boy at length
drew her toward the shore when his sister
Mary waded in and helped him, and the two
succeeded in landing the now inanimate
body and deposited it upon the grass. Here
it remained for q long time, Miss Brugge-
| man stating that her father would not have
it in the house. Miss Schumann, however,
| went over to see Mr.. Bruggeman and expos
| tulated with him and that gentleman finally
consented to the poor girls being brought
to his house, and she was ultimately carried
there. GLOBE reporter called at
the house of the brewer yesterday to
inquire into the circumstances,
but no seemed DESTROYS Of giving any
information. They did not know the name
of the girl, they said, although she had lived
with them eight months, and they could not
account for the rash act. After little re-
Election Mrs. Bruggeman suggested that a
young man who was paying some attention
( to the girl left few days ago without telling
her where he was going. 1t was possible
that this, with the slight scolding she
(Mrs. Bruggeman,) gave her for being
out late Sunday evening (she was home be
fore 8 o'clock) excited her and she actee
like crazy girl. The reporter desired te
see the girl. He was at first refused but a
length the interview was granted. The CIR
is a stout, strong girl of about ninetee1
years old, evidently of Teutonic extraction
TO questions put by the reporter she made
evaslve answers, being evidently undesirou
to speak upon the painful subject. Wher
asked why she did it, she became great,
excited; her chest heaved, her eyes locke,
wild and her breath became short, and a
length she said she was foolish, but sh
} would never do it again.
, Finding little or nothing could be oh
tanned from that source, the reporter wen
among the neighbors, and spoke to severa
who witnessed the whole affair. From Their
he found, besides what has already bee
stated, that the girl had been accused @
, stealing money from the Bruggeman's an
that afternoon and evening she had bee
4 threatened with Saltwater and the Stat
prison. She had persisted in declaring he
f innocence, but the more she protested th
more was she threatened, till the poor 81
$ was scared out of her senses. And it we
: these threats, and the dread of their bein
t carried into execution, which drove the gi
: to the rash act which but for the timely an
!. plucky interposition of Harry Dubord woul
b have terminated fatally. When the girl We
g dragged from the water and left on the gras
:. Miss Bruggeman stated to the bystandel
@ that she would not be admitted at hi
Q fathers house, for she was thief; she ha
d stolen some money. Mrs. Yoerg, who b;
= known the girl for two years, speaks of b.
i as we'll conducted, honest, good girl, WI
would feel deeply the disgrace of any su
: plclon upon her good name. Too mue
a praise cannot be given to Harry Dubord f,
,, his bravery. This is the second time he hi
s snatched a human being from a watel
O grave.