The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-18
SSEEKING8 RELIEF /
N oEArA FROM TIE WOES oFsLlFE,
4 Daaiah Girl L,sps, on tbs Suspenalos| Brids,
lsto the River With su,eld.i Iatsnt-shs IL j
Takes Dat Alive bat Badly I,js,.d-xo
{ Motive Known for tho Rash Act. q KY

Last evening about 8 80 o'clock Carrie
Hansen, Danish woman employed AZ do.
nestle In the family OF Nj. I. @. Mitchell, OF
the Peoples Bank, attempted suicide by
jumping into the river from the Suspension
bridge. 9' w, @f4is. I'D
II was still daylight when she made tho
rash attempt, and objects could b. distinctly
seen. Fireman Tom Kenny, Of the p. W. 4
Ky., had jast put his engine away and was
standing on the platform Ct the passenger
depot talking to bis FRIEND viii echetl,
when buddenly they saw dark body shoot
down from about the centre Of the bridge,
and striking the water, make a tremendous
splash. ,'.i. ~. u ySils ~
Without stopping 10 speculate as to what It
was that had fallen, they rushed down 10 the
whariboat, unloosed skifi and pulled out
Into the river 10 whero the body wa, Il d! ling.
As they reached 1t they discovered that 1t vas
Il woman, aad that she WIS jus, abou. sink.
Ing for the last time. They pulled Der Into
the skif, and as they did 20 blood and water
gushed from her mouth and nose. Pulling
vigorously for tho shore, they landed oppo.
dlto au6 OlhIlM Auubts .-.I|uH. .nsH.. .
TIE RASH GIRL RESCUED,
Here a large crowd had assembled. The
woman was he1tily removed to the top Of the
bank and rolled across q barrel while mtsler-
gers were dispatched for the police and q
physlcisn. Several police officers vera Boon
on hand, and kept back the crowd that ha !
increased to large dimensions. F,-st. =
Dr.. ]. @. Hupp was found on the street and
arrived just alter the police. Under his d..
rection the woman was removed to Uuruh's
wins shop. A mattress was placed on the
floor by the stove, In which there was roar.
Ing fire, and after tho clothing had been
stripped from her sho a. rolled III hot blank.
cts and placed on tho mattress. Hot water
bottles and coarse towels were then applied
vigorously, and after m lour's work the
woman became aware OF what was going on
about her. Ai57ssi,5I >as51 IN
Up 10 this time no one knew who she was
but about half past six O'Clock Mr.. Mitchell
appeared and recognized her Is bis servant
Her face was black and blue, and 80 swollen
and battered up that Hhe could see with diff
Guilty. She must haye struck the water on
her face first, and the shock must have been
awful; In fact, wonder ives expressed that hel
neck was not broken. 4 sEs
IL AT A LOSS FOR A MOTIVE. J, q E.
Mr.. Mitchell said that she had been in hi!
employ about three month";, and had Away!
appeared contentedIaud happy. He eoult
not imagine what had induced her to do G.
she had done. 6he was engaged In preparing
supper when she left his residence on tht
leland. She wore no hat or bonnet when Bbt
directed where her brother could be found.
Her BROTHER Samuel Hansen, Is employed
as tailor at Mausbach's,. and has been Il.
this country four years. He is married and
lives on the South Side. He brought hi:
sister over from Denmark about iou, month:
ago. He wei found about I o'clock anC
resched Unruh's In a very agltased stale O!
| mind. His sister refused to assign any
roa1on for ettemptsng t. die, aud he had nc
idea as to what her motive was Sunday
| night she we1 at his house and exprccssd
herself e, being very much pleased with her
place. It WAS not deemed safe to remove
her last night and she remained at Unruh's.
SERIOUS INJURIES SUSTAINED.
DR.. Hupp worked hard to bring the woman
back to lis at one time there was resc.
| ton, and It was feared ste would not rally.
As 1t is now, local congestion is liable 10 &C
cur at any time aud result in death.
The woman is twenty.four yerrs old. sae
is short and stout in saturs. Her features
are those of apeasant-phlegmstic and no.
calculated to impress ons with the idua tina.
she was at al sensitive. It Is Whispered,
however, that In this case, as in nearly ali
others likeit, there is man at tho bottom OF
her troubles. 81 3 II 80
Only three or four people were on ihe
bridge when the woman ieaped. She hurried
along until she WAT in about the c,nre OF
the BRIDGE then climbed up on the high
guard aud without moments hesitation
plunged downward. ~ !, n }: ri ~
nm FORMER A1rEMtTi. .s Il.
She is the fifth person known TO have
jumped from this bridge. The first wal Il
woman, Mary Drake, In 1858. She d ,ated
down on a cake Of leo ind was taken oul
near the old EoH mill. - -s17 s.
Daring the war, Il volunteer camped On
the Island desiring to come to this uide,ior n
spree, YVES overtaken on the bridge by The
provost guard, and being a foolhardy man,
j1mpsd over. Is (.
Two women since then havs gone ovsr, the
last being young woman who lived at the
old Rine Hhouse. She made the Leap about
three years ago; her body wa3 found ut
Mounosvi!s. Several c1scs hsye been re.
ported OF people ] lmping ovsr, In addition to
the above. bur t,Iey hAys Neyer been proven.