The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-05-30
INITIATING SAM PATCH
Professor OdIum's Fatal Jump from
Brooklyn Bridge.

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Brooklyn Bridge.
A New York dispatch of the Goth
recites the following fool-hardy and !
fatal exploit Tuesday afternoon a
cab left the New York entrance to the
Brooklyn bridge and was driven TO
the middle of the great span. Here
the driver pulled mp, and two men
got out and began TO climb the rail-
ing. Before they had reached the top
OF the bridge policeman came to-
ward them, braudishipg his club and
ordered them TO "Get down out of
that ~ While he was talking with
the young men covered wagon con-
tanning Prof Odlum and a compan-
ion, stopped one hundred feet behind
the cab. Quickly divesting himself
oil the blue flannel in which he was
dressed, Prof Odlum, clad in a red
shirt aud trunks. jumped from the
carriage and sPrang lightly to the
railing. lie quickly reached the top,
and, posing himself for moment,
ne stood erect and glanced hurriediy
at the surface Of the East river far
below him. The people on the bridge
sent up
CRY OF HORROR
when they saw the Professor prepare
TO plunge Off the bridge into the river,
I35 feet beneath his feet. The police
mau. whose attention had been di
rected from the two men, rushed to-
wards the professor. Before he had
gone dozen feet Professor Odlum,
without moments hesitation, bad
leaped from the railing out into the
air. He held one hand above his
head as a rudder to guide hIm IN his
descent.
The river below was at the moment
clear of shipping. A tug and a
schooner fioated lazily IN tue stream
several hundred feet below the bridge.
The tug was filled with clubnen and
reporters, aud Paul Boyton stood
near the prov anxlon-iy watching
the bridge. The moment Professor
Odlum's body was seen 10 leave the
railing Hardy +. Dixev. an actor.
started stop watch, which he held
IN his hand, IA order IL time the is-
scent. For nearly a hundred feet
the Professor came down all right,
feet foremost.
He SHOT DOWNWARD
with the speed of meteor. his red
shirt making him easily discernble
for long distance. " hen within 80
| feet OF the water his body began TO
turn, aud, ss II realizing his danger,
Professor Odlum brought down his
| hand with an oarlIke motion TO aid
| him in recovering his balance. The
movement was, however, made too
late. His body had turned so far that
It was impossible 10 change its course.
Half second later, with a. mighty
splash that threw up the water on all
sides a. il torn by shell, the body
of Odlum struck the water on one
side and sank out of sight.
The tug hurriedly pushed itself for
ward where the body fell. and Capt.
Boyton, after seeing that life pre-
servers bad been thrown into the wa
ter, sprang over the side of the boat
and waited for the body to come TO /
the surface. Soon be SAW tho
WHITE FACE OF THE PROFESSOR
rising from the water, and a moment |
later WAS by his side. Selling life |
preserver near by he placed IL be- |
meath the body OF the insensible man.
Blood, mingled with froth, came from
his mouth. A rowboat soon came to
the rescue, and Prof. Odlum was
taken from the water. \ few mo-
ments later he was transferred TO the
tug and restoratives were administer
ed. After considerable rubbing, the
eyes OF the Professor opened.
"wHAT KIND OF JUMP DID rMAKEY"
bo whispered. "First-elass, my boy"
responded Boyton, "youu be all
right in little WHILE But he was
insensible again before the words had
hardly left his lips. The ting steamed
hastily TO her slip, and just as the
pier was reached shudder passed
through the frame of the Professor,
and then after breathing heavily once
or twice, his heart stopped beating
and he was
PRONOUNCED DEAD.
The BODY was taken ashore and con-
veyed to an underaker's. Professor
Odlum was formerly professor OF
swimming bath IN Washington, but lat
terly has been clerk in WIZARDS