The Arizona champion., 1885-05-23
f1EaEGRAPHlC, Bad Apaehes Getting Tired of Monotoneus
 Reservation Life. !, A SHOOTING AT WHgP-
 PLE BARRACKS. AN THEIR BROOKLYN BRIDGE SENSATION. ES~Seeretary FreIinGhuysen Dead.-vlctor Hugo Reported Dyingd
ES~seeretary Freiinshuysen Dend.-Tictor Hugo Reported Dying8
A Jump to Deetk.

NEW YORK, May i6.-This after noon a cab left the New York en- trance of the Brooklyn bridge, and was driven to the middle ot the great span. Here the driver pulled up and two men got out and began to climb the railing. As a policeman was or dering them down, covered wagon containing Prof. Robert F. Odlum and companion stopped about 100 feet behind tue cab. Quickly divest- ing himself of blue flannel coat, Prof. Odlum, clad in q rcd shirt, jumped from the carriage and sprang 1 lightly to the railing. Reaching the top he stood erect and glanced hur- ridly at the surface of East river, far below him, The people set up scry of horror when they saw the professor prepare to jump off the bridge into the river, IS5 feet beneath his feet. The policeman rushed toward the professor but before he had gone a dozen feet Prof. Odlpm, without a moments hesitation, had lsaped out from the railing into the air. He held one hand above his head as a rudder to guide his descent. A tug and schooner foated lazily in the stream several hundred yards below on which were rcpo, ters and club men. Capt. Boyton stood near the prov, anxiously watching the railing. Harry E. Dlxey, the actor, started stop watch which he held in his hand in order to time the descent. For nearly a hundred feet the profess or came down all right, feet foremost. He shot downward with the speed of meteor, his red suit making him easily discernable Tor a long distance. When within 80 feet of the water his body comHenced to turn. As if req. izing his danger Prot. Odlum brought down lis hand with warlike motion to aid him In recovering his balance. The movemet was, however, made too late. His bedy had now tnrnd so far that it was impossible to change its course. Half a second later, with mighty splash tha: threw the water up on all sides, IS iftorn with shell, Prof. Odlum's body struck the water on one side and sank out of sight. The tug hurrialy pushed itself forward to the place where the body fell, and Capt, Boyton with life preservers sprang over the side of the boat and waited for the body to come to the surface. Soon he saw the white face of tie rsofesscy rising from the water and was soon by his side. SciEing ! life preseryer he placed it beneath the body Of the ins"hsible man. Blood mingled with froth came from his moulK. 4 row boa. came to the res cue and the body was taken out of the water. Testorltlyes were admin lstered and aft;r little rubbing the eyes of the professor opened. "What kind of jump did I make :" "First. class; my boy, responded Capt. Boy ton, "Yod'lI be all right in little vhile;" but he was immediately in. sensible again; and died before the pier was reached.
 Professor Odlum was formerly the professor of swimming bath in Washington, but la;terly has been a clerk in the Willard hotel. It has been his ambition to jump from the Brooklyn bridge. He made the at tempt once before, but was prevented by the police. He was three and a quarter seconds in the air before strik- ing the water He was unmarried, 5 years of age and man of good hab' its.