Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-21
EASTERN NEWS.
A Most Desperate and Fatal Feat
BY Prof. 0ilunl.
ne JUMPS FROM THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
INTO the EAST RIVER.
A Frenchman Arrested in New York
With a Ghostly Load.
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A Mo6t ana k8beA fe8t.
NEW YoBK, May 20.-This afternoon 3
cab left the New York end of the Brooklyn
bridge. and wAs driven to the middle of
the great span. Here the driver pulled up
and two men got out and began to climb
the railing. Before they had reached the
top of the bridge q policeman came to-
wards them. drawing his club and order
ing them to "ges down ont Of that"
While he was talking with the young men
g covered wagon containing Professor B.
E. Odlum and 3 companion stopped shout
100 feet behind the cab. Quickly divest-
ing himself Of the blue flannel suit in
which he was dressed, Professor Odlum,
clad in q red shirt and trunks, jumped
from his carriage and spraug lightly to the
railing. he quickly reached the top. and
posing himself for . moment be stood
erect and glanced hurriedly st the surface
Of East river, far below him. The people
on the bridge set up q cry of horror when
they saw the Professor prepare to plunge
of the bridge into the river l35 feet beneath
him. The policeman, whose attention
had now been directed from Boyton,
rushed toward the Professor. Before
he had gone 9 dozen feet Professor Odlum.
without . moments hesitation, had leaped
from the railing out into the air. He had
one hand above his head ss 8 rudder to
| guide him in his descent. The river was
At that moment clear Of shipping. A tug
and steamer foated lazily in the stream
several hundred yards below the bridge.
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porters. Boyton stood near the Professor
anxiously watching the bridge for .
moment. Professor Odlum's body was
seen to leave the railing. Henry Z. Dixey,
| an actor, started q stop-watch in order to
time his descent. For nearly 100 feet
| the Professor came down all right, fee.
foremost. He shot downward with the
| speed of . meteor, his red shirt making
him easily discernible for a long distance.
When within thirty feet Of the water his
body began to turn IS if realizing his danger.
He brought down his hand with Q warlike
motion to aid him to recover his balance.
| The movement wss, however, made too
late. His body had now turned so far
that it was impossible to change it's course.
| Half 3 second later, with q mighty splash
that threw up the water on sill sides as if
torn by q shell, the body of Odlum struck
the water on one side and sank out OF sight.
The tug was hurriedly pushed forward to
the place where the body fell, and Captain
Boyton. after seeing that life preservers
had been thrown into the water, sprang
over the boat and waited for the body to
come TO the surface. As soon as he saw
the white face Of the Professor rising from
the water he was . moment later by his
side. Selling q life preserver near by he
placed it beneath the body of the ~insensi-
BILE Professor. Blood, mingled with
froth, came from the mouth OF the
daring man. A rowboat soon came to the
rescue. and Professor Odlum was taken
from the water. A few moments later he
was transferred to the tug and restoratives
administered After considerable rubbing
the eyes Of the Professor opened. what
kind of 9 jump did / make p he whispered.
" First class. my boy" responded Boyton.
You'll be all right in q little while"
But he was insensible again before the
words had hardly left his lips. The tug
steamed hastily to her ship, and just as the
pier was reached 8 shudder passed through
the frame Of the Professor; then, after
breathing heavily once or twice his heart
stopped beating and he vas pronounced
dead. The body was taken ashore AM
conveyed to the undertaker's.
Professor Robert E. Odlum was formerly
Professor Of 8 swimming bath In Washing
ton, but lately he has been o clerk in
Wizards Hotel. II has been his am bition
to jump from the Brooklyn bridge. He
made the attempt once before the bridge
was completed, but was prevented from
carrying out his scheme by the police.
He was three and q quarter seconds in the
air before striking the water. He was IN.
married, 3S years of age and 9 man OF good
habits.
LArER-The body Of Robert E. Odlum.
who jumped from the Brooklyn bridge
yesterday and died from the effects remain
ct the undertaken. can autopsy is to be
made this afternoon, although really il 10
not needed. A superficial examination of
the body shows plainly the cause Of the
death. Five ribs are broken on the right
side. and it is evident that the heart was
fatally affected by the force with which his
body struck the water. No warrants have
been issued by the Coroner for the arrest
Of any person connected with the affair.
A Horrible story.
New YORK, May 20.-At 8 O'Clock this
morning . Frenchman. who proved TO be
Louis Francis, was arrested while on his
way to the North River bearing on his
back a bag containing the mutilated corpse
OF q woman who had been murdered. A
policeman was attracted by the myste-
rious mi in which Francis moved
along. weighted down by his CHASTITY bur-
den, and he was stopped and asked what
the bag contained. The Frenchman re-
fused to give any explanation and at
tempted TO move on. but the officer In
sisted upon being informed as TO the con-
tents Of the sack. and he took Francis into
sustody, then seized Francis by the arm.
whereupon he dropped the bag and its con-
tents upon the sidewalk. The officer upon
opening the end Of the sack found that II
contained the mutilated corpse OF q oma
The body was doubled up And In an almost