The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-05-26

Prof. Odlum Jumps From the
Brooklyn Bridge.
He Strikes the Water Sidewise
and is Killed.

New York, May 19.-This afternoon a
cab left the New York entrance Of the
Brooklyn bridge aud was driven TO the
middle OF the great span. Here the driver
pu led up and two men got out and began
TO climb the railing. Befo.e they had
reached the top bridge policeman came
running toward tn m brandishlng his club
and ordering them 10 "get down ost Of that"
While ne was talking with the youpg men a
cove ed wagon cont aiming Prof X bert
T. Ojlum, companion, stopped about 100
let ovhtnd the cab. Quickly dives ing
himsel! Of The blue Fl ,nnel cot ia which
he was d es Ell, Prof. OdlGm,
| CLAD IN A RED SHIRT
and trunks, jump from the carriage and
spra1g lightly TO the railing. He qu ckly
reached the top and p rch ny himseG: for q
moment he st Iod e ect and gl'nc,d hur.
rledly at the surf :cs o. the East
river, far below him. The PEOPLE
ON the bridge sent up a cry OF h)rro- waen
they saw the professor pr, pare to plunge
of the bridgs in o the river, 135 ct be.
:ath his ieet. The poli,e man rushed
| toward the profess IT. Before he had gone
ID zen iert Prof. D !lum, vi bout mo.
mems he-itating, had
LEAPED OUT FROM THE RAILING
into the ali. He held one ma III above his
head as rud Ter to guide him IN his de-
SAINT. The river below was at the
moment clear of shipping A tug and a
schooner Fl ,atad iaz ~ in lho s'r,am several
hundred yaris bel wv the b-i1ce Tae tug
was filled with reporters a d club men.
Captain Boyton stool uesr the pow inx-
iOusly watching the bridge The m ,rneut
Prf. Odium's b1dy was Sc q TO leave the
railiag, Harry E. Dixon, the aotor. s'artsd
a stop-watch which he he o. Ia hi, u aud in
order to time The desce It. For arly
100 feet the professor came down all right,
feet foremost. He shot DOWN. rd with the
speed of a meeor his red suit m king
him easily disc ,rBi1le for a ng di tancs.
When within thirty feet of the water his
body beg IN to tura, AM as II
REALIZING HIS Danger,
Prof. O ilum brought down his hard With
w.yelike motion 10 aid him in recover
ing bis balance. The movement
was, however. made tpo late.
His body hal now tuned so
far that it was impo sibl. e. CHI uge lis
course. Half a second late with mighty
sp'a,h that threw up the W, ter on all sides.
as If ton with she'll, Prf Odlum's boiy
struck the water on o-e side srd sank ont
OF sight. The tug hurriedly pushed iis.H
forward to the p ace whe-s tie bJdy fell
md Capt lin BOyt, n, ate seeing that life
preservers had been thrown out
INFO the water, spra7g over the
side If he boat and waited for
the bldy TO come to the sIrfa e. Soon
he saw the white face OF The profess IT ris-
ing from TIE water aEd m pne7t later was
by his de. Seeing a life sreseryar near
bv he placed it b, meath tie lody of the in
SEES be professor.
BLOOD, MINGLED WITH FRoTH.
came from the month Of the daring man.
A row boat SOON me 10 the.
rescue and Professor Oilum was
then taken from the water
A few moments later h was TIA sfer. ed to
the tug an restor rtives were Im'nistered.
After considerable rubin. h Yes of the
pr fe SIR Q. Jened.
"Wbat Kind OF a jump id I maker"
He whispered.
'First class, my boy" rep n lei Boyn-
ton. You'll be all rig ia little
while" bit he was inSens:5le befo e the
words had hardly left his l'rs
The tug steamed hastily to her 10 and
just "a the pier was reached
A SHUDDER
passed through the frame IF the professor
and then after br .a,hing h nj nuce or
twice mis- heart stopped be Ing, and hs was
pronounced dead The body WIS taken
ashore aud convened to tn u-'ert kars.
Prof. Robt. Ollum wa, formerly the
professor of swimming ha.h in Washing
ton, but latterly has boen clerk 10 Will
lsrd's hotel. II has been his ambition
20 jump from the Brooklyn
bIilga He made the attempt
,nce before the bridge was competed, but
was prev ed from carrying out lis
scheme by the police.
He was 81 Seconds in the air core strik-
ing the water He W S unm rr;ed, SO
years Of e ard man OF good hab t..
ssROIIG M ON CORNS"