The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-08-21
SEEKING NoToRiETY.
Charles z. Bishop, of this City. Who
wishes to Jump from Brook
Iyn Bridge.
precautions OF the Authorities to
Prevent His Insane Attempt.
Especial to the Pres S.

Especial to the Pres ST.
New YORK, Aug. 20.-Charles E. Bishop,
the young man from Portland, Me-, who is
desirous of stealing Steve Brodie's laurels
by jumping Ifrom the Brooklyn bridge or
else dropping from balloon from height
fifty feet above the bridge, is stopping at
one of the downtown hotels. When the
bridge authorities heard of his arrival they
at once increased the force of policemen on
the bridge and issued orders for special Wig
lance ON the part of all the bridge employees.
DR.. J. FL. Hamilton of Gardiner, Me-. who is
reported to have offered to pay Bishop
800 if he succeeded in beating Brodick's
jump, is not known among the sporting fra
ternity in this city. Sergeant Phillips in
structed the men to stop the carriages of the
Erie transfer line over the bridge and tell
the drivers to keep their chains up all the
way across, and under no circumstances to
allow any passengers to alight on the road
way.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-The bridge police
men are exceedingl y nervous over the re-
solve of C. E. Bishop to distinguish himself
by jumping from the bridge; Bishop claims !l,s
to have jumped from many high places with
safety. and says that he will jump from, a
SPOT fifty feet higher from the water than the
place from which Brodie jumped. Bishop is
twenty-five years old and has wife. his
Jump will be for fame or fortune, and he is
comic confident that the latter viii be his. DR.. J.
I'll. Hamilton of Gardiner, Me-, is the young
mans backer and offers to wager $1,000 that
the leap will be success. Bishop is sup
posed to have arrived today, bus nothing
was seen OF him on the bridge. me police poliice
unfortunately have not got an exactd escrlp-
tion of him and so 1T will be hard 1or them
to intercept him.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20-The bridge police
were on the alert today, as it had become
known that Dennis Butler, q well-known
swimmer, intended to, make the pig Jump
that brought fame and money to Steve Brod-
lie. About o'clock two coupes drove up the
roadway on the New York side at the same
time and tug steamed out from pier on
the Brooklyn side and headed across to Dow
er street dock 1t took for its course the
shadow cast by the graceful arch of the
bridge upon the bosom of the East river.
There seemed to be some connection
between the coupes and the tug, and
group of reporters on the Dover street COCK
The coupes passed the big officer at Cnat-
ham street without trouble, but at the New
York tower two policemen stopped the sec
ond one and held it back for ten minutes.
What was done could not be seen from the
dock, but in few moments the ofncerS
waved their clubs toward the reporters on
the dock below and yelled, mo jumping to-
day."
The tug turned down the river when near
the New York side and steamed down tow
ard the bay.
1t seems that Butler walked over the prom
enade of the bridge about o'clock and de-
cided not to make the jump today on account
of the wind, which was blowing rather
strong. He was not recognized, but the po-
lice are still stopping every vehicle crossing
the roadway that has anything suspicious
about it.