The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-02

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-Lawrence
Donovan, o pressman, this morning
Jumped from Brooklyn bridge on .
$500 wager. The fall was IS feet more
than Rrodie's. Donovan wore padded
suit and shoes weighted with lead. He
experienced no bad effects except that OF
being arrested on reaching the pier.
Donovan was agAik arraigned at the
bar of the Iombs police court this after
noon. The court room was filed with
the friends Of the gambler. Judge Duff
said: This fellow wanted to excel Bro
der and thinks he IL going to be great
hero. He Ia going to pose In some dime
museum or side show as q hero. He
then questioned Bridge Policeman Fitz-
gibbons, who could not say that Donovan
had jumped from the bridge. his at
tention was attracted by . number OF
vehicles stopping on their way over the
bridge, and their drivers looking down
into the water. Train Conductor Michael
GilroY said that he saw two pair Of legs
between the ties Of an Adams express
wagon, and that one pair disappeared
from view over the side Of the bridge.
He saw no person jump, and saw no
face, consequently he could not rec0g-
niZe the prisoner.
Did you see him hang by his hands
and let himself drop, asked Justice Duty
Of the policeman.
Did any one see him jump? ''No," re-
piled both the officers and the CON-
ductcr.
Then what Is there, said Justice Duffy,
to show that this man Donovan Is not Q
fraud? He may have got . few men 70
get into boat and run out under the
bridge and had his friends make great
ado and say that man had jumped from
the bridge and they had
come to his rescue. Ny opinion is
that he never jumped from the bridge.
think IL is Q ruSe, q gubterfuge and q
fraud. Donovan then said that he did
make the jump and the justice promptly
ordered the policeman to make charge
against the prisoner OF impeding the
traffic on the bridge. An affidavit was
made out according to DOnOvan's con-
fession that he jumped from the bridge
into the East river and thereby caused an
obstruction to vehicles on the
bridge. Then the case wae
again brought up Snd Justice Duffy re-
fraud, but, said ne, this thing Of Jumping
of high places, going over cstaFacts q
Niagara, by looms, must be stopped.
We read Of them doing these things In
tights, barrels, and wanting to drop from
balloons. There IL no heroism In thie
jumping. These men pander TO the
morbid taste now prevalent to 90 around
ana uS6 IN lQlcue8Bs LOOK Al GEote Dig
loafers, he added, that ought to Be
breaking stones or saving wood. This
thing IL q craze. a brave man would
not do Il. Il Il simply brute courage
that prompts It and no enc bat an addie-
pated loon, without an ounce Of brains
In his head, would undertake il. If ]
were 70 let this man 90 seven or eiehi
other looms would Try to do better thar
this man Il said to have dOne. Sons
other fellow would dive of and another
fellow would put himself IN Q rubbel
bag and be thrown on. I've Q notion
said the justice, severely, to send you 4
| tho island for SIX months e. q yaRrant
90 you would be where you could no
harm yourself OF anybody else. As q e
IN hne you 80 TOT having interrupted
the travel on the bridge. Thank you
said Donovan, extending his hand to
wards the justice. don't want 70 sfaak
hands with you, replied Judge Duffy,
don't think you're 8 hero, even II 20
do jump e you pretend. The fine va
paid and Donovan walked out q court
considerably crescfallen.