St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-29
A MAD MAGISTRATE.
Early Yesterday Morning a Venturous
Printer Made the Leap From
Brooklyn Bridge.
He Was Picked up From the River Upburt
and Arrested on Reaching
the Shore.
Justice Duffy, Before Whom He Wa
Brought, Gave Him Sharp
Lecture,
And Imposed Fine, Regrettins That
He Could Not Punish Him More
Severely.
APrinter,s Dar,ne1e.,

Printers Daring Lean.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-The Brooklyn
bridge police have been on the lookout the
past week for Charles E. Bishop, the man
who announced that he would Jump from
balloon over the bridge. He did not appear.
however, and the last accounts of him state
that hs jumped the town of Lowell. Mass.
owing three days board bill. Police on
duty on the bridge this morning read of
Bishops jump, and were congratulating
themselves upon the fact that they would
probably not be troubled by him for a time
at least. While they were talking about
blshop and his jump" young man, all
prepared Tor the occasion, eluded their vigil
lance and jumped from the center span at
the south roadway of the bridge. He was
picked up by friends in boat, rowed ashore
and arrested. Lawrence Donovan.
the hero of this latest inmp
is a pressman. William Reid. the
foreman OF the press-room, says that DON
oVan'S plan to jump from the bridge was
definitely formed about two weeks ago ,!pr-
ing dispute in the Office one night abOut
the chances of escaping from it alive.
Donovan finally said he was not afraid 20
try the jump that killed Odelum. SO bet
OF $500 was arranged with Foreman Reid.
Preparations were made at once, and last
night all was ready. Everybody in the
Pollce Gazette building knew about it nd
was anxious to witness the Jump. Dono-
van did not work last night. He slept in
the building. however, and was aroused at
4:30 as the night shift went off. He was
Immediately dressed for the Jump. A pair
OF heavily padded drawers were put on.
the shoes were blue canvas. the sOIes of
which were weighted with two pounds of
lead. Thus attired, light breakfast was
partaken OF and Donovan and friend pre-
ceeded to the bridge entrance near which
wagon was in waiting. They jumped on
board and were driven to the
center of the bridge, where the
distance to the water is about
twenty-eight feet more than from the point
where Bodie dropped into the East river
Printers and pressmen employed on morn
ing newSpers gathered in force at the Dover
street dock to see the daring act, and boat
was rowed out into mid stream to pick up
Donovan. AS soon as the wagon halted.
Donovan alighted, leaped quickly over the
rail and let himself down to the heavy
cable which supports the bridge. Donovan
now looked upward again, held his head
straight and his feet together and let go.
Soon after being picked up he said:
went straight down-strafght as a plumb
hne-and did not lose my senses at all. It
seemed long time going down, as MANY
minutes as it probably was seconds but
didn't turn nor swerve from the straight
line, struck the water with big clash and
went right through. / was well protected
with padding so that no harm come to me.
When l came up to the surface was no more
exhausted than that was able to swim 100
yards or so 10 the boat They pulled me in,
took me to the pier, where I was then ar
rested.
Donovan was again arraigned at the bar
OF the Tombs police court this afternoon.
The court room was filed with sGEs
FRIENDS OF THE JUMPER.
Judge Duffy said:
This fellow wanted to excel Brodie and
thinks he is going to be a great hero. He's
going to pose in some dime museum or side
show as hero"
He then questioned Bridge Policeman
Fitzgibbons, who could not say that Dono-
van 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 Gil
roy said that he saw two pair of legs be-
tween the tires of an Adams express wagon
and Bthat one pair disappeared from
view over the side of the bridge. He saw
no person jump and saw no face. conse-
quenIly he could not recognize the pris-
Oner.
did you see him hang by his hands and
let himself drop?" asked Justice Duffy.
mo"
ibid any one see him jump?'
NO" replied both the officer and the con-
ductor.
''Then what Is there" asked Justice Duffy,
Ito show this man Donovan is not fraud?
He may have got few men to get boat and
row out under the bridge, and have his friends
make great ado and say that a man had
jumped from the bridge and they had come
to his rescue. My opinion is that he never
jumped from the bridge. think it is ruse,
delusion and fraud
Donovan then said he did not make the
jump and the justice promptly ordered the
policeman to make a charge against the
prisoner of
IMPEDING THE TRAFFIC
Of the bridge. The affidavit was made out
accordingly on Donovan's admission that he
Jumped into the East river and thereby
caused an obstruction to visitors on the
bridge. Then the case was again brought
up and Justice Duffy reiterated the opinion
that the man was fraud. He said:
This thing OF jumping Off high places, going
over cataracts at Niagara, etc, by looms must be
stopped. We read Of their doing those things in
OesiA OAo ssiio UlhIiiiS " urOP lrOm UallOOnS.
There is no herois1n in this jumping. They
pander to the morbid taste now prevalent to
go around and live in fdleuess. Look at the
loafers, he added ''that ought to be breaking
stones or saving wood. This thing is a craze.
A brave man would not do it. 1t is simply
brute courage that prompts it. No one but
an Anticipated loon without an ounce
of brains in his head would undertake it. If
/ let this man go seven or eight other looms
would try to do better than he is said to have
done. Some other fellow would drive Off and
another fellow would put himself in bag
and be thrown Off. I've a notion said the
justice, Ito send you to the Island for six
months and then you would be where you
could not harm yourself or anybody else AS
it is, IL give you $40 for obstructing traffic
on the BRIDGE
'Thaak YOU" said Donovan extending his
hand toward the justice. II don't want to
shake hands with you,' replied the Justice, s'I
don't think you're hero at all, even if you
jumped on the bridge as you say you did,
The prisoner then left the court room
in Company with a crowd of admiring
friends.