Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-29

gumplng and sulmmlng
Feels Bether MumanIty.


AnssAer Feol maAas ahe Snmp.
NKw TonK. Ana. 2--Iawrenes Dono-
van, q pFinier employed On . weekly
paper, fampad fEon the Brooklyn
hFidne fer wager of 500 a. $50 q aloak
this moruiua. A boat wns in the river
cansainfnQ soase fKienda, who picked
him up. Hs uas not injured b the
iamp. 1lawrenss Doaoyan. tbs hero
the latest jump, Il 9 gresham. Wm.
Raed, foreman Of tie P0isas Gaxsffe
| pEsss-Eoom, Gays that Donoganas pian 70
iamp from the bridge Was dennitefy
formed tW0 weeks aQo daring 4 dispnte
I Ia the o1iae One night absat chs chances
of essapine from Il alive. D1noVan
fnallY said be vas not afraid 10 try khe
! fump that kiiied Oalam, 80 q be- q
! 500 uas arranged for with Reed. Ths
papers were made as onoe, and iasl
night an vas ready. Eserybody in tue
Poiics Gozrfte bulldog knew about e.
Danogan did not wakk last niQht and
alept IN she baildinR. H0wegeK, be- vas
aroaasd e. 4s39 q. u. as the might shin
ueut Of. He vas immediasely dressed
foE the jump. A pair of heavily padded
drawers we're pnt On and his shoes were
blue canEna. the soaes Of which were
weighed with tgo pounds 81 lead.
BFeakfnsf vas partaken Of and Dono-
van and bis friends proceeded 20 the
bridge enkranos neaE which & wagon
vas waiting. Thay jumped on hoard
and we're drivan 10 the oantra Of the
bFidge where Abe distances 20 che water Il
shout y feet more than fEom whsrs
HFedio dropped into The East EiFor. The
pEintsra and pFsssmen empiogsd on the
morntng newspapers gathered in force
10 witness the feat A boat uas Fowed
into midslReam 20 pick DonoEan n.
Donovan. a. soon as the waR0n halted,
aiightsd, apEzng quickly over toe
sail and LEI himssif down 80 the
heavy cable y sish sapports the bridge.
Donovan nov looked uDwaKd again, held
bis head siraiRhf and bis feet together
end let 60.
sosn after being picksd up be uaid
II went straight do8n-atraiaht ns 4
plumb line and did not lose my ssaass
aa al and Il seemed i0Bg time going
down, as many minutes a. it probably
waa ssoonds, but / did not turn OF
suerVs from q straight line. struck
the water with q big eiaah and vent
clean thruugh. vas we'll provided with |
padding, 20 no harm coald cone 80 me.
When eAme np 70 the serVies vas not
TOO exhausted 10 be able 10 swim hun
drsd yarda or % 70 the boat They
pulled me in aud took me 30 q pier,
where vas arrested.
Donovan vas arraiRned at the bar OF
ths fOmhs Polies Court this afternoon.
The courtroom Was filed with friends |
Of the jumps. JadRe Duffy said:
" Ehis fellow wanted 30 exoal Brodie
and thinks be is going to be heFo and |
poss 10 some dime maaeum.o He then
questioned the bridge policeman and
train condnctor, but neither could say
that Donovan had jumped from the |
bridge. The polioeman'a attention vas
attracted by namber OF vehicles stop
ping and the drivers looking down into |
ihe water. Then whaf is there, said |
Jadge Duffy, TO show that this man is
net fraud. He msy have cot a few
men to get IN boat and row ont uadeF |
the bridge, and had his friends make q
great ado and say that q man had
Jumped from she bridge Dono |
van then said that be did make |
jump, and an affidavit vas
then made out, based on Donovan's ad- |
mission thai be jumped from she bridge |
into East river, and thereby caused AZ |
obatEustion 10 vehicles on the bridge. |
The oasa vas again bFoaeht Up. jus
tics Daffy reiterated his former opin- |
ion. "Bat,r said be. ''this thing Of |
jumping of high places. going over |
oataraeta at niagara, ETC., By looms. /
must be stopped. We read OF tbem |
doing these things In tights. in barrels, |
and wanting 70 jump from balloons.
There ia no heFoasm IN this jumping |
y n -.
vesely. go send ycu to The Island for
SIX months ~ 3 yaRraut, 90 that you
would be whore y0u o0uldn't harm your |
self oE anybody else. AZ it %, I'll nue
you $40 for having interrupted travel |
on the bridge" 1he ine was paid and |
DouoVan walked oot Of the e0oFt con |
sideEably oFessfaIlsn.
Mexaean TPoops klll seyen Taquis.
NooALEs (AFiE.l. Aue. B.--The Mexi
can troops under General HeFnandsz. |
Who left Guaymas yesterday morning
In pursuit OF the Yaquis Who committed
deprsAasi0ns In MaytoFeha and ba
tanainl, overlook them near the former
p,aoe. A short, decisive engagement
followed. whioh resulted in killing seven
Yaquis and taking several prisoners.
The Mexican loss % uEknoWn- The
troops are stall In pursuit.
The Kaiwhas sf LabeF IN PsIitieA
CHATTANOOGA, Aua. q s-The KaiRhts
of Labor OF Twelve Assemblies met tn
eonveution today in this city. Candi
dsfes were nominated for ths State
senate and Assembly and three Alder
men fer this oity. This is the hrsl Re-
sion Of this Kind taken BY the Order 10
TIE South ainee is organization
A PoifsicnI sharp.
WuxEsnAnRn tPa.), Aug. &.-Thos.
3. Evans, . pr0minent Welshman at
Nantiooka. Who Waa q delegate 20 . 20
Iitioal convention held here last week.
was arrested this afternoon ~ tbe IN
stance Of Assistant District Attorney
LanahAn. He vas bfouGht hese and
taksn before Alderman PaFsonA where
he waa charned vita q DiademeAner, u
proposing 20 aappert candidates tog
rnol,ev. IL d said ahat Evans vas
sTok kessE,an for q committee OF seventy
aelsgaies. and demanded Of the eandi- /
dafe RI0 for each delegate. which vas
refpsed. Evans vas heid in $500 BAT,
for IA appsaranes at the Criminal
Courf. Il i saia thGf forty 04her AZ
f&aN4 1T - y HAAn~A~ -
Anosher Bank Thaef cnnRht.
PHrrApEzrH1A. Aag. Ss.-Thirty thoa-
ana dallaEs in cash DISAPPEARED ffom
tba safe Of the Adams kxpfess tvs
weeka aea. and since thai tiEne oceFa-
tiVes Of 4 dsleosiTe age1cv have ben
att1mutina - unRAxsl the mystery son
nectsd vita the robbery. Clrcumalances
poiniea 10 Rolh Pratt IN Tue Philadel-
uhia oilioe as the thief. and On Nednes-
day last be waa aRFesied ~ . adsseatiVe.
and AFTER . preliminary heaFing was
Iscksd 40 Tor further hsAriHR- be gro
tested bis innooe1cs-
RaaaFea.
wksHxarux, Ana. 8.-Rsas Admiral
Rasssil haa besn piaoed ou the fetlrea
-. This makes vnaancY fof tAe pro-
motion of CsmmoaoFe Qaeen-
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