Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-24
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. STEVE BRoDIB'S PLUNGE From The East River
 Bridge. MASKED MEN MAKING BOMBS. No Inquiry into Payne's
 Election. SIR CHARLES DILKE GUILTY. A Fairly Active State of
 Trade.
STEVE BRODTE,S FEARFUL LEAP.

1 E A l He Jumps From the East River Bridge Into the Waters Beneath and Comes Up Safe and sound.
 NEW YORK, July 23.-At o'clock today I the newsboy and ex-pedestrian Steve Brodie, l whose brother was one of the Fourth ward flibusters, jumped on 8 lumber truck going
 across the big bridge. As soon as the truck
 passed the New York tower he jumped him. bly from the top of the load of lumber to the rail and after gazing into the water for a
 second jumped feet foremost into the river.
 The bridge at this place is one hundred and
 twenty feet above high tide. He came to the surface ill about three seconds apparently
 uninjured and struck out boldly for Q row
 boat that was waiting. The boat belonged
 to Mike Phelan of the Fourth ward, who was
 handling the oars. He speedily pulled Steve from the water and rowed with all haste to the Dover street dock Officer Lally of the bridge squad, who was patrolling the south roadway and saw him jump, hurried around to the Dover street dock and greeted him on landing with the information that he was his prisoner. He asked what he was arrested for. The officer replied, Attempt at sui eide" Steve laughed as soon as he caught his breath and said, ''I guess Pm pretty healthy suicide, ain't r. Anyhow I m just hundred richer than before I made the jump" When told he was fifteen sec- onds in the air he said it seemed more like fifteen hours, but he felt all right except that he had some little trouble in drawing a full breath. As soon as clothes could be procured he was taken to the Clark street station and committed charge of attempted suicide. He was taken into the back room where he undressed and paraded in natures full dress before an admiring crowd.
 To reporter he stated that he had thought for two years past that he could make the jump and when he met sporting man on the train coming from the races who offered to bet him S100 that he could not do it he took him up. He practiced jumping from all the high places along the river and then took the lay of the land before making the attempt. He was perfectly willing to do it again for the same money, but thought he would now have sufficient fame to live without work toned at the south roadway, said it was a common occurrence for boys and young men to ride over the bridge on the trucks and wagons crossing and no one took particular l notice of Brodie. Officer Lally said that he I had noticed Phelan's boat about the foot of l ing, but had paid no particular attention to l the fact. Phelan had not been arrested, but l he could easily be found if wanted.
 Aittle 2 o'clock the longshoremen, shore | men, trucksters, laborers and pedestrians on | South street and around the bridge were startled by hoarse shout from the laborers | 0n the Dover street dock of s'man over | board" Everybody looked at the big struc- | ,ure, but few saw the thin streak of black ! which shot from near the center of the arch l over the river into the waters below. It | disappeared for about fifteen seconds when | t arose to the surface and moved toward the | shore. Dr. White of the Chambers street | hospital examined Brodie critically and pro- | aounced him free from injury except slight l confusion on the right shoulder and | another on the right nipple. These l he said might have been caused by climb l ng into the boat. During the examination l Brodie shrieked as if suffering mortal agony, | His grimaces were terrible to witness. These l the doctor said were simulated and the doc | tor said that Brodie was more than half l drunk. He continually cried for whisky | from the time he was brought to the station | house until taken to the Tombs. He was so | drunk as not to recognize persons he had l
 
 water felt bully" said Brodie, land I am l all right now. Where's that whisky4" | When he struck the water his legs were out l stretched and had he not protected himself | with lot of underwear he would | have been split in two instantly. Timothy | Brennan, a new man of 214 East Broadway, l who was in Brennan's boat, WAS arrested.
 Stephen Brodie's name has appeared in the l papers many times in connection with differ l snt feats. He was in one of the six day i walking matches at Madison Square Gar | den, but was unsuccessful. During the big 1 fire in the Potter building in Park Row he l was the cause of saving lives by climbing 8 l pole and throwing a rope to some l of the people in the upper stories. For this | he was awarded medal. Next he tried his | hand on the stage in ''Nan the l Newsboy." His acts of bravery at l other stages of his life were numerous and l he was one of the most popular young men 1 in the Sixth ward where he lived.