San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-24
JUMPED THE BRIDGE.
Robert Wan browns Himself This
Morning.
Statements of Various Parties--His Body
Recovered After Long Search
ing--Ludicrous Incident.


was seen to jump Off st. Mary's bridge
evidently bent on committing suicide,
and almost simultaneously with the dis
appearance Of his body from the bridge
the splash of water was heard, showing
that he had accomplished his end. From
Otto Fielder a LIGHT reporter obtained
the following statement: | was coming
over the bridge this morning about
O'Clock to open up the saloon Turner
HalD and as got by ST. Mary's Church,
| met young man hurriedly coming up
College street with his face all bloody
and no hat or coat on, and after he came
near me | said to him, Hello, partner,
what is the natter" Then he said,
"They have been trying to murder me
up on North Flores street, some burg
lars" | said, "Iell me all ABOUT il. He
replied he did not have any time rs they
were after him trying to kill him.
He appeared to be out Of breath.
/ stopped and looked at him as he
ran off, and RS he got on the
bridge he stopped about in the center
and laid his hands on the railing and
looked at me for about two minutes. |
was at st. Mary's Church then. He was
making one or two jumps to get upon
the railing, and started towards him.
As did so he jumped oil, and as was
going towards the bridge young col
cred boy about ii years OF age came
walking fast up College street, and
thought he was coming after him. |
said Here he is; he has jumped into the
river" and | jumped onto the bridge,
the boy following, and | saw him stand
ing under the bridge in the wa
ter, which reached to his shoulders,
and he kept looking up at US.
shouted to him you id fool you
had better get out of there or you will
drown; then he put his head under the
water and presently took IL out and
looked at us again. He kept walking in
the water then until he reached Nette's
bath-hOuse, where he sank. saw him
raise his head out Of the water before he
went under; he never said word but
threw up his hands and the water closed
over him. | renamed there about or )
minutes after he sank but could see no
more of him. | went up to Main plaza
looking for policeman all over but
could not find one. | came back and
opened the saloon, and seeing Officer
Schumacher pass, notified him OF the
fact. The negro boy ran off and said he
was going after policeman.
From Colonel Moore, of Sheppard
Bros, Alamo plaza, the reporter gained
these facts. "The young mans name
who jumped from St. MaTy's bridge, is
Robert Il. Wann; he was about 20
years Of age and has worked here
for three years. He lived with
his aunt, Mrs. Richardson, at the corner
of Avenue e and Fourth street. He was
a sober, excellent and trustworthy young
man, but suffered from fits of abstrac-
tiOn. He was in easy circumstances,
and has money lent out and was making
more than living. For the last week
we have noticed something peculiar
about him. He was dull and stupid, and
he showed greater Observation-Disclosures
than on any previous occasion. On Fri
day evening he told me he was sick, and
the next morning he did not appear.
Mr.. Craig, whe lives at his aunt's, came
and told me that Robert was deranged.
l called to see him. and he took strange
hallucinatiOn that he was going TO die.
HE must die" he said. ''He could not
live; 1t was impossible Yesterday 1
was glad TO learn he was reported out of
danger. He had been able to sleep,
which had been denied him for some
days past. He slipped out of the house
last night, and finding him missing, a
search was made, but without avail. A
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before the famiIy discovsred his ab-
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