New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-30
/ BRIDGE SUICIDE FAILS.
c,v,vo ,ss FEET AND COMING OUT ALIVE

.ou rus TENTH WARD TRIES TO Kill
u,nsrLy AND 10 SORRY HE DipS!
,cs.r, Turss leardless youth Of eighteen. OF aef'
..,Hsprew extraction. but q nsuve Oh mcs' '"s''.
49, n.ah foremost from the Brooklyn Bridge a. ~
,..tsraav With the intention Of committing
s,c,a. All the conditions were favorable IoT suen
...,,t A strong wind blowing from tho soutneast
and the East River was lumpy and choppy h"r'H h"'
no with chful frients waiting 70 PICK nun w
Altar Lis cap and had neglected the precauuoh taken
BIZ hts predecessors Brodie and Donovan, OF sum"s Ms
trousers with rugs aud cotton batting Yet despite all
shs The youth was hsed out Of the water after bis head
Ious descent by passing tug and landed at the Bridge
1umperS Dock" at Dover.st, alive and WE'LL thougn
somewhat stunned and greatly disgusted.
Kurtx lived with his step-father, John Rnfonacht at
No. 1877 Chryst,s-st he had besn employed as htno-
sraphic printer for nearly year 10 the establishment OF
min. p,en a Co No 1879 Dusns-st where he earned 81
veek He had been out Of work for two DAYS ana hao
been staying out rather loo late at night TO SUIT MS
mo,her Night before last no was out with his Ireha
Billy Singer until eleven o'clock. Yesterday morn
ing mia mother scpldod him roundy for staying from
home 90 late. Her upbraidins made the boy sulky.
Very well, mother, he saio' pro"ise sou ~ w
the last night I'll stay out late"
His lie sister tear trcke down each siae OF nor
brothers nose as oke He had already oresscu pu'
after being scoldei fully took on oaco sn
lsi t on his mothers bed and donned his oaseo"h sur
n, cbeauer and coarser atera his best trousers whon
ha is1 ID.
soes were pulled OF and showed under the bed ana
Ma nt On diapidated pair that belonged to his STEP
t,h., His mother and sister remarked these prepat-
tous bu, had no suspicion Of what was IA tne poy
mnd ne rt 70 hs Slace of work aud stayed till noon;
be SAID OF his intentions ont Ills ueeo'ea
sncc " as noticed AMI ented on
"nee 40 oeIock he appeared Bridge entrance
truck loaded with empty OIL barrels uIosS on hebInd
Tss E1s Of the truck did notice him He handed
cent TO the sSs Sea n1u reached the middle
Tr,1ns INST abont the spot where Odlum lost his Ire,
Ksria sprss from 'ns ao Observed by Bridge occr
ONei who stood near the New fork tower anu no @
wild whoP o. alarm ana reseaed the top Of the truss
looked FIRST TO the east aud then to the wes anu en-
r,xsr 72s feet below He straight DOWNWARD Tor
nty feet and then ACCORDING to policeman ~, nhoui s
Ahearn Of the Oak Street station, Who win ms WE,
Wjtr esscd the plunge from tho window OF ms mons
eouthst he turned over once descrl1ea Se anal
of nat board that strikes the surfce OF the Eater tne
lad went out OF slant jet OF water 10" W
Il was the opinion of several who saw the esr t1s Tue
ss sesf tnat had he struck any other way he would
doubtless have been killed. In his heaeioDg laii Nc
stsr ahnuf mnnte the wonld-be suelie appeared on
tbe surface he up the steam iieue JoSepnn0
and sermins ar by the side OF Kurtz picked him up.
The boy III semi unconscious syn, cantan Fearing
be was dying transferred hun to the tug c0amT nS
which laniei him on the Doyest pier nc ne,
and TWO or three ougshoremen rolled him vigorously on
on The truck and eaded by Policeman ONeiI, wno I,u
descended bridge staircase at tue tower 70 Hia
rrisoner The truck started the road all bruseJuP
ers travel that TO thn Oak Street Police station.
The oarrelrolne and the trucRrde resioroS no 9l
parily TO his senses and enabled TO give MS
gree to He was stll Irotaihg q. ~, he
month and an ambulance was summOhfa it0ip ZIG
chambers street Hospital. At the hospM Dr. weucrh
ipc gave lin hot bath aud entered the TACT on .nc
bio ter that Suffering from shock ANA nm nr
sion" rhe doctor said that he was not seriously nuI
ana by tomorrow would be fit subject 10 turn over 10
was sorry that had been rescued lie seemed m2oy
and would give the reason for bis atemht on na nc
me ne as of bis action carried deep e0ntrltlOn anu
morse TO Mrs Rufenacbt and she sobbed all me ater
II her heart was broken In auG.oh s,it in
lila hat and shoes lilies" trousers we're spun lh'o
rbos by the water aud his baseball SHIRT was rnlneu
The Fourtb Ward took the news that a KID from ue
Tent Ward had jumped DIN de Bridge unnur. much 10
heart N was rumoIed that Brodies MANAGERS 10 the
Powery Museum on hearing the news OF kurzs owe cut
down Broiies salary to So a week