Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-09
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Az Qfiiccr james Dooley was stand
~ nsaf ne entrance TO tha bridge, on
shs New York side. about IL o'clock
o'clock Yesterday morning, he noticed
! poorly dressed man, with pinched
i,aipres, Is though be bad been suffer.
ink Ron want, approach the gate lead
iss 70 The foospath. Very few psspIe, az.
cspt the very poor and visitors from the
country. cross on foot on cold days, and
hat was why Officer Doolcy noticed
Ne man. He fumbled about In his
pockets, evidently searching for penny
- pay his toll. The officer was Just
going 10 tell the man to Pass on, for
Superintendent Martin had given in
structions not to refuse poor people
passage across in case they do not have
. penny for fare, when the man sue
eeeded in finding the coin, which be laid
on the collectors window and passed
on. He walked along slowly, and every
now and then stopped to watch the cars
passing by. He reached the New York
tower, sat down for . minute in the
sunshine, and then continued his soli-
tary walk.
When half way across the span,
where the bridge is highest over the
water, the man stopped, looked all
around, as though bidding farewell to
everything, and began clambering up
the rails. He reached the top, and was
IN the act Of throwing himself over in
front OF an approaching train Of cars,
when Francis Ryan and John Charlton,
of York street, Brooklyn, who
had seen him, ran up and caught
him by the heels. They found
il no easy matter to prevent the
man. whose body was already hanging
ever the other side and who was now
kicking and struggling with all his
!. might, from falling over and either being
run over and mangled by the train or
dropping through the ties into the river.
Officer Bretsh hurried up, and all three
managed to pull back the would-be
suicide to the walk. Then he fell to
the ground utterly exhausted and almost
in faint. He was taken to the Bridge
police.station in Sands street, Brook
Ign, where be gave his name as David
Gindin, and said that he had wife and
four children at No. Isl Attorney street,
New York.
The officers then searched him. He
had no money, but they found note
from Kurland Lodge, No. so, Independ-
ent Order Of the Sons Of Benjamin, re-
suesting him to pay up his arrears to
the Society, and signed by A. Sack
mann, the secretary, Of No. 96 Hous-
ton street. In another pocket officers
found letter written to his wife, in
which he declares his intention to kill
himself. 1t was written in Hebrew and
was translated. He begins by asking
his wife's pardon for the bad deed
which he was going to commit in drown
ing himself in the East river. She
knew how hard he had tried to find
work and had failed. All doors
Of help were closed against him.
He had lost courage, and was going to
give up the struggle. He hoped the
Lord would permit the deed and take
care of the five innocent souls he was
leaving behind, as he could no longer
bear to see them going around cold and
hungry. When he left the world some
one might be found to take care Of them.
He sincerely trusted that no one would
Illustrate his plans, and begged his wife
not to grieye over him. Should he not
return home by 6 O'Clock she could
make up her mind that he was already
dead, and place the children in an Or
pban asylum, where they would receive
a better education than they could
under her care. The letter concludes
with q request that in case his body
was recovered il should be buried in the
Jewish cemetery.
The Sergeant sent him to Police-Jus-
tice Walsh, before whom he was ar
Iaigned on a charge Of attempted sui
eide. Mr.. RYAN, one Of his rescuers,
said he felt sure that Gindin intended
10 commit suicide, because he struggled
80 hard to free himself from his grasp
and that Of Charlton. Had he sue
ceeded he would undoubtedly have
been killed by the train or have dropped
through the ties into the river.
The Times reporter went last even
ing to No. Isl Attorney street. The
building is double house, and in
the rear building of the back yard, up
dark, winding, rickety stairs, in small
room on the top floor, Mrs. Gindin and
her four little children were found. The
fourth child was an infant at the breast.
The other children were barefooted.
There was very little furniture in the
room. A small cook-stove, small
old black lounge, two chairs and few
plates and pans completed it. The
floor was bare, and about the only de-
coration was a picture Of Sir Moses
Montefore that hung over the mantel.
The neighbours knew very little about the
Gindin family, as they had come there on
ly q few days ago. Mrs. Gindin said that
she was married to her husband in Rus
sian Poland. He had come from Cour-
land, and they moved to Carlsruhe, IN
Germany, after which they came on
10 this country. He was wine
bother by trade, and afterward he
learned the business of cloak-ironer,
and was able to earn about 81 or IS
per week. For the past two or three
months he had been unable to obtain
any work. and had become very de-
spondent, although he never spoke of
suicide. She had not seen him eat any
thing for three days, and he was very
weak. Yesterday morning he got up
early, and went near the window,
where he got down and began to write.
She was in bed with the children,
and asked him what he was writing.
"Oh, am writing about some situa-
ton ! hope 10 GET" he replied, and
continued writing for about quarter
or half an hour. Then he went out,
saying be was going TO look for work.
That was the last she had seen Of him.
officer Dooley and Abraham Sack
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