Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-10
BRODIE'S Big LEAP.
The Champion Jumper Drops from
POughkeepsie Bridge.
2l2 FEET THROUGH THE AIR
He Did II on n Wager of $500 and
Nearly Lost His Life-He Is Suf-
fering from the shock--He's
Had Enough.


and gain little more notoriety. In accord
ance with a wager made a fortnight ago
with AL Davis for 500, Brodie shortly after
6 O'Clock in the morning, jumped from the
railing of the Poughkeepsie bridge into the
Hudson rivera distance OF 3l2 feet
The leap nearly cost him his life, and as IL
was he would have drowned had not his
friends picked him up for he had lost con-
seriousness long before striking the water.
Blood gushed from nose, mouth and ears,
and his friends, who were in small boat
awaiting the dive, were terribly frightened,
for they thought he was dead He did not
regain consciousness until safely landed in
the West Shore depot at Highlands.
DR. Eagan was hastily summoned, and
after n careful examination told Brodie that
no ribs were broken, and he was suffering
only from shock the result Of conclusion.
The physician said, however, that the ribs
had stood as strong a strain as possible for
them TO stand, and it was almost miraculous
that nearly all of them had not been crushed.
Brode reached New York shortly after 10
o'clock in the forenoon terribly frightened
man. He was taken TO his home on Hester
street, where for time he thought that his
days were surely numbered
He suffered excruciating pain and was too
several Of his ribs were broken, and he was
equally sure he had sustained internal in
juries, which, as he expressed it, would do him
up.
sits my last Jump moaned Brodie as he
writhed in pain, while trying to give an ac-
count Of his latest foolhardy exploit to n re-
porter. "I'll never jump again; it don't pay
and ! wouldn't have done it this time If
had taken. my wife's advice; she's a good
wife, and have made a--fool of myself.
~ wouldn't have done it anyhow IL Al
Davis hadn't blackguarded me into it. You
see ! won his money on my swim down from
Albany, and he wanted to bet me that
wouldn't dare to jump from the Poughkeep-
sic bridge got mad and bet him $500 /
could, and we put the money up with Will
linn E. Harding, of The Police Gazette
ooh, what a blanl1ety blank fool was. l
tell you I'll never jump again if ever get
out of this
A little later Brodie narrated his advent
ure, which in substance was this: He, with
Harding, Ell Hyer and Pat Green, went up
on West Shore train, which left at O'Clock
Thursday night They got off at Highlands
and put up at Deans hotel, all registering
under assumed names, that of Brodie being
Connolly.
At o'clock in the morning the party left
the hotel and proceeded to the bridge. Green
and Hyer obtained a rowboat and pulled out
in the stream. Harding, who was the stake
holder, stood on the shore watching proceed.
ings.
Brodie was So dressed as not TO attract at
tention He wore a Derby hat, dark coat
and trousers His shoes were each soled
with one and one-quarter peIIndsAo f lead,
and under his jacket were strauf Re small
rubber bags, which were inilat b air.
About his abdomen and Ions large
quantities of cotton batting. -.
He first walked out on the bridge, but
every foothold he could find for the leap was
SO slippery from the rain that he was afraid
to jump. He finally was taken into the boat
and was rowed to one of the piers against
which was an iron ladder reaching to the top.
Up the ladder he climbed until the roadway
ledge was reached. IL was a narrow foot
hold, and by raising his hand he could inst
reach the top of the railing
Brodie says he jumped square out into the
river, and there was no dropping about il
either. What happened afterward he does
not know The jumper struck heavily ON
his right side aud with sufficient force to rip
his trousers the length of the leg. Several of
the rubber bags burst and Brodic sank under
the water. Paddy Green jumped over.
board, seized the unconscious man and with
Hyer's assistance got him into the boat -
Brodie claims he jumped 220 feet and was
about 500 feet from the western shore. Where
he strnck the water was sixty feet deep, and
he says he would have been dead man sure
had it not been for the presence of mind of
paddy Green. Harding, he said, was so
badly frightened that he ran away and left
the party, surprising that Brodie had been
killed.
One of Brodies last Jumps was at Cincin
natl, on May last when he made descent
of 10 feet.
1t was on July IS, 1885, when Brodie made
himself famous 10y Jumping from the Brook.
lyn bridge, a distance of lac feet
He now claims to have made the biggest
and most perilous jump ON record, and is
satisfied
1t was early in June that he took his long
swim down the Hudson, breaking Paul Boy
tons record and winning several hundred
dollars from Al Davis.
1t was generally supposed in sporting cir
cles during the forenoon that Brodie had suf-
fered injuries which would cause his death
Richard X Fox received dispatch stating
that Rrodie had made the jump and had been
put aboard the train in dying condition
81 told Brodie.n said Mr. Fox to a reporter
late in the day, ''that l would present him
with a handsome gold medal if he was sue
cessful in making the record of the highest
bridge jumper If he has done as reported
he has jumped at least 2la feet and has
broken the record by at least 50 feets
II had no interest whatever in the affair,
and only give the medal TO him to replace
the one gave Donovan, which suppose by
this time i in some London pawnshop
ssBrodie is regular daredevil and don't
believe he would hesitate to make any kind
Of a jump. l sincerely hope he has not been
injured SO badly as reported
Unless DR.. Eagan has made wrong dag
nosis of the case Brodin win be all right
again in day or two. He was extremely
nervous, and opiates wee administered 70
keep him quiet.
Mrs. jay Goala's Illness.
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