The sun., 1890-08-19
HEADFOREMOST 1870 FEET.
THE FIRST SUICIDE FROM THE WASH
IAGTON BRIDGE
Photographic Harrington Krn- Himself -

photographic Harrington KuiS Himself -
His Forty.tbIrd Birthday OrIeA Sees
oI Late Walking Alone on the Bridge
The daily tide Of broughans dogcarts and
traps had Just sot in on the now Washington
bridge across the Harlem River yesterday
afternoon when o dark man with handsome
features. whose face would be remembered
anywhere for the long silken moustacho wac
noticed walking nervously up and down about
at the centre OF the greAt span. Ho was neatly
dressed in a black suit. wore new brown
derby hat and carried n black silk umbrella,
The nervous man was Henry G. Harrington. an
employee OF BENJAMIN ]. Falk. photographer.
OF $40 Broadway. Ho worked outside tho Of
nee. his business being to associate With
actors, artists, and politicians and to get theiI
consent to have their pictures taken
A man passing in n liEht wagon saw Earring
ton step to the railing on tho west side OF tho
BRIDGE toss his hat in one direction and his
umbrella In another. For an instant PAIRING
ton stood looking up at tho sky. and before any
one could havs stopped him he climbed upon
tho railing. which is four feet high. He stood
upright for moment and thon plunged head
foremost. At the place where harrington
jumped tho police say tho floor OF the bridge 10
1873 feet above high water. Tho bridge floor is
known to be 1853 foot above the railroad tracks
jumped from the railing no probably fell neSriy
100 feet.
1t happened that Policeman Michael J.
Owens Of tho High Bridge police was on the
Westchester county shoro, having boon as-
signed to watch the property OF the Now York
Central to prevent possibie injury BY strikors.
IONS leap into space. @ At irsts he 81 said aitsT.
ward. Thought It was . big Newfoundland
a0 AR ma | "A hnh
jumped from the exact centre Of the arch that
spans the river. 1 saw him turn a complete
over a, third Il me. He sesmod 70 striio
his Fbo 9R% a Is aboS. SS fes Gs
deep at high water at the spot whore Farring-
ton sToR H3d we at g high TS1EE 0 at the
form and plunged into tho river. He camo to
the surface face upward Just as had beann to
His. face was purple. and blood seemed to bc
ooEinR tr9m the pores OF the skin. lie roSe
% as reached S hIm % He f Was stii III S svo but aS
unconscious with bis head on my shouldeE-~.
.hoVn while was t5ying to keep The maps head
Donovan and RoundsmRn Morgan, who wOro
als9 guarding the railrSad property. got boat
operation @ which was pr pretty difiiouii as ho vas
pounds. He died Just as We got to shorA"
p There was NO moneytn FaIrinEton's pockets.
he had few cards OF his employer and some
other business firms, but there was noIhinR TO
show why he had committed suicide RarrinG-
ton lived with his wife and two ehildren-APy.
in pretty fiat at lAAth street and BradhnFsS
avenue recently NeW avenue. His brothor-in-
law. -Adolph J. Oohn, said Last ovoninR
for Mrs Harrington. that no reason could
SoiSbba had noticed Tor a Woef that
Farrneton had passed hem on The
DOW d"Wn nge town yeste From his % Tosidsneo 10 10
the Washington bridge the trip is not half
hour. Mrs. FarrngtQp became alarmed about
her hus band about P M. although It was not
his custom to return homo until night. and
went to Fake and learned that he had not got
his weekly salary. Returning homo she learned
By despatch of her husbands suicide Mr..
The Kingsbrfdge police say they reLaembor Q
man looking like Harrington several times OF
late walking alone on the bridge.
Harrington was 40 years old yesterday. He
was born in London. and was Q practical
photographer when he came to this country.
about twenty years ago since then he has
lived in New York. and has worked for Photog-
raphers Mora, Falk. and Dana at different
times; He was export In the art OF Dersuading
to have o photograph taken He has been
known to 20 SO far as to have o handsome car
riage and team at the RtaRe entrance and CAP
tpre a primA donna by pure assumption In
his pocket was found, after his death. q WELL
worn clipping from newspaper. in which h0
was described as the best dressed and most
widely known man IN this country " In the pho
This is the first suicide from tho Washington
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