The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-27
COVERED With SNOW.
An Unknown Woman Pulled
Out Of the Drifts in
H0bOken.


night two young men, while passing close
10 the corner Of Seventh and Clinton
streets in HobokeB, heard mourns pro-
ceeding from vacant lot near by. The
place is an unfrequented one and there
are no habitations within hundred
yards of the corner. The young men
travelled through the snow. which in
some places was up to their waists. until
they reached the farthest end Of the lot
where they saw a sight which startled
them. Lying in between two banks Of
snow was the form OF woman. She was
almost covered from view by snow and
her eyes were closed A piteous moan
escaped her lips now and then.
The young men picked her uD and car
ried her TO the nearest house, where II
was found that she was a middle aged
woman fairly well dressed. A message
was sent to Police Headquarters and
Detective DAWN and Policeman Weeks
were despatched TO the sceue- Ihe
woman was brought 10 the police station
in an ambulance and DIR. Heller was
summoned. II became noised about that
woman had been frozen to death aud the
station house was soon crowded with
curiosity seekers
DR.. Heller made a superficial examina-
ton. and gave the woman stlInulants.
He said she was suffering from spasms
brought on by exposure. He Thought
that If she would be put in warm cell
she would be all right. Shortly after the
doctor left, the woman's condition became
alarming, and a physician was again
called. THIS morning DIR. Heller advised
the womans removal 70 st. Mary's Hos
pital which was dca5-
Although the woman was conscious at
intervals, she refused to give her name or
md
The police are Of the opinion that the
woman is an habitual orunkard, and that
while stupefied with liquor she wandered
to where she was found and fell and was
unable to get up. Ii her moans had not
been heard by the young men she would
have frozen TO death, as sometimes pedes-
trians do not pass this place for hours.
Hoboken's "Ihfrteen Club"
"rne Thirteen Club OF Hoboken, is
the name of new club composed Of the
employees of coffin factory, on Grand
street, In Hoboken. The club was organ
lied under very peculiar circumstances.
On the thirteenth day Of this month
thirteen young men in the factory met
| for the purpose Of organizing a social
club. The name Of the club had not yet
been su ggested, although the fact that
| there were thirteen men present and it
| WAS Iue bulfLcenIu uAy Ot Lie Au0ut4 Was
noted and commented upon
One of the young men present hap
| pened to glance at the CLOCK and noticed
| that IL was just thirteen minutes OF nye
| O'Clock This was also noted. and several
Of the more superstitious began TO shiver
and urged that they adjourn. when one OF
| the more fearless urged that they take
| the bull by the horns and that the name
of the new club be the fatal number.
Just then Oscar SEVERN. who is now
president of the club, drew handful OF
coins from his pocket 70 send for station
cry. Upon counting the coins he found
that there were just thirteen IN number
| That settled it. and the .sHoboken Tnir-
! teen Club" was duly organized in coffin
factory.
On Christmas the club gave great
| blowout to their friends, Songs and reel
| tations were well rendered by the follow
| ing:-Ed SEVERN, John Farley, Timothy
Sullivan, Fred Holmes. George BoIles,
| Henry Eiron, ANDY Men ulty, A. H. Web
ster and Robert Reinherr.
A Horse Runs Into the River.
Charles Van Doren. the bartender at
the Theatre cafe, on Hudson street, and
John Hoffman, of Jacobs Theatre, had a
very narrow escape with their lives early
| this morning. About eleven O'Clock last
night Van Doren and Hoffman hired q
horse and sleigh from the stable of Yer
don Bros, Fourteen street, Hoboken- The
horse was spirited animal, but was
kept In check until his head was turned
towards the stable when he became IN
manageable and dashed up Hudson street.
! The sleigh was overturned and the occu-
pants thrown out. The horse continued
on his run down Fourteenth street. The
gates leading to the ferry were open and
the horse dashed through with the wrec K
of the sleigh behind him and went over
board. The horse was drowned. Van
Doren and Hoffman, were not seriously
hurt.