The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-26
BROWN WASN'T DEAD ATALI.
HIS APPEARANCE TURNS LAMEyra-
TfONS INTO JOY.
The Corpse or Some Other Nan Hurriea
or co the .MorSue-It Had Been Identi.
ned ~ Hts by All SITS Friends and Eyes
by He VIVA Rem Ark hle sirnliarifx

The Corpse or soae Other Maa Hu-riea
or 20 the >MorSue-It Had Bsea Identi.
ned ~ Hts by All Sis Friends and Eve.
by Hls WHOA Rem arkable s,iuaiisrity.
George Brown. chief engineer OF the Have
meyerSugar Refining Company lives with his
wife and three sons at 1872 Third street. Long
Island City. He is a stout, iovinl man. about
As years old. He hasa ruddy complexion blue
eyes. Napoleonic nose. gray hair. and q short
thick gray mustache. He Is about feet 5
inches tall. and weighs slightly more
than 200 pounds. On Saturday afternoon.
having finished his work at AZ O'Clock. he
made an appointment with John speers. one
OF his mon. to look at some tanks with him
next morning and then went OF with his son
James to visit his son-in-law. John Tasker.
who lives In Twenty.flfth street and Ninth avo-
nue.. in this city. ~
Three hours later Thomas McCloy. the
bridge keeper OF the Newtown Creek bridge.
and a friend OF Mr.. Browns, was Just closing
tho bridge after tugboat when he heard peo-
pie on the shore shouting. Man overboardy"
Without waiting to finish closing the bridge.
McCloy got over the cato and jumped down
into boat fastened to the float, He rowed to
the other side OF the bridge between two tug
boats and saw William j. Ryan. the engineer
Of one OF the boats. struggling to pull out
aged to get the man up on the deck OF the tug.
and McCloy sold at once 1t was Brown. The
man was still alive. McCloy rushed Oh for an
ambulance. while Ryan tied q rope around Mr..
pulled him over the rail- OF the bridge and got
Word was a S sent to Mrs i brown. who hurried
70 the spot Tow minutes later and stood
resnscitste her HUSBAND The drowned ma1
continued to show. signs OF life. and John
rubbed him and worked with him in the effort
to bring back life.
arrived and helped in the work Of resuscita-
I've known a Br9 ,,s he SAID; FOR thirty
Meanwhile the ambulance arrived. and the
TONS had Mr. Brown carried s e the ameuIsnee
a1h taken to his house ha On the Eay all sisns
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had gone mad TRe9 w ~ 0h Rs hsnas AID
acted In such madcsp fashion that he was
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The frst Thing NJ; Brown knew hts Wit.
=, TSsP he learned there Sas : man lying dead
Mse s beR E. as
FL! hIe: Both have similar eyes. similar
gem eeaera p sas the -:
exam nation and compsrison the only dffSsr.
ence found was that the dead man was a little
taller than ME- Brown and re- little
needs no further proof than that Mr. Browns
wife and his friend OF thirty years were both
A card found later in one Of the dead mans
pockets when they were se9r9hed by the cor
As yet no one has appeared to identity the
Another blunder was contributed by the po-
lice. who while 1t was supposed that the dead
man was Br9wp. attempted t. convey that fact
The tnSs II
& sss T::ti %:: Hss
sergeant sixteenth precinct
Tasker came In to the G. L. U. meeting as
this was read yesterday. and was greeted with
wiz had Ssen nsans
since . o'clock Saturday afternoon. He answers
the description OF the dead man. He isa
Union. and Of the New York Contra Bass cino.
81 od and has been mn
s married two ' years ago ill., VIE s is only =
years old They have two children, He has
bsSp b Sat m wSTs for & as e aa %
rent; Ills wife Supported the family ~ DONG
She had a customer in Greoppont on satur:
for Greenpoint with a lot Of clean clothes to de-
not seen aiterward; When q rep2rtor called
Mrs. Ladewig had been crying all day because.
her husband had not returned: man ha,!
been to tho house and reported the nndipg Of
the drowned man. hut the news had beeu kept
best not to tell her about ii until morning.
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