Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-23
INITIATED STEVE BRODIE.
But McCarcy Met Odlum's Fate in Jumping
From the Brooklyn Bridge.

But McCarcy Met Odlum's Fate In jumping
From the Brooklyn Bridge.
Francis McCarey, a foolhardy fellow, who
had been toasting about New York city and
Brooklyn for several days that he would soon
startle New York and let all people know that
| he was a man Of nerve, plunged off the East
river bridge at 2:30 yesterday afternoon and
| was drowned. He was half drunk when he
| made the leap.
Some time before election McCarey, who
had been an iron molder in Williamsburg, but
who was discharged five weeks ago for inc
| briefly, read that Steve Brodie had bet q, 500
| on the result of the election. He asked some
Of his friends how Brodie accumulated 80 much
| money, and was informed that he got his start
by jumping off the bridge. That set McCarey
| thinking
He made up his mind to win fame and for
tune in the same way: He confided his inten-
tions to Mrs. McCuskie, with whom he boarded,
and to Peter Kelly, saloon keeper. Some
| small bets were made in Kelly's on the result.
On Thursday last McCarey went to Brodie'e
| place on the Bowery and told him his title as
champion would soon be gone. Il will jump
| of the bridge myself" he said, land show the
world that am the jumper of America
Brodie chsffed him and he went away. On
Saturday he called again on Brodie and talked
boastfully of his nerve. He said he would
jump on Sunday.
| McCarey did not go to bed Saturday night.
He was about Kellys place until it was closed.
He went to breakfast at o'clock and returned
to Kelly's at 8. He drank dozen times
At III o'clock he engaged man to drive him
across the bridge. When he got there the tide
was low and he returned to Kelly's. He drank
several times and at noon left saying he would
jump at 23O pm. sure.
| Policeman James Dooley, who was on the
promenade opposite the second electric light
post from the Brooklyn arch head, heard the
conductor whistle and ran along the plank
jumped down. McCarey was climbing over the
heavy railing Ross and his friends were still
| IN the wagon few feet away.
Dooley ran as fast as he could. He had about
6oo feet to 60. Officer Shading was not far
behind him. McCarey slipped down on the
outer mob Of the railing and stood on the big
cable, which at that point is just a little lower
than the roadway. One hand grasped the small
guard rail that runs along the cable.
CROWD her sss Co. old man yelled one Of the
cried another. McCarey. with an air of BRAY
ado, swung his arm to the crowd and yelled
| Here CO."
He lowered his head, loosened his grasp on
| the cable, and with both arms extended sprang
out with a shout of exultation. He went down
head first and made two complete somersaults
before he struck in the river on his face.
Dooley and Shading got to the center Of the
span in time to see McCarey strike the water.
The conclusion made q report that sounded as
| II plank had been dropped
HIS LEAP WAS FATAL
McCarey's body disappeared. 1t came to the
surface in a second. The arms were still out
stretched. The head was submerged. Not the
slightest movement was noticeable Blood
| tinged the foam on the surface. The tide car
ried the body under the bridge.
The crowd on the promenade ran to the
| other side. They saw the body float to point
directly beneath the railroad track, on the
north side of the bridge. Then it disappeared.
dozen boats put out from the New York side
in less than ten minutes after McCarey had
jumped The boatmen pulled under the bridge
and searched for an hour for the body, but it
did not come to the surface.