Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-09
JUMPED FROM THE BIG BRIDGE.
Daniel Mclaughlin, a Roanoke Blacksmith
Does 1t without Injury.

| DAnlei mclaughlin, q tsOanOke BlaCksmith,
Does 1t Without Injury.
/ Another man has jumped from the Brooklyn
| bridge into the East river and has been taken
out alive He is Daniel Mclaughlin, q black
smith. thirty-seven years old, who lives at
Roanoke, Va, and was born in Sheffield, Eng
land. Four OF five days ago he went to New
York city. Yesterday he went to the Brooklyn
side Of the big bridge and little after o'clock
In the afternoon got into conversation with a
truckman who about to drive over the
bridge to New York. Mclaughlin asked the
truckman to give him q ride over the bridge, and
he cheerfully assented. Mclaughlin jumped
on the truck, and stood beside the driver chat
ting with him until they had arrived at about
the center Of the bridge. the highest point
above the water. There Mclaughlin jumped
down onto the roadway, quickly mounted the
parapet. and before any one could stop him took
the terrible leap.
There happened at the moment to be a boat
belonging to the police steamboat Patrol almost
directly below the bridge. In the boat were
three policemen. They saw the falling body
and the splashing water and hurried to the spot
where the man had disappeared.
When they reached it he had risen to the sur
face and was swimming. They took him into
their boat and then rowed rapidly down tAe
river. around the Battery and to pier D. where
the Patrol is stationed. When Mclaughlin was
taken aboard the Patrol he appeared toabe suf-
fering from nothing beyond the chill resulting
from his icy bath. An ambulance was sum-
moned from Chambers Street Hospital. and
while they awaited the arrival Mclaughlin was
questioned end gave his name and other partIc-
ulars about himself
When asked why he had jumped from the
bridge he said that when he was crossing on the
truck he saw a scaffold on the bridge Zone Of
those used by the painters at work there), and
thinking be was going to be hanged, he jumped
into the river to escape.
Mclaughlin was dressed in neat suit of blue
cloth. In his pockets were found s69.05. q
handsome gold watch and chain and a tax re-
ceipt for taxes he had paid on property in the
town of Roanoke. Va. He Is about five feet six
inches in height, weighs about 14O pounds and
has a black mus.ache. When Ambulance
Surgeon Stokes arrived Mclaughlin was placed
in the ambulance and taken to Chambers Street
Hospital As he was being carried from the
patrol to the ambulance on a stretcher a re-
porter standing by said to him: "Its a nice day
for dip, isn't it?'
Well replied Mclaughlin, with a smile,
''its rather cool"
The reporter asked him why he jumped from
the bridge. but he only smiled again in reply.
At the hospital when DR.. Stokes examined
him, he could find no broken bones or other
outward signs of injury. Whether he sustained
any internal injury could not then be de-
termined and will probably not be known be-
fore today
At the hospital Mclaughlin is held both as
patient and prisoner and two policemen were
placed in charge of him to take him to court
when he was sufficiently recovered.