The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-09

Record in Roanoke.
NEW YORK, Dec. S.-Another man
has jumped from tho Brooklyn bridge
into tho East river and has been taken
out alive. Hes is Daniel Mclaughlin,
blacksmith, 80 years old, who lives in
Roanoke, Va, and was born in Sheffield,
England He came to this city yester-
day. Today he went to the Brooklyn
side of the big bridge aud little after
two o'clock this afternoon got into con-
versation with truckman who was
about to drive over tho bridge to New
York. Mclaughlin asked the truck
man to give him ride over the bridge
and no cheorfullY assented.
Mclaughlin jumped on the truck and
stood beside tho driver, chatting with
him until they had arrived about tho
centre OF the bridge, the highest point
above tho water. There Mclaughlin
jumped down on the roadway, quickly
mounted the parapet, and before any
one could stop him, took tho terrible
leap. There happened at the moment
to DO boat belonging the police
steamboat Patrol below, directly under
the bridge. In the boat were three
policemen. They saw the falling tody
and the splash of the water and rowed
hurriedly to the spot where tho man
had disappeared. When they reached
1T the man had risen to tho surface and
was swimming. They took him into
their boat and then rowcd down the
river, around the Battery to pier ID,
whore the steamer Patrol is stationed.
When Mclaughlin was taken aboard
the Patrol he appeared to be suffering
from nothing beyond chill resulting
| from his icy bath. An ambulance was
summoned from the Chambers Street
Hospital, and while they awaited its
| arrival Mclaughlin was questioned and
gave his name and other particulars
about himself. Whom asked why he
had jumped from the bridge, he said
| that when he was crossing on tho truck
he saw n s,affold on the bridge Zone Of
those used by painters at work there),
AMI thinking he was going to be hanged
| he jumped into the river to escape.
Mclaughlin was dressed in neat
suit Of blue clothes. In his pockets
were found sixty-nine dollars, a hand
| some gold watch and chain and tax
receipt for taxes he had paid on prop.
erty in the city of Roanoke. Va He
Is about five feet six inches in height
weighs about lao pounds and has black
moustache. When the ambulance sur.
geon arrived Mclaughlin was placed in
the ambulance and taken to the Cham
bers Street Hospital AS he was being
carried from the Patrol to tho ambulance
on stretcher, a reporter standing by
the side of him said:
Its nice day for dip, isn't it?"
well" replied Mclaughlin with
smile. Its rather cool"
Tho reporter asked him why he
jumped from the bridge, but he only
smiled again in reply. Al the hospital
when DR.. Stokes examined him he could
find 10 broken bones or other outward
signs of injury. Whether no sustained
any internal injuries could not then be
determined and will probably not be
known before tomorrow. At the hos
pital Mclaughlin is held both as a
patient and prisoner and two policemen
were placed in cha-g Of him to take
him to court when he has sufficiently
recovered.
Daniel Mclaughlin is we'll known in
Roanoke, where he has lived for tho past
nine years, being employed for eight
| years in tho blacksmith shop of the
| Roanoke Machine Works. He came to
this city from Jersey City, whore he mad
been employed in the Erie car shops.
About a year ago Mclaughlin sold
sono property hero for ST., 900, since
which time he has been doing nothing,
He took trip to his native home last
March, but returned to Roanoke after a
stay OF few months. Recently his
| friends have been much concerned
about him and they declare he was not
| responsible for his act.