Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-10
LEAPED BEFORE A TRAIN
A Woman's Suicide on a Brook
 lyn Elevated Road.
SHE WENT COOLEY TO HER DEATH

Gripping . Farasol Tn One Hand and Some
 Novels In the Other. She Flung Hersen
 Under the Cars and Was Ground to
 Death-Not Identified.
 NEW YORK, Sept. lO.-At the bridge terminus of the Brooklyn and Union ole yated road Q shocking suicide occurred late last night. An unknown woman cast herself down from the station platform in front of an approaching train. Her body was caught under the engine wheels and was fearfully mangled. She doubtless met with instantaneous death.
 The woman, tho ticket chopper said, got of a Fifth avenue train a few minutes previous She walked down stairs, then paid another fare and returned to the plat form. She was about 5 feet inches tall, wore pinkish dress, such as Italian wom- en are so fond of, had imitation gold ear rings and carried Q black silk parasol, with Q china knob handle. On her head was O little gray ostrich leather bonnet. In ono of her ungloved h-nds she carried two paper covered novels.
 Walked Coolly to Death. Deliberately and naturally sho walked to the extreme northern end of the plat form which a second Fifth avenue train W | feet of her and before 1t had hardly begun to slow up, she clutched her parasol and novels firmly in her right hand and jump cd forward between the rails. She said not a word, but took the final leap as coolly as if she wore crossing a mud pud- | dle on 0 rainy day. Engineer Jeremiah | II. Tine, leaning out of his cab window. | put on brakes and shut of steam as quick | ly as he could, but the engine wheels had passed over the woman's body. Tine backed the train for few feet, but the corpse had become firmly wedged | in between the firebox and the tim | bers of the track. The train was filled | with passengers, who did not know the cause of the sudden stoppage until the cars | were detached from the engine and shunt- | cd to the track on the other side of the platform. Not many persons witnessed | the suicide
 It was found necessary to obtain jacks | to hoist the engine clear of tho body. Thi: consumed considerable time. Finally tho mangled corpse was freed, and 1t was car ried down on a stretchcr to the Brooklyn i city hospital ambulance. which had beer summoned. The ambulance was driver | to the Second precinct police station, or lower Fulton street, and the body of tn, unfortunate woman was laid on the fiool | in Il back room.
 |
 Dr. Arthur Jacobson, tho ambulanc,
 surgeon and his assistant, Dr. Cyru
 Hamlin, made an examination. Beside
 having her scalp almost torn of, her ribs
 right arm and left leg were broken, anI
 her face and clothing were blackcncd anG
 bloody. Thcrc was nothing about her h!
 which shc could be identified. Her un
 dcrclothing was of cheap cotton, but clean
 Shc wore low cut shoes. Her earring
 wcrc very ordinary imitation gold. He
 bonnet was straw, decorated with gra.
 feathers The silk parasol was evidcntl.
 new. ArounS her neck she worc O scapu
 lar. botOkening she was a Catholic Sh
 had a mnturc figure. Dr. Jacobson
 thought she was 10 or thcrcabout Sh
 might weigh l7O pounds. Her hair an,
 features were dark.
 ! Tho novels which shc had wcrc Mad
 am's Ward and Frank K. Stockton Lady or the Tiger" Engineer Tine wa arrested.
 At n late hour the woman's pocketbool was found on tho track. It containc,
 S25. Is in cash, gold rosary beads and small comb and three keys. On n piec
 of paper was the address, Mrs. x. Me Mahon, 536 West Fifticth street, Ncy
 York
 There was letter sent by Mrs. Branni I gan of ljlG Gray's Ferry road, Phila dclphia, which contained directions hoN
 to reach her, On the back of 1t was writ ten: will leave New York for Philadcl
 phia on the 9;3O train. Maggie Mulhai tam The latter may have been the su
 cide's name.
 There was another scrap inscribcd ''
 hope you will not fail to como Mrs. HC . gan. i63 West Thirty fifth street, Nc,
 Yorb."