New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-19
UNDER THE ENGINES WHEELS
A MAN FALLS OR JUMPS FROM AN ELE-
WAITED STATION.

NOTHING IN HIS CLOTHING TO REVEAL HIS
IDENTIrY-PRoBABLY CASE OF SUICIDE.
A little group of early passengers was standing
on the uptown platform Of the Third Avenue Ee-
waited station at Houston-st. at $40 a. m. yester
day when a tall dark man walked quickly past
the ticket-chopper and to the platform. He
paced rapidly up and down the promenade, keep
ing ava, from the other passengers, who were
gathered together near the ticket-oflice awaiting
the train. 1t was just approaching when one OF
them suddenly shouted
Look out: there's man on the track"
John McKeon. the ticket-chopper. heard the
shout and graspng a red light he sprang for
ward and waved it in front Of the approaching
train The engineer saw the lamp and shut off
steam and applied the brake. but he was too late
The engine was almost or the man. who had
jumped or fallen from the end OF the platform
i'm front of Il. when the warning was given. Be
fore the brakes could take effect the train had
struck him. He Knocked down and carried
along for nearly a dozen yards before the train
stopped. ~
Policeman William Borst Of the Fifth-st. sta
ton was standing on the corner of Houston-st.
and the Bowery. He heard the people on the
platform Of the elevated station screaming ana
ran up the steps in time To drag the man from
under the wheels of the locomotive. He was un-
conscious. but 1t seen that the wheels OF the
engine had not gone over his BODY, ana tnat,
therefore, there some nope tndt ne Hhu
merely been stunned by the shock he had re-
ceiv"d.
An ambulance telegraphed for ana Dr.
Uevwood came from Bellevue Hospital, nut after
examining the man. he said that he had been
killed instantaneously when the engine Struck
him ., .
The tody was taken 10 the East fifth-st.
station. and John Brennan. the engineer WAS
taken into custody and locked up
Three Of the passengers gave their names To
the nolice as witnesses 90 the accident. None Of
them were able TO state emphatically whether
the man fell or threw himself under the train
The examination of the body by the police dld
NOT disclose anything which would lead 10 his
identify but several articles found in the pockets
seemed T. show that the case was probably one
of suicide In a breast pocket of the man $ coat
were. found carefully preserved a womans DAINTY
lace handkerchief. tiny mirror. comb ana put
ton-hook in "A leather case. and ladys visiting
card on which written the name Ada
Anderson. ,,
In the other pockets OF the mans ciothlhe
there could be found no money or papers the
sole contents being three new mems hdhdheI-
chiefs and bunch Of keys.
Tn. stranger was a WHll-Dullt man dp'"'
forty years Of age with dark-broWn hdir' tH's
and mustache. He well dressed. MS cIotnlhR
consisting Of a dark suit. blue overcoat. biacK
derby hat and fine woollen underclothlng
Brennan the engineer Of the tram. was ar
r,iynod I'm Essex Market Police Court later in the
dav ON = charge OF causing the man 9 death
IIstire Feitner held him in $4,000 bail for exam
inat,on on Wednesday. He was bailed out ny
Mrs Ella Marony Of No. 6s4 East One-huhnreu-
and thirty -fOurth-st