New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-28
ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.
RESCUE OF A GIRL WHO LEAPED INTO
THE RIVER.
MAN SUCCEEDS IN DROWNING HIMsELs~
I.AUDANuM FAILS TO KILL DE-
SpONDENT BLACKSMITH.

A nrettv Young Hebrew girl was observed walk
ing along the wharf at Ninety-sixth-st and East
River about IL o'clock yesterday morning Suuueh'y
she ran to the edge of the wharf. mounted the
stringpiece and with a shrek. plunged into the
river.
The outcry attracted the attention OF some men
who were unloading schooner near by' one Oh '"e
mo, 1ohn OHrien who lives at Ninety-seventh-s st.
and First-ave. jumped into the water ana seiZed
her after she had sunk twice. He held her head out
OF the water until rescuihs poa' Ao'" '"e '
er took both aboard
The girl soon revived and was taken TO the East
Eighty-cighth-st. station in an ambulance. She de-
scribed herself as Julia Tilnao an orphah' seNeh-
teen years old and said that she lived with her
aunt Mrs Newman at No. 46 East One-hundred-
and-twefth-st She had worked as sales"oihah
until two weeks ago. when she lost her situation IN
consequence of the duness Of business she had
looked for work since then in van ana her aunt hau
scoded her for her enforced ideness. At last she
began to fear that her aunt would turn her o"' Vi
the house and this drove her 10 despair
The girl was arragned In the Harlem court yes
teriay afternoon, and held in 500 bail.
Frederick w Langhorst who keeps saloons at
No l oso Park-ave and No. l5S East Twenty-third-
g.. called at the Morgue yesterday ana iden'ineu
the body of a found drowned yesterday III un
t,ast River. at Twenty hird-st.. as that OF his
hrother Charles. twenty-sx years oin WHO hNeu
with him at the latter address, and was MS hedu
bartender. ,.. -,
7. seems certain that the young man comh'''eu
s,,ici6e although his relatives cannot unders'ahd
ybv he did So August Langhorst another prother
~ Inc dead man, keeps saloon Al no. o'y GU ~
ave Charles had been suffering from heart trouDe
Sor two wears and Friday last had such d SRI
d ns a,tack that he fell out of bed twice te then
ieft the house. saying that he G, ala not i've any ny
longer The dead man was single i IN 10 one od
nocIets was found letter sent to MN py youhs
pwoman Ii was dated July 10 and chided MN ior
MOI having kept appointment TO meet her a' d
picnic 49, - cha vacdoural-st station.
sau a man sitting In front or NO % WoostcI-s..,
80 O'clock yesterday morning, VINO was oLiiy
aootit, conscious and begged to be Jet alone "Ieh
49, Pc were made arouse him. DUNN soon us
n'1arod NV the smell OF the mans breath that ne
ST ,aken laudanum. The drowsy man said una
h t IN was Vassar T.. Powell ADDING that ne
MS ' 20 hiacksmth and lived In scranton. Iehl'
W., had great trouble In keeping Poweii awake.
~, ne walked him up and down the street tnen 10
,he station and thence TO St lhceI,s iao'P'''''
ani0 INC man received medical attendance,
Powell said that he had come TO TINS tfy o.,
Sunday looking for work. leaving MS VIC ana
,smiiv nj their home at No o29 kessier ooui
scrnnton He did not find the WORK ne enpac a
nh lost all his money In the man poeK1t was IS
RAJ All his troubles were caused by uiank h ,re
recovered sufficiently to be taken srIe Sonr,
MAGISTRATE Brann in the JEFFERSON Md t 90 ~,
vhere he was held In 500 ball on the charge u AZ
tempting suicide.