New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14
SUPPOSED BRIDGE JUMPER RESCthD.
PICKED UP BY A TUG WHILE HE WAS SWIMMING
ABOUT IN THE EAST RIVER

yrxEp Up BY 4 TUG WHILE HE WAS SWIMMING
ABOUT IN THE EAST RIVER
.,rr MAJ, sun,osed 10 be Patrick sullivan, is
,,ousht n have Jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge
a, sIs o'clock last evening AT that hour fonc"-
man Brady was standing near the middle OF 'he
Bridge He was hailed by an unknown coachnah
crossing from Brooklyn. who said that man had
lust Jumped rom the railing guarding the road
ray Brady rushed to the north roadway and saw
a man swimming In the water Inc man swan
about one hundred feet. when he was picked up
bv the tug Rawson which took him 10 the pier at
Iav.st Rrooklvn There the man was transferred
N .ha ting state OF New-YOrk. which steamed
ranidlv No the river TO East Twenty-sixth-st..
where the man was landed and removed to Belle
vue Hospital
When Officer Brady saw that the tug that p'cKe1
the man up was headed for Brooklyn. little
north o, the Bridge ne hurried to the river front
He reached the foot OF Jay-st only 10 find that
few minutes before the supposed Bridge Jumper
had been taken of the tug Rawson. which picked
him up and placed on the tug State OF New-Iork.
which had Immediately steamed up the river
The affair caused little excitement the Bridge.
because only a few people knew OF II. 4 crowd
Of about twenty people gathered the centre
a,he Bridge but none could be found who actually
au IN. man in the air before ne struck the water.
MBsHevue Hospital II was learned chat the sup
posed bridge jumper Is Patrick Sullivan, twenty
seven years old single OF No. IT. Willoughby-st..
Brooklyn He Is a priAter and has been drinking
heavily for the last two weeks. He is about five
fee, seven inches tall. and weighs about 2i pounds
Upon his arrival at the hospital Sullivan was
tra.ed by Dr. Miller. who said that he was suffer
ing from the effects Of alcoholism. The only In
ury that the doctor could find about Sullivan was
slight sprair on the right leg. which he thought
had been caused by striking against one or the
cabes OF the Bridge as he jumped off. Sullivan was
not unconscious at any time and he is not consid-
cred 10 be in the slightest danger.
The man was placed in the alcoholic ward and
he'd as a prisoner. He will probably be arraiRned
n ne Centre Street Cour, this morning
After Sullivan had been in the hospital while
\. made a abatement 10 John Jackson q clerk EN-
pIoytd ny the Charities Department. he SAID thai
for three or four months he had bean out OF work.
He started last evening for New-York 70 look Tor
xork When ne got 10 the middle Of the Bridge he
says an idea struck him OF jumping from the
Bridge FOR the sake OF the notorlety the leap
would give him II successful He said tina, ne theI
d-opped from the rear Of the wagon on which ne
had been riding scrambled upon the rail ana jumped
over into the river below. He says that ne mace
four CONN etc turns in the ar and struck one OF
the Bridge cables before he landed IN tne wafer
When searched at the hospital caro- WIN ths5
address OF Rowery saloOnkeeper on one side anu
the saloonkeepers picture on the oihe: was me o!
hs fad been placed in ;he hospital inessenssr tin
arrived from the saoonkeeper and oNered sum -
position ss bartender as soon az ne was ap'o ~
leave the hospital