New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-30

A BADLY INJURED WOMAN ON THE
KINGS COUNTY TRACKS.
SHE DIED IN THE BROOKLYN CITY HOSPITAL.
AND THE POLICE THINK IT WAS A CASE OF
sUICIDE-A MAN DANGEROUSLY HURT
IN ATTEMPTING TO BOARD
STREET FROM THE RAILS.

IN ATTEMPTING TO BOARD
TRAIN-HE FELL TO THE
STREET FROM THE RAILS.
As one Of tie trains of tie Kings County Ele-
waited Railroad was starting from the Lafayette
ave- station on the up track. at 9;lo last high'
the engineer glanced over toward the down
track. and was Mortified to see the body OF
woman living there motionless. Engine NO -
vas Just coming down to the station, ana wouu
have run over the body had not the up-bound
enoineer called the others attention to the wom-
an The down-bound engineer succeeded IN stop
ming his train before 1t reached the bcdy.
The woman was picked up from the rails ana
lifted to the platform She was unconscious
but not dead. on the platform she recovered
consciousness and moaned and cried out IN de-
lirium.
Tho woman. who was young and slight. was
carried down to the street, and an ambulance
call WAS sent in Surgeon Hussey. OF the BrooK-
lyn Hospital responded. and took the woman
over TO the hospital. on the way she sald tha'
she was a married woman, that her name was
Annie Brisk ani that she WAS Twenty-Five year
old She becar,. delirious again. ana no LUZ :
tbar information could be obtained. Haiu'S
had she arrived at the hospital when she oieu
She baG sustained fracture of the spine' COM
nound fractures of both legs. and Internal IN
juries. ,,o,,r.
The police place little reliance on her account
~ herself. owing to her delirious cond''io"' o"e
wore a black dress, blue calico s'ripeu ""'''
black straw sailor hat. white stockihsS' ,"e''
shoes. and light cape, with brown velvet co''ai'
The noIice are not yet prepared to say whether
II was a case Of suicide or accident Inc la
that sba had only one cent in money IN her pos-
ossion lends color to the theory that II she coi''
n,itted' suicide poverty may have been 'he Cav
Tho noIice had hardly been Informed oi TIC
oosa of tho woman before an accident was
rsported at Adams-st. and MyrtIe-aVe.' ""e
q man was reported to have been Kieu' .
Joseph Rodriguez, about forty-h'e 9'"''
ond ,ivinr At No. 10 Essex-st.. was probably
fatally injured while making iooi""'"'
tomnt to hoard Brooklyn elevated train while
~ .o,io, ot the station about 40 p. m. a
,roin was inst leaving the station as Rodriguez
reached the top of the stairs lie got HIS tioNe'
and rushed for the train. which was bound up
, Tho ticlet-seller called to him TO not try
20 get on but Rodriguez paid no heed to MN.
1Ia grasned the upright stanchion at the END OF
ono NJ the cars. and ran along on the PLATFORM
with tho train Ue had not gone far before ne
"a, into n short guard rail, the end or which
axtended to the inside edge Of the platform. ne
was knocked down. and fell to the crossues oi
the track The wheels did not touch MN. ne
rolled off the end Of the ties through an ape.-
ture under the platform and fell to the street.
twenty-five feet below. striking on his face on
the edge Of the curb Strangely enough he was
no. made unconscious. He was picked up ana
carried into the Adams-st. station. only Few
feet away from where he struck the ground.
An ambulance was summoned and the injured
man was taken 20 the Brooklyn City Hospital.
His face and head were covered with blood, and
tho surgeon could not tell whether the man $
skull was fractured or not. Rodriguez COM
plained of pains in his chest. and the 5urgeons
think he was internally Injured he was hea--
~, dressed and looked as If he were in prosper
Gus circumstances.