New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-07
pRoBABLY DROWNED N THE HUDSON.
WILLIAM BRENNAN GOES ~ BATHING WITH
FRIENDS AID DIsAPPEARS

without heing able 10 swim stroke. william
Brennan dived from raft AT the Hudson Beach
Fathing Pavilion On~-hundred- NIFTY eighth
81 carly yesterday morning. and was In al PROB
ability drowned His body IL supposed 10 be under
m, large float belonging to the pavilion. or else 10
have been foa,ed ont by the tide down the river.
Brennan was twenty-One years old. and the son
OF Patrick j. Brennan. veteran fireman, who Is
attached TO the hreboat Zophar NILS at Pier \.
He lived with his parents AT No. Az West tish-
feminist.
Brennan on Monday night IN company with John
Fecrs OF No Is Cottagc-st, Jersey CITY. and
Charles Mulholland Of No y7G West 4th-st hired a
large electric cab and prepared 10 make Il night
OF H. The party soon Joined by two women.
whose names ara unknown. They went about from
Mace 10 place downtown. and early in the morning
determined to take long ride 10 Harlem. They
ordered the cabman TO take them TO Harlem and
up the Boulevard Two OF the men got on top Of
the cab and the two women and one OF the men
got Ia the cab. II about o'clock when they
reached Observation-Disclosures hth-st. All along
the route they awakened people by singing and
shouting At One-hundred "a nd MT eignth-st the
party concluded to take carly morning plunge.
They went 10 the Hudson Beach Bathing Pavilion
kept by Jacob Solomon.
1t was rather carly in the morning for patrons
and Solomon and his attendants were getting
thl.gs in readiness for the days business Mr.
Solomon did want 70 take patrons. but after a
good deal Of persuasion he yielded The three men
put on ba hing suits and into the water. The
women remained upstairs and looked at the
bathers from a balcony. Both Egcrs and Mulhol-
land could swim, and they knew that Brennan
could not. yet they HUNDRED him when he boosted
of his diving accomplishments. All three men
Giycd into the water from the raft Brennan con-
tiuued further out IN The float each time. AT
945 O'Clock his two companions missed Brennan.
They could not see him anywhere, and vent up
into the pavilion, thinking he had gone back 10
dress But they found his clothes there. Then
they thought that he must be pl1S Ing some trick
on them and they hunted everywhere for him and
f.tf.. find i'm hon dc Vcuf hat
he must have divcd and been drowned
Egers and Muholland dived under the float re-
pcaiedly. but failed 10 hud their companion. Solo.
mon was notified ana he and his attendants tried
10 find the missing young man his body in vain.
Word was sent 10 the One hundred and -hfty-sec-
ond-st. police station and Policeman Louis Graf
was sent TO investigate Policeman Gran said there
another man besides Egers and Mulholland. but
he forgot to take his name.
Late yesterday afternoon Patrick j. Brennan
called al the Pavilion and Identified the clothing In
the apartment occupied by Brennan that
by his He was very mucn affected at thc
drowning OF his son. Graphing hooks got and
another unsuccessful attempt to secure
the body. Young Brennan had a fine tenor voice and
belonged TO quartet and also sang In church lie
, made his livelihood in that