The evening times., 1898-12-05
JUMPED OVERHEARD
WITH MANACLES ON
MAD LEAP or AN INSANE SAILOR
Throws Himself From the Seneen.
and Is Rescued After Being Over
Fourteen Minutes In lhs. Sea-

New York, Dec. 5.-With his brain
wrecked i'm the service of his country, w
II. Seymour, yeoman on the United States
refrigerator ship Glacier, on his way to
confinement in an asylum in the United
States, evaded the watchfuness of his
TWO guardians on the steamer Seneca, of
the Ward line, and leaped into the sea
with his wrists bound tightly to each
other with handouts.
That he was saved and landed safely in
New York when the steamer arrived yes
terday may have been due TO some extent
10 the fact that the cold water restored
his deranged faculties sufficiently TO re-
awaken the instinct of self-preservation.
but il was principally by the quick work
of the rescuers who followed him in one
of the steamers lifeboats. Though the
ship was going at full speed when he
made his mad plunge, fouateen and a
half minutes from the time the alarm
WIS given the man was safe on deck
again, the boat running up TO the daYits
and the engine room gong rung for full
speed ahead"
Al Santiago the ship took Seymour
aboard as a first-class passenger.
He had gone insane a result of fe-
Yer and was being sent to the st. Eliza
beth's Asylum in Washington, I'm charge
OF Dr. Burns, of the cruiser Cincinnati,
and an attendant. On November %, the
patient became unmanageabie. and by the
doctors orders was placed in irons, but
the next morning he seemed more tracta-
BILE and was taken on the open after part
OF the main deck TO get some fresh air.
Soon after discharging the pilot. off Cape
Cruz. the man lay down in a hammock,
and his leg irons were removed to give
him little more freedom when he gave
a cry. and with his hands still menacled
sprang over the rail into the sea.
On tie bridge AT the time was First OH
Ger J. W. Reed, who had the engines stop
ped and the starboard quarter boat low
cred. Besides himself there were in il
Fred Hansen, George Thompson. Chris
Knudsen and Louis Larsen, seamen. Sey-
nour rapidly left astern as the ship forg
ed ahead. was seen floating on his back
and swimming for the shore. which was
about forty miles distant As the boat
came up 10 him the steamer had lost her
way and was backing down upon them.
Seymour offered no resistance to being
rescued. and said, Il thought | couldn't
get bath any other way, so / took one.
He is a large, athletic man, and seemed
TO be better as a result of his swim. Mr.
Reed seemed to possess wonderful control
over him after the rescue, and several
times was called upon by the regular at
tendants to help give the patient other
baths before the ship came into port.
Second Officer John Parker was in his
siaterUom when The alarm was given. ami
the rescue was completed just as he
mounted the bridge 10 take charge of the
ship. He said il was the quickest work he
had ever seen AT sea.
Among the passengers on the Seneca
were Col. Bonip. Capt Frost and Lieut..
Clark Of the Third United States Infant
ry; Surg. II. NJ. Patton. of The Fourth
United States Infantry, and W. Dwyer
and W Buck divers I'm the employ of the
Chairman Merritt Wrecking ComT any.
who have been at work on the Spanish
wrecks before Santiago. They expressed
the opinion that the Colon cannot b.
saved.
There was fine weather during the first
part of the voyage, bCt the Seneca ran
into the hg storms and got her fun meas
ue of them. as her officers report eX-
ceeding bad weather for the last two
days.