The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-07

hand TO the bottom OF the trestlework
beam. hung for about five seconds and let
go.
According TO Myers. Naegele's body re-
manned perpendicular about half Of the lss
feet to the water. Then. In spite Of bis
apparest efforts to keep straight. the body
inclined forward. and when It struck II was
face downward in a horizontal position
The impact was SO violent that Il made a
report like a small cannon The body waa
under water but second, and it reached
the surface face upward In a wave Of
blood. The body looked AS IL Il had been
split open from the head downward
Death must have been instantaneous. The
body was turned over and was carried
rapidly down stream. One OF the Fulton
street ferry boats passed over the mutllat-
ed body, and 1t was not visible afterward.
John Pepper and Frank e. Woodwork,
who saw the jump. reported the occur
renee TO the bridge police. and Policeman
Digney ran from the Brooklyn tower.
Naegele's body had then disappeared.
The policeman searched the coat and hat
for something which might Lad 70 the
mans Identification, but there was nothing
found.
Naegele was thirty-fve years old His
wife lives at No. 1883 Amsterdam avenue,
with her ten-year-o,d daughter Augusta
Elsa, a younger daughter. died six weeks
ago from diphthers- Mrs. NaegeIs has
not seen her husband since January last
She heard from him last week through
Captain Maggie Fox. Of TIE salvation
Army. who called upon heT 10 intercede
for Naegele. who. she said, had become
converted and wished TO return to his
family.
NaegeIe came from a good family IN
Augsburg. Bavaria, but from his youth Ne
was a Hack sheep. lie Mas driven BY hls
misconduct from Heideiburg. AMI his
father was compelled to send him % this
country twenty years ago. The man was
a rover. dreamer and a natural samsaer.
but he vas such big. strong. k!nd-heart-
ed being that his wife took him back after
each OF eleven deseTtions IN seventeen
years OF married life. The last work Nae
geie did was as steward on a White Star /
steamship. At the time Of his oath there /
was a warrant out for his arreEt. sworn /
10 by he wife.
Naegeie vas an expert swimmer and 4
had a newspaper clipping which stated I
that In Australia ne had Won. IN fast time, 4
a twenty hve-miie race. lie alsi had clip /
pings which told Of a man OF the name % 4
Lang having MADE jumps or dives from 1
bridges Ia different paris o; the word. 4
Naegels sad that more people knew him 1
az Lang than by his right name. He was
familiar with the rscors Of al the men 4
who had succeeded or failed 20 Srlocens-
fully Jump from the Brooklyn Bridge and .
In talking with his friends often t15d wy.
in MS Judgment. each one had saccee-aed
or faIle-L
No one who knew Nsezeie. Myers says
VII cay that he ever showed any synp-
toms % mentai alteration lie was 50
strong tsat he fully believed that ~ could
DO anything eny peTs5a ever I'D IN a pnys-
Icai cor iest. and al agree that g vas shlz
con6derce In himself Elich led I'm TO
death
II was Naegele's hope. expressed %
Myers. "a only Intimate trIsnd % iaf~
yeans. hat be Eos.d - s5gs 20 make
money out % ,he bridge jaDp.nz. He - &
that q sgccessf1l be you'd give every
hing h ussds 70 his Esfs. wosl6 s,seE %
he pie6gss ne had made In tie 1le~-luF.
u the sslvatiOs Army not 70 driak o.
gamble again ard Sovid endsavos % lead
IN h0nsEi and Fespectzsis lie.