The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-10
DRUNK. JUMPS THE BRIDGE
LATEST JICTIY OF THE tRtZF MS
(~ON(TSSTON or THF BRtfN.
He's q Trsck Driver who Had Thrown p vi.
Job, Leaving His Family Destitute" wont
Relieve lie Junped Woman Who TOOK the
Leap Il In Insane wsrd irving To ~tar'e.

Rob.r, Weilel, n truck driver - Cts IA ~
tacnth street. Jumped from the south roadway
~ The Brooklyn Bride at as clio y"~'"T-
DAY afternoon, and i nov In GoN"rn"H" Hos
pital suffering from conclusion OF u" t'aln
The physicians SAID last r!sh' that N",i"' :
condition vas serious and that D" N ;h' not
live until morning IN the few nom"n'> %.
corsciousness he had after n" Wa taken ol' -
the water H. appeared greatly slrpr ~ed VIXEN
told that he had Jumped from ih" Bnd-" aud
refused 10 believe that he had done . A. 81
forts 70 make him tel why ha Jumped were H.
tile. hecau>. he persisted that he had don" To
such thing.
We,,el stood a; ,he Manhattan "ad - tho
Bridge shortly before Z O'Clock and a>~"i
severa! trucknen to let h N rde over on their
vehicles 3 Grim. a 'NaU.s'-r employed D.
the New yorG Betting land Packirc 'ompan",
came along a. last ard told hin 20 jump on The
rear OF his truck Vet1el did The two Non
didn't talk At all on the way oy-r When tA-
truck wa in the m.dd." 81 -" pan, N"'z".
suddenly Jumped in'O the roafvay, climbed 81 i.
the rat and then dosu uEa.u on III" pii."r -IaT
Instead OF jumping he hung suspended b" -
hands from The treat" for ~everal ."oonG-
Two pollcenen aud a trolley car '"idIC'1f.
rsl. made = ds-t-rate 81 1T o. grsp nr.d %, -
hands, but = hen NeiAe. IA" them o"H.hs ne
l.' 20 r
did no, make him UNCONSCIOUS. for when b."
came to thu surface he hogan 20 .v.n ana VI,
swimming when the Peuo-yyanla Railroad
tug. TrentON, Capt. NLcQa-l Warren, sn' 40
10 him aud deckhand- ru ID him -afeiv aboard
APT. Warran made Tor P"- &, at the foot ":
Catherine street, AID IRON! that Ioiui N-tz".
va sent to Gouvern-ur Hoo ;!'al n" mt
time he recovered ~on>Cou-n.-> House sur;
s-on W..sh'man asArd nm My d" JUMPED
from the kridc"
apparently much SURPRISED Who Jumped
from me Bridge
Why YOU DID. sad pr w".sh,man ,
C Wal, YER ialAlu' rex rm". ~ati NeizeI
! and 'hsn hp became uHcuCs0.ng> a.c.n.
| Metzsl - q year Cd he w4s employed as a
teanlrter by Doerub-rSS Gonii; a., ia'nr ok
| manufacturer Of ~ East Eighth street. ana
With b.. tather. mother. tweIye-year,oiit brother
ard 'eu-year-old SISTER. 'c'.. cd three >hh.t
| rooms IN 'h- Fifteenth s'r""t nous" H. pay
$3.50 week and the entire family VA DE-
pendent on nm Tor sGppor- tccardlu. 10 HI
| Parents. We'7el came hone from wrrS N sat-
urday night. drunk ana with only - ~ his -a.hry
day richt Thcn NJ mother .phr1.i-d MN
for his conduct and De tod h1r re
| had gwen 10 ~ yoo because -" -rm tad
! rneE him o. cents FOR breaking a box He GOT
{ up sar.v Yesterday Uorai1S a.a .-!l ne house
NlthOut a word 10 any pcdy IL. ;ar8Nts '".ah
' thar h. was temporary .r-aH" from excessive
drinking when he .gmvedirpm The Bridge tie
, and h- parent, nr" al members u - "r''f" :
! Church. OF gh!cl tn Rev pr Ea.I-'prd =
pastor We'I-. = rg- ll.rd 1"r~na who hA~
| Jumped from the ErGs- O. -" .-~i 'lr'- W-"A-
Asa result probably other cap from. Brook
! lyn bridge. Name Rosa . b.l-- V6> placed "a
! tie insane ward a. Bellevue Ns-terd1E Nn"n
she Vas taken to Hli>o. .'r"at ap-g.'a' after
her lump (, va- found that her ln5ure- were
| cnmpara'y I.y slight and tie doctor. thought
hat ne would be all ct1to a'"N day. She
was removed 10 the PRISON Tardai Bellevue In
/ the hospital me woman la --hrTeG cutilnA-
/ siv from, ,'arafo.0g god b" IT. . extreme
| rveiArchola Sl- refuses tod and ar'.'ca,
means have ba.u rr~oriad % ~I-'alu her Sc
was put IN the IN are 1acG '"-'"TiIF 'A.f ne
! could - Watched rnr" closely
4 lot - .s'tsr> have uae. T".SIvfG n Bellevue
! for Ms nIu-s. ...va Of it"-l'rur. orarh, VIA
. offer A.. kinds - slec-''"r- 'oT her o-h"h' m.
/ ending rru,n-1's u uarr.tse some u: laa
/ letters contain oEs-,o Of a~,.-'.ro" y .Ich appar'
emily are sincere The woman aas not yet
been a n condition - attend 20 them