The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-21
FROM The BROOKLYN BRIDGE
MISS MARIE DINSE JUMPS WITH
SUICIDAL INTENT.
Picked UP by Crew of Tug Boat-Ap-
parently Sustained No Injury AL
though Internal Troubles May Oc-
velop-The Second Woman to Jump
from the Bridge-First One Also
Escaped.

| New York, April 20.-Miss Marie Din
| Sc of this city jumped from the Brook
| lyn bridge this afternoon and appar-
entity sustained no serious injury.
Many men have made this leap into the
waters os the East river since the
bridge has been completed. Most of
them have perished, but Miss Dinse is
the second woman who has ever at
tempted to end her life in this way. On
September G., 1895, Mrs. Macarthur
jumped from the bridge and was but
slightly injured. She was discharged
when arraigned in police court.
Miss Dinse is now in the Hudson
street hospital The physicians found
that no bones were broken, but they say
it is possible that she has sustained in
ternal injuries. In the carriage in
which she drove to the middle span of
the bridge was found a brooch on
which was engraved IN. Dinse, May
%, 1887" and she was also identified
through papers on her person as Miss
Dinse. She is about thirty-two years
old and was formerly part owner OF
a boarding house on West 23d street.
She stepped from a carriage about fifty
feet from the tower on the New York
side and dropped to the water below,
striking, according to an eye witness,
about twenty feet from the Clyde line
pier which encircles the tower. She
was picked up by the crew of the tug
Tacoma, which was moored near by.
The fact that she had no money and
had ordered herself driven to a place
in Brooklyn where she Is not known,
leads the police to believe that suicide
was planned.
Thomas I. Moss, hackman gives
the best account of the woman's act.
She approached him on Broadway and
requested him to take her to ZIP Full
ton street, Brooklyn"
"she acted rather odd" said Moss,
land I was little afraid that I would
lose my pay, but I finally concluded to
take the chance. When we got to the
ticket taker on the bridge she had no
money to buy the ticket. She pulled
a ring from her finger and offered it
to the man as security but he would
not take 1t. | was about to turn
around and bring her back, and had
partly turned my horse when she said
T would get the money when we reach
ed Fulton street. So paid the toll
and went ahead. was past the pier and
heard people calling I turned around
and saw the door of the hack open
on the side nearest the promenade. The
woman was about twelve feet behind
me and climbing over the low railing.
Before the bridge policeman, who was
near, could reach her she had squeeZ-
ed through a triangular hole between
the braces and dropped down. She did
not jump just dropped"
bridge policeman on hearing the
cries dashed towards her, but was a
too late The woman struck
the water on her right side, and after
the first splash floated, drifting down
stream, carried by the ebb tide. The
tug Tacoma put out and picked her up
unconscious, and after some delay she |
was removed to the hospital.
The woman was attired In black. On
ler were found number of papers,
some large enough to be called manu-
scripts, and all were written in Ger
iluii' Clic, oli bcli6 tldllSidlCu, pTONcu
% be a contract between Marie Dinse
md f. Maudin. 1t was dated August
!, 1899, and according to its terms
Marie agreed to pay to f. Maudin $400
or part interest in a boarding house I
1t 312 West 23d street, and was to re-
,eive in return third of the receipts,
he settlement to be made monthly.
The boarding house is run by Mrs.
Iosford, who said to-day that she
bought it six weeks ago She said F..
Iaudin conducted it for nine months
before that and that Marie Dinse lived
here with him. They were dispossess-
d for nom payment of rent and moved
o No. 314 on the same street. There it
vas said that Maudin and Miss Dinse
we're dispossessed from the boarding
ouse on Wednesday, Mrs. Hosford
aid that Miss Dinse was melancholy
nd remain in her room most of the
ime, She last noticed Miss Dinse walk
ng up and down 23d street on Thurs
ay.