The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-21
She l1spsd From Vehicle and Ran QulckIy
10 The Bridge Railing.
DROPPED BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED.
PIcisd Up BY Boai's Crew From Tho Tug Tacoma
and Was Taken 10 Tho Hospital lsfi
y J;wslry In The Hack.

New York, April 2i.-Miss Marie
Dinse of this city jumped from the
Brooklyn bridge yesterday afternoon
and apparently sustained no serious
injury. Many men have made this leap
into the waters OF 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 Sept G. 1895. Mrs. McArtnur
jumped from the bridge and was but
slightly. injured. She was discharged
when arraigned i'm a police court. The
woman who jumped yesterday is now In
Hudson street hospital.
The physicians found no bones were
broken, but they say II is possible that
she has sustained internal injuries. In
the carriage in which she drove To the
bridge was found a brooch on which
was engraved M. Dinse. May 20, 1887. .
and she was also identified through
papers on her person as Miss Dinse.
She is about 32 years old and was for
merly part owner of boarding house
on West Twenty-third street. She
stepped from carriage in motion
about so feet from the bridge tower on
the New York end and dropped TO the
water below. striking, according to an
eye witness. about 20 feet from the
Clyde Line pier, which encircles the
tower. She was picked up by the crew
of the tug Tacoma. The fact that she
had no money and had ordered herself
driven to Brooklyn, where she is not
known. leads the police TO believe that
suicide was planned.
Thomas l. Moss. the hackman. says
she approached him on Broadway and
requested him to take her to '112 Full
ton street." Brooklyn.
''She acted rather odd" said Moss.
when we got to the ticket taker on
the bridge, she had no money to buy
the ticket. She pulled ring from her
finger and offered 1t to the man as Sc
curity, but he would not take It. l had
partly turned my horse when she said
that ! would get the money when we
reached Fulton street. So / paid the
toll and went ahead. 1 was past the
frst tower when heard people calling.
4 turned around and saw the door OF
the hack open.
The woman was about 12 feet be-
hind me and climbing over the low
railing. Before the bridge policemen
could reach her she had squeezed
dhrough triangular hole between the
braces and dropped down"
bridge policeman dashed toward
her. but was a moment too late. The
iWohtdh cli uth Tile WdttT Oh neT TlSnl
side and fioated. drifting down stream.
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
her were found a number of papers. ali
written in German. One was n con-
tract between Marie Dinse and F.Mau-
din, dated Aug. /. 1899, and. according
to it's terms, Marie Dinse agreed to pay
to #. Maudin $400 for a part interest In
q boarding house at 312 West Twenty
third street. and was TO receive in re-
turn a third OF the rec 'ipts, the settle
nsent 20 be made monthly.
The boerding house Is run by Mrs
Hosford. who said vest tarday that she
bought IL six weeks agJ. She said +.
Naudin conducted 1t for nine months
before that, and that Marie Dinse lived
there with him. They were dispos-
eessed for non-payment of rent. and
moved to No. 3l4 on the same street
There il was said that Maudin and Miss
Dinse were dispossessed from that
boarding house on Wednesday. Mrs
Hosford said that Miss Dinse was
melancholy and remained in her room
most of the time. She last noticed Miss
Dinse walking up and down Twenty.
third street on Thursday.