The sun., 1900-06-17
JUMPED FROM THE BRIDGE
UNIDENTIFIED HAN SPRINGS TeoH
A CAR AND GETS OVEh THs RAIL-

Killed by Striking the water. o. prswsse
Body Not Rscoversd-Two Aen 30 Neer
Him when He Jumpcd that . sew $50
onds More wosId Have rro'sass~ ."
Trolley car ss4 OF the draham ave-
nue line. an open car started from tne
New York end of the Brookiyn broso
at 1904 o'clock last night having twenty
passengers on board. just rs IL Iescneo .
point about 800 feet east OF tho New fork
tower man In one OF the forward seats stooo
up and motoned for the conductor 10 stop Inc
conductor climbed out on the side step intenoins
to 60 near enough to the man TO tell MN that
passe ngers were not permitted 70 leave the car
while it was going over the bridse lhe
man saw the conductor approaching ana
managed to jump from the car before
the conductor got near hin' he ran
directly to the side rail OF the roadway,
squeezed himself between the thin wire cables
So as TO get clear Of possible en'angieman's.
climbed to tho top girder and Jumped down
i35 feet into the river.
In the meantime the car conductor had rung
his bel. and stopped 6f car OF o, s passH oT Hs
Of them Jumped from the car. ran to the ran
and looked down ut the water; Two women In
'hs car Grun wpInx er SGSst u" Cresmsr took the
brass handle from hIs motor and sauntered
back TO make inquiries. He met Policeman
aSs 20 o. ,eIepbone for ASSISTANCE SO that boat
might be sent out to search Tor the man VINO
George Churchill. an inspector on the Brook
Heights Railroad. volunteered 10 act as lookout
on The Bridge while the policeman tele-
NJ tbe time Ike man Jumped, and was
on,v or '"p twenty feet from tho point where the
srs wsp pSsr the H Mfsy ns fr3"f SsS BEEN n
the together ss sy fns hSd TSh ram the Sesa
tbs ,,n Tsu 1n "gi They % were w I few seconds late
tburchiil believed he would be able to caioh
hold of ,hs man but the fellow fooled him BY
eabes Il t was ash nscessar ry for The man to climb
through this cable net work to avoid stumbling
over few wooden steps at that section Of ihe
Dfaoxe RlHnasm.n Manobcster Of the Bridge squad
ON sbs car m one @ Of the psssenSers @ knew
tsc, ibn, 'i he exhibi,ed some excitemsnt
when he stood no and motioned for the con-
y cissr case ~ suicide The conductor OF the
CO.. q said sSe man Ind n ANAL black mustache,
The r mot motorman m W was @ Of the opinion that he was
ian WA Maos1 hlscs wos,.s and bIack mustaohe
said one OF the women In the car Il noticed
- uaa naryous ali tho wav oyar Ia held n
inor,ny ne wns naner in his hand and was markins
e,ra a. 'npv' pv,b nancI Nawbe be lost some
monev on The racSs ''"'
Inhn A Sh,w ~ i,, Sand street Rrooklyn
"o',n s, a. a'Jm nv VI nosonSars who sat near ihs
ynan NJ shaw said the man Shielded his face
sn ,h,t nans nt the other passensers could tell
~ ha, a,", ba InnLed lLe o'"'' '0
"Thomos nownsv ~ s,e Manhattan avenue
craanpoint Nyas IN the and Of the seat on
which the bridge Jumper sat from the time the
~" III TIN, I nn,icad ahout him - sajd Mr.
Donn.r an .""' ,Sat he raigbed about
,as nr IN nnunds and hsd dsrk hair
Ho tYo vi ora ~" ,be S,sss '"' y, an ordinapy
WerkinSman we re "0 or possibly he might BE-
rnnaidnsaI. !. cjerL lie certainlv was not
s,,M.hIy o,tirod Ills coat was ioo;s about the
shynnasy,. y,iSay a'''i' t,ew bV ths Sav he iumped
sn, ,ha or t6a, bs Intended to i,,mn
iron, from ,be the gr,dye AM don't taEe any stock
q, ,no'i, u' ,or, D ,ho, hs iumned rom he
~ IN, ay aa eso's s,haro s' bnva fnr the nmrnose
OF ' Turning S up p'ie' in dine museum There I was Was
no pde NM ,bs caT ann dd not ace him sct in sny
%aY that would make me think he was ner.
nous WsEe m reay Sisy pind ou' to mp mill just
nsAr hpo, hap IN ~ ,hn ~ ywas pclear 70 NV
ii Deio, . no ~. S W, uiS =. n,1, s''IId -.