New-York tribune., 1901-12-30
AGAIN THE BRIDGE JUMPER.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER JUST
WANTED TO SEE IF HE COULD.


For apparent reason. except TO find out
whether not he could do It, another man
jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday.
He is John Pinover. twenty-one years old
wholesale liquor dealer of Middletown, n. Y.
He is the son of Samuel Pinover. retired
wholesale liquor dealer, of No. 1.24J Madison
ave.
Young Pinover is in the Hudson Street Hos
pital and unless internal complications arise
which the doctors have thus far failed to detect
he has a good chance of recovery. Within three
hours after taking his leap. the latest aspirant
for bridge jumping fame able. between Ia
bored breaths and splitting blood to give
account of himself In answer to inquiries TO
why he made the leap Pinover replied. "Oh, L
just wanted to see whether could do it or not"
In his first statement to the authorities PinOver
said that he was a sailor. This proved TO be
false
1t was soon after noon when motorman on
a De Kalb-ave. car shouted to Policeman Schilp.
of the bridge police. that man had just jumped
from the bridge. a hurried investigation showed
that the man had swung himself from the
girders of the south roadway near the Man
haitian tower. 1t raining hard. and no.
body except the mOtOrman who gave the alarm
saw the take his fOolhardy leap.
Looking down into the river, Policeman Schilp
saw man struggling in the water. The man
was seen at the same moment by one of the
deckhands the government tug Daniel La
mont which was going down the river A boat
lowered, and the jumper fshed out
of the water and taken aboard the Lamont.
He was apparently Ifeless. and blood was
streaming from his and mouth.
The tug at once hurried to the Long Island
Railroad ferry slip. at James Slip, and
bulance was summoned from the Hudson Street
Hospital. AS soon the man had been safely
put ashore. the captain of the Lamont ordered
his men to cast off. Further than that he had
picked the man up in the river under the Brook
lyn Bridge, the captain did not make any state
ment.
At the Hudson Street Hospital an examina-
ton showed that no bones had been broken.
but PinOver continued to bleed from the nose
and mouth. When he regained consciousness
and told who he was, word Immediately
sent to his father, who at cnce hurried TO the
hospital.
Pinover was we'll dressed when he took his
leap into the icy waters of the East River. He
wore coat and waistcoat of dark material
and striped trousers. His overCOat of black
cloth. In his pockets were found card, on
which was printed, Miss Helen Corwin. %
West 94th Street; 50 90 in money, a watch and
chain. and fifty finely engraved cards bearing
the name John Pinover. {.
After he regained consciousness Pinover was
asked If anybody else had been aware of his
intention to jump, and he replied, No" He
denied that he had been anxious TO gain
toriety to go into a museum.
Pinover finally explained that he had gone to
the Manhattan end of the bridge about noon
and boarded Fulton-st.
When the reached the first tower he had
stepped off the back platform and hurried across
the roadway. Quickly balancing himself, he
had dropped TO the water.
BY p. IN. the doctors had the prisoner IN fair
shape and II was announced that he was rest
ing more easy than might be expected He was
suffering from shock. and his lungs badly
congested, causing the hemorrhage. 1t will be
impossible to determine just how badly he is
hurt until to-day.
"I cannot understand why my son took this
jump" said Samuel Pinover, the boys father
There is absolutely no reason why he should
have done II. am a retired business man. and
he has an excellent wholesale liquor business in
MddletoWn.
THE boy has always been fond of outdoor
sports, and is something of an athlete.
Mr.. Pinover said that Miss Helen Corwin was
friend OF his family and knew his son, but
that she had no relation whatever to his sons
act. Mr. Pinover refused to say anything more
about Miss Corwin. His son. he said. had de-
clared two years ago that he would some day
jump from the Brooklyn Bridge without using
any weights or apparatus. The family had not
believed he would do tt.
a reporter called at the address given on the
card that OF Miss Helen Corwin. but the
woman who came to the door absolutely denied
that any woman OF the name OF Corwin lived
there,
Young Pinaver positively denies that 1t was his
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