New-York tribune., 1901-11-17

| down the steps of the and landed on the sta
ton platform on hands and knees His silk hat
rolled one way and his grip bounced the other AS
soon as he could scramble up he ran into the sta-
ton. shouting, Keep that man on?
One the train men followed him up, carrying
the hat and the baggage
''Its all right" said the brakeman. grinnins
smiably and reassurngly: that's only jumper
"Onlv a 'jumperr" echoed the New-1ork man:
WITH his eyes YES odn and op'h hages is umper Keep
him away. He pretty nearly killed me; 49,, .,o
"sone s SS1 ons umped f him my by Yelling him and ne
struck the neoTe5t andt th9 ban in It reach II
You don't mean to tel me that the man IAN as as:
the least idea what they are about or wheTe & tneg
are" said the train man Some one yei!S +h anu
they Jump, If some one shouts striker 'hey
a'Fhen they ought to be locked as dangerous
The best way" said a bystander. would be to
lock IN some Of the men who impose those poor
creatures by jumping them at every opportunity
AS a matter of fact. this has been done seVead sever
these unfortunates TO the injury of some other per-
son who CHANGED TO he IN reach nave Peei n nnder
before the police court aIu II bia ~ contrnI his
stood that jumper is wholly uhaDIe u coh'ioi HIS
mind and his muscles
Physicians who have examined men subject 10
this strange weakness say that in a measure tie
complaint is hereditary. There must hrst De d
constitutional predisposition before man can De-
come Jumper Then the weakness Is aggravated
by repeated shocks. In various communities
In Maine the Jumpers are looked upon dS 'u'
iects for constant jest, and whenever they appear
In public persons with a perverted sense of humor
keep at them 1t is common spectacle TO see
these victims walk along the street Slanclhg ABOUT
them as apprehensively baited badger, AFRAID
to turn corner suddenly and surveying every man
who approaches with a look of fear and uncer-
tainty. In country villages the unfortunates
tortured persistently that the autnori nor
ties have been obliged to interfere. After a time
Jumpers nave 1 ther m neTnT pt motion by a person
hoy will ia q
shock has set them off at first one OF the worst
cases in Northern Maine village says mat ms ms
small boy. Il went into mysteries" he relates
and hqered for half an hour hour, before 3Se ca fhes
jumper since. At first. of course. Wasnt as
could jump me they kept at it until now hop and
howl if any one says Boo! at me At school the
and now the men around town appear to think it is
funny to keep yelling and hoPP1LE L b thsy m re
off believe they would take pity on me and stop; @
s bto like v dyng ob De all are ysDhed a
though I had been snapped by the e,, neek: and nd,
Of a church bell foot from my ear.
Il imagine feel just as an executed man does
know what / am doing when I jumped. I have
struck best ed a pows s for
would thrash persons who abuse me In that way,
engage in argument with man
"a while ago new railroad was built past my
our bedroom window Until became used to the
sound of the whistle on the night train | would
wife's eyes, and another time when | came out of
the spell had her by the throat 70 m and was s,
that whistle sounded In the night. and we moved
away from that place.
In the village of Fort Kent while ago stereop-
ticon show was in progress in the village hail. Most
of the population of the place is French-Canadian
Four commercial travellers who were at the hotel
tIo