The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-30
JUMPS FROM
BROOKLYN
BRIDGE.
Young Plnovsr Takes the Leap
and Is Severely Injured
Internally.

New York, Dec 20 John s. Pinovcr, the
2l-year-old son OF Samuel Pinover.
Wholesale liquor dealer living at i2i5 Mad
ison avenue Jumped nom tho Brooklyn
bridge yesterday. Just what prompted
him 10 risk his life could not be definitely
ascertained. inasmuch as his condition
would not permit him to- talk. save 60 tell
the police his name and a few particulars
concerning himself
While there seemed TO be some grounds
for a suspicion that he had love affair,
his parents insisted that he had often be-
lttled the feat OF dropping from this
bridge, and that his jump was the out
come Of pure bravado.
shortly before o'clock in the afternoon
Pinover boarded Fulton street car at tho
New York end OF the bridge. Just after
the first tower was passed he swung from
the car and, clambering up the rails OF
the bridge, poised himself for second
and then jumped. In his descent he tern-
ed over two or three times, and Is report
ed to have struck the water upon his side.
Capt. Irving p. Grace OF the navy yard
tugboat Daniel s Lamont. who was APP
preaching the central span. bound up tho
river, saw Pinover strike the water lie
stopped his engines and saw .he young
man rise to the surface two or three
hundred feet away. The tug bore down up
on him ad Pinover was hoisted aboard by
the deckhands, unconscious and bleeding
from the nose and mouth.
Capt. Grace hurried to the landing at
o
was removed 10 the Hudson Street Hos-
pital. Examinations there showed that
while no bones We're broken. the youth
was suffering from a severe shock and
had some internal hemorrbages. After
working over him for about an hour tLe
physicians succeeded I'm reviving for "A few
minutes.
was sailor and came from Middletown,
n. Y. During a second brief spell OF con-
sciousness later I'm the evening IN gave
the address OF his parents, but when he
was asked why he had jumped from the
bridge, the only answer that could be
drawn from him was: "Well, L jumped IL
att right, didn't p,
At the hospital IL was said that he
would probably recover His father and
mother were sent for and reached tha
hospital at about o'clock.
Among the things found in Pinover's
| pockets was a card bearing the name Miss
| Helen Corwin. According TO the hospital
officials the name was followed by ths
address. s5 West Ninety-fourth street. At
this address IL was denied last night that
anyone of the name of Corwin lived there.
When Mr.. Pinover was asked IL he knew
Miss Corwin he said he did not, and de-
MED at the same time that his son lived
I'm Middetown.
Mrs. Pinover said that Miss Corwif4 was
friend of her daughter but she declin-
ed TO say whether the young woman lived
i'm this city. She added that her son ran
a wholesale liquor business in Middetown
and that he usually came TO New York
from Saturday night until Monday morn
ing.
Albert III. Corwin, vice president OF the
City Island railroad, with offices at 1l5
Pearl street. and Clarence G. Corwin, sec
retary OF the Pelham Park railroad OF 6e
Cedar street. both live at Middletown.
Mrs. Pinover said with much emphasis
that the Miss Corwin to whom the card
belonged was I'm no way connected with
the Middletown Corwins. The Pinoyers
live at Ninetieth street and Madison ave-
nue..
Young Pinover is a member of the Y.
NJ. G. A. at Mddletown and Is looked up
| on i'm that institution as an adept at jump
| ing. He has frequently boasted in the
gymnasium OF his ability TO drop from
| great heights.