The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-18
SUICIDE IN THE SURF
A Young woman browns Herself at
Atlantic City.

! - hohhE " ouun browns Herself "a
/ Atlantic City.
! ATLANTIC CITY. y. J.. Sept lS.-A
/ mysterious young woman. suuposed Il
| come from Philadelphia. handsome and
/ well dressed, and apparently in mourning
| ended her life here yesterday afternoon
/ by leaping from the end OF Heinz-s Pier
| at the foot Of Massachusetts Avenue. into
, the ocean. The breakers were rough and
( dangerous. and deferred the score OF
more Of persons on the pier from leapinc
into the sea to save the woman Her
| body Heated in the water for ten minutes
| or longer, buoyed up by the air in the
clothing. and she was still on top OF the
water, face downward but steadily sinking
when the hfegUards arrived The only
sound she uttered was a scream for help
as she shot downward of the structure
into the water.
The spectators were dazed for a mo-
ment The leap WAS made ike flash
The girl had been observed watching the
water lutenty from the side OF the rail
ing, which is about four feet IN height.
but she showed no signs Of nervousness
/ and did not act strangely enough to at
tract attention
Edward Sprenckle. a pier ernplove. when
the cry Of woman overheard reached
him came forward with several life pre-
servers The first one went wild. and the
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she made no effort TO grasp it. although
SDrenckle called TO her TO take hold Of it
The current set inward, and the woman.
without struggle drifted seaward. One
OF the life preservers washed over her
body, but from the pier ii was clearly
evident that she was unconscious. For
ten minutes the helpless crowd watched
the figure float away
Hearts and eyes were centred on the
life guards, Bryan Parker and Harvey
Miller who were two OF more squares
down the beach when the alarm reached
them Ihey were coming with steady and
sturdy stroke. but II seemed an age be
fore they rounded the end Of the pier and
headed for the floating body. Perhaps ten
or hfteen minutes had elapsed from the
time Of the tragic lean when the mani
the lifebOaU
The shore was lined with people when
the boat was shot inward The life
guards had All their attention occupied in
handling the boat in the heavy surf but
as soon as the craft was bcached they be-
gan the work Of resuscitatiOn. Doctors
Adler, Guion. and Bartin were ready 10
aid them.
Twenty minutes passed and the respira-
tory organs responded. and hoTe was ex-
pressed that consciousness would De re-
stored PLACED upon stretcher, the
young woman was carried 70 the Senate
Ihty spent an hour IN trying 10 bring
her back 70 consciousness. but the heart
beats grew weaker and weaker. and at
80 ceased altogether. An electric bat
terry was used TO quicken the circulation
feet.
il was apparent from the garments Of
the suicide that she was in well-tO-dJ cir
cumStanCcs. The name given was OBJ
tained from a hoTn-handled silk parasoI.
with an agate ball on the end There was
a gold band around the neck Of the para
sol handle. The words engraved on il
Were Annie Mcmahon Germa utoyvn -
The underclOthing was Of ine texture and
bore the stamp Of Philadelphia maker
The skirt and waist were Of black silk
A little Jacket. also OF black silk edged
and faced with white. and the parasoI
ana hat were left on the pier before she
took the fatal leap The hat was Of black
straw, trimmed with corded black silk
ana black silk ribbon. and bore the name
OF Marks Bros. There was nothing in the
pockets to establish identity. The pocket
book was missed and not a scrap Of paper
OF any kind was found.
County Physician SOUder. who conduct
cd the search, expressed the opinion that
the girl had meant TO conceal her ideu-
Jty. and had removed everything that
would serve to trace out her home and
friends The name on the parasol was
probably not thought Of
The suicide looked ike a woman OF re-
hnement- The features were regular and
sharp The hair was chestnut brown and
she had blue eyes Her age was about
twenty-eight There was no ring OF jew
elry on heNpersoT The body was remOv-
"a 20 the undertaking esta blishmeut Of
Jesse Crowley. where il awaited identh-
cation.
PHILADELPHIA Sept 1S.-When Da-
vid Mcmahon. the wealthy street CouJraC-
tor, OF East Chelteu Avenue. German
town reached home yesterday afternoon.
with his wife and family, he was sur
prised TO learn that there were published
accounts In the evening papers OF the sui
eide 10y drowning OF his youngest daUEh-
ter, Annie Mcmahon. AT Atlantic CITY The
latter was very much IN evidence at her
home. and later on in the evening began
10 receive congratulations from intimate
friends who called at the house
This rejoicing. however. was subse-
QUeutly changed 10 sadness AID intense
grief when IL became known that the
woman who had committed suicide az At
lautic City was MIS-. Annie McNahOu. the
young wife of Daniel J. Mcmahon. son Of
bavid McNah0u- The body viii Le
brought 10 his home today.
The young woman has been ia EI-h.aIth
ever since the death of her father. James
Rogers. Of C0nshoh0ckeu. two months
ago. and gave evidences of being unsoUud
mentally. For tho past four weeks she
has been a patient AT ST Joseph-s Hos
pital and on Monday. being apparently
much improved, was removed by her hus-
band The same day the young woman
went To Atlantic City. expecting 10 be &C
compauied by her sister, Of ArdmCre.
While al the SeashOre she did not meet
hrr relatives She is survived by young