The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-13
LEAPS FROM Bridge
AND DIES IN RIVER
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ANU D|E5 In R|vER
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some Of the kindly salesgirls. Bowling
her head in her hands, She complained
that it hurt her terribly. She had
some business elsewhere, and though
the girls in the stofe offered to do it
for her. the. suffering woman went out,
saying that she would return in short
while.
1t is thought that. owing to her
illness and the heat, her mind COM
pletely left her after she departed
from the store. Wandering aimlessly
down Hull Street towards Mayo's
Bridge, she walked out near to the
end of the Richmond side, and tharc.
she was seen by Bridgekeeper 3. 3.
Seay, who noticed that her actions
were rather peculiar. She took of her
hat and gazed wildly round, looking up
to the sky and then down at the wa
ter seeming as If trying to collect her
thoughts. Some passerby called h1r.
Seay's attention from her. and that was
the last he saw of her. until her body
was dragged from the river. BY the
time he turned again in her direction
she had disappeared
A negro passing across the bridge
discovered a woman's purse, hat ana
umbrella lying near the edge of the
sidewalk, and he picked up the arIi-
cles and took them to Mr.. Seay. The
bridgekeeper examined the contents Of
the purse, and found a receipted bill in
Mrs. Moore's name. He ran to the
telephone and called UP the Manches-
ter Police Station. BY a strange coin
cidence Mr.. Moore was the one to an
swer.
as there policeman in Manchester
named NJ. j. Moore" asked Mr. Seay.
Yes" replied the officer In great as-
! itation. without giving his name.
Mr.. Seay then told him of the lis
covery Of the ladys articles on the
| bridge.
The officer felt that something terri
BILE was wrong. and. picking up his
| hat. rushed from the station Chief
ofPolice Lipscomb was in the place at
| the time, and he called after the re-
treating officer. But Mr.. Moore was
too agitated to reply. He hurried Il,
the Free Bridge, not knowing which
bridge had been mentioned, and, find
| ing nothing wrong there, went back to
his home. There he found his thrce
children in the care Of a relative, and
| his wife missing. He then went down
to Mayo's Bridge, where a large crowd
| had assembled to search for the body.
! AS soon as he saw the hat, he knew
| that it was his wife for whom the
search was being made, and the big.
| strong man broke down In an agony Of
grief, and wept like little child.
/ There was nothing he could do, and
his brother, James Moore, and kind
friends led him away. He was taken
back to his little children, and Captain
| Lipscomb came an hour or more later
to tell him Of the finding Of the body.
The search continued about two
hours, Mrs Moorc's body being discov-
cred at about 1880 o'clock. The news
spread like wildttre over Manchester.
land crowds hurried down to aid. Mayor
Maurice and Chief Iipscomb We're ear
/ ~ on hand, and both helped direct the
search. Sergeant A. s. Wright worked
4 like a hero. Dressing himself in a
bathing suit, he waded up and down
between Mayo's Bridge and the Sea-
board Air Line Bridge for two hours.
| Boats piled about'the river, and hooks
were dragged along It's bottom. There
(. were at least a dozen boats, and many
persons were wading and swimming
about, while a. large crowd had col
lected on the bridge.
| The body, which was finally discov-
cred near the Virginia boathouse, was
examined by Coroner Taylor Of Rich
(mond, who has jurisdiction to high
fwater mark on the opposite side, but
he deemed an inquest unnecessary.
From all that could be gathered, 1T
is very evident that Mrs Moore had
no idea where she was or what she
was doing.
i The leap was made from the west
side Of the bridge, opposite Mayo's ISL
land, where the hat was found floating
in the water The body drifted down
lust little. past the boathouse, where
III sank in a depth of about four
feet.