Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-08
JUMPED 90 FEET
burlington Young Man Broke
Three Ribs in the Fall.
James 4. walsh Took n Dive from n
Bridge at hartford. Conn, into
the Connecticut Rivcr--WiIl
Probably Recover.

James A. Walsh. g years old, who
said that his home was Mt No 1oi South
Champaign street burlington. Vt. jumped
rom the coping of bridge ut Hartford
.'oun. into tho Connecticut river, II
distance of about nifty feet Monday
morning The Hartford Courant which
ellis the story. says that Walsh's act was
6uc to his excessive Use of liquor. He
showed that he was on the verge Of
.remens whom he wns taken TO the police
station after heinE hauled from the river.
After he had been examined by Police
surgeon =. Arthur Emmett he was taken
% the city hospital
Walsh could give no reason why he
made the jump other than that he had
beer drinking hard for several days. He
said that he climbed TO the coping. that
n, went down feet first In scoop shape
fashion and that he struck the bottom
IF the river. lIo could swim but ten or
1ftecn strokes. he said. and when he
came To the surface he began to swim
and reached a sand bar In the river.
from which he was taken ashore by
ZONE mon in boat. Policeman Frank
=. Geary and Policeman Murphy were
notified. They went to the river bank,
arrested Walsh and took him to the
police station He was brought before
Judge Edward l.. Steele in the police
court charged with breach OF the peace.
Judge Steele at once saw that the man
vas in bad shape from TIE effects OF
liquor and he continued the case TO this
morning
After Walsh had been in a cell q
Rhort urne he complained Of pain in
his left side and said that he had diff
Guilty i'm breathing. He was afraid that
he was going 20 die and Or Emmett
was sent for From hasty examine
tion he concluded that the man had
broken no ribs or sustained other injury.
Or Emmett could detect no pulse heats
IN the right wrist. but there were faint
beats In the left wrist and he concluded
that Walsh was suffering from shock and
that the shock had affected his heart
action.
The experience which Walsh had seem
ed to brighten him considerably although
he was all unnerved when in the cell
before being taken to the City hospital
He said that he left home In burlington
on July 3 and came down to Springfield
where he had worked as telegraph
operator and few weeks ago he cam,
to this city and was employed by thc
Central New England Railroad compan,
as an operator at St. Elmo, ~ Y. Abou
three weeks ago he came to this city an
was employed by the Western tnioi
telegraph company az the office OF
Central row He said that he began I,
DRINK about two weeks ago and durins
last week he gave up his employment anC
had been drinking to excess for some
days He lived a No. G. Asylum street II
this city. but he did not know the nam,
Of the woman who kept the roomirs
house. lie said that he did not sleeI
the nigh there We're three or four mei
outside the window talking about him
He left the room at $50 Monday morning
but he had little recollection Of where h
had been until he jumped from the bridg
about $50. The man had on n coat trous
ers, shoes and stockings and I'm
iershirt. He told Dr. Emmett that y
had had one drink OF liquor Monda
morning and when he was asked VIII
he Jumped he said that he had bee
drinking.
Walsh talked intelligently and Is
good looking fellow. although he locke
decidedly rough. as he was in the Gel
He said that he had a father mother. tw
brothers and three sisters in Burlington
Ills mother had been sick for n long tim
and she was quite III when he left hon
in July and he had not heard froi