The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-13
VAUGHAN CLINGING TO PIER
POLICE THOTGHT CONTRACTOR
nan BEEN ROBBED.
Ferguson Conirac,lnG Company seerr-
tar, Wsuidnt Say Hs~ he Got Into
the water HAD Been Gr'eNInG over
Death sI VIE. eco. Clusters sister.


Death sT VIE. eco. Clusters sister.
John u Vaughan VICE president 81
th. Ferguson Contracting company. -
, large firm - railway b,il'iers which vent
intn a r~ceiver-hlp August ,. was found
IN the water under n pier 81 the foot ~
| West Thirty ninth street early yesterday
morning HIS wife. Who was the sister
~ Gen Custer. died under Christian
! Sc.nr. treatment last March Mr..
Vaughan sad hat h- had been r"hbed
! 10 sHD h,.f"rr b. got into the water under
th- I',-r Yesterday
! thrlV yesterday morning m-n at ~Ork
near ~" foot II M--~t Thirty ninth street
SaW man so nst"ldrlV toward the end
- virr u-'.l hy The ivy as q shipping
priut for car'd~S"- r.~anr Tor Barren
Island Three other men went ~n-aknE
! after hI,n ~ su,u nav a. Ia ar,'uS. the
su-Il,.."n- ~ the ~"rkm-n They told
q pniI, rnln about It and ~ tie gray liEht
h. lnuk 81 for The four thinking thai -"m"
uns had fallen Among thr-v,~
IN. Policeman found . straw hat on
the per hearing to- initials = " NJ
" Was good 's,n hours before he found
the oWurr He p--p,'G through "a hole
IN the pianAiug aud -.w mau ~ The
Wat-r clingiuk Co the -ud - q r"p" IL"
Nus sir fppisr and heavily huur He
appeared - he about - y-.t~ old
The patrul'uan Ipi = d-i-rt.v - hey
nm aud 49,. 40 -a' 10 No.k 70 hsGl ont
~" r'au ui IA. end ~ he rope Ih"-.'
wee ra . inning ahout ~" timb.r- 81
4 rh. dnrk attracted NV 'h- Barren Island
T-;us- They made u uncomfortable for
III. man ~ IN" water md h" seemed glad
., gei - his feet
| PIT r- didn = want ~ III how he CHANGED
- get INTO tn" wat"~ II Vas HOOodv'-
business but hi- Dan. d" said. and he
0 cnuldu't mite T.msmb"~ where he lived
/ I. was snmeSh.r- on West iIHh street
10 told he Policemen aud ha added that
MS name was John u Vaughan He
said TOO that he had had SEQ in his poe A-ts
-srlier IN the evening and h" thought
Z -nIn~budv had rrhbed HIM lie hadn
much Il ANYTHING le't IN h,- pockets
v hen the Policemen got hun 20 the door
~ the dork The polio" TOOK a chance
that he was = wandere- and -~u' him To
/ Bellevue - rra' he could get over his tNp
h,ur. IN IN. ~a'.- Their. was 1, had
! h-,,i.a IN M. left leg
| Wh.,, E,. r.acts the hospital Vaughan
wouldn't talk ABOUT himself Late an
r.. aft-rr COR Ne was dischare- B>fors
| he lsgt 10 Rrve his occupation ~. p con-
! Tractor ED sci the' he lived ~ =" West
! Fcrty .ffrh street Ne -.ii ~ was -
/ wiInv~r I'd 'hF~h- W., o. yeas OH
! JOIN n MRIEhPm - secretary a1d one
~ he yic- presidents Of IN. Fer EISor
! Co'rrrcttng company ~ ~ Wall street
The FerEriS4r Cor'rFCiirc COMPANY
wei, l-to = r-,,.ly.r-Elp ten JAYS .go
II hFl lr-g. Contracts Tor work ct The
! nr-ra c.rGl al hat some 1ig rAiiruAi
} r,rstu,c.Inu lois aIsn IT, Liabilities
srnoI,..- 10 Sson D.H end ~ assets we're
. .,ou' s7u 49,, los The troubl. ia which
] a.. rllnpF.y found its-lf VA Artributei
to IA. .earh - 49, prs-il.n FrAuci-
VI Ferguson Mr Fsrgl-nu di.si ia Den
YER Iura - la.' ari si,c, tho The com
pr'.v pad poem B" -'rji'-