The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-31
SEES FILM MAD
HUSBANDKILLED
IN BRIDGELEAP
Driven by Movie Ambitions,
Philadclphian Jumps
300 Feet.
HAD JOB PROMISED:
BODY NOT RECOVERED

The ambition Of Harry Clark. young
rachnist ot West Philadelphia. to be-
zone moving picture actor and thrill
,housands by his daring led him yes-
,,rdsy morning to leap from cable fif.y
,4.t above tho roadway of Brooklyn
Bridge into the river. more than 200
ret below He struck on his back. and
was probably instantly killed. His body
has not been recovered.
On a nearby pier. among the crowd
that had como from Philadelphia 10
watch his attempt. was Clark's young
wife, who had been unable to restrain
him As he Jumped she turned away
and shielded her face with an umbrella
Since his marriage two years ago
Clark, who lived al 1898 Lancaster ave-
rue, West Philadelphia, had been work.
ing as an expert machinst in the Penn
,'.'ania shops at "A salary Of S22 a
week About six months ago Clark
~no Was always ambitious to better
himself. became discontented at his lot
and endeavored 10 get a position as a
moving picture daredevil. He was not
successful.
lie told his wife that he was sure
tat he could make good IL they would
give him chance. lie said that he
intended 20 prove his nerve and get no.
tori,ty by jumping from higher point
on Brooklyn Bridge shan any other
Jumper Before his marriage Clark.
who was ~ recently. had jumped from
the Harrisburg Bridge and also from the
Farmount Park bridge over the Schuyl-
kl, River IN Philadelphia knowing
that her husband had the nerve TO max.
the leap, Mrs. clark begged him not TO
TO- her sake. He reluctantly promised.
Several times since then lie mentioned
th' abandoned project regrc;fully. on.
day las, week h" came home and an
nol0cci that he wound get job from a
Philadelphia Him concern If he would
GoN his nerve by making the jump.
Wife b-gu"d him Not To.
Mr. clark pleaded with him not
l. 10 50, and her brother. John Mitchell.
Sao live. with them. also endenvnred
to jis>n,d" him. but lie refused to
Es'en t. them. lie spread the news
anon. his fellow Norkmen IN the rail-
road shops that he was going tN jump
tho bridge, aud six or eight of his
closest friends in tho shops agreed TO
come 10 New York to watch him.
on Saturday night clark. his wife
sni brother-in-law and two friends.
James + briscoll. Il liquor dealer
of 1872 Raring street. and Mrs. Bella
Robinson OF 1911 Harris street. arrived
AZ the Pennsylvania station. They
spent the night at nearby hotel, and
yesterday morning Young clark. de-
ein!ng TO listen to the entreaties OF his
wife, who had come to the city in the
hope Of moving him at the last moment,
made his way to the bridge alone. The
remainder OF tho little party went back
20 the Pennsylvania Station. where they
met eight ~ the machinist'S brother
workmen who had come on They
vent to pier at the foot OF Dover
Street. ju'ting ont into the river almost
under the hG bridge
Pedestrians on the promenade noticed
Ciark as he walked up the incline from
TIE Manhattan end of the bridge. for
he had taken off his coat and hat and
foltd up the sleeves of his blue shirt,
Although IL was raining slightly.
AZ he reached point near the middle
o the bridge Clark jumped on to one
s the huge suspension cables which
eope 10 tho level of the walk from the
TOP OF the two stone towers. Holding
on to two guide wires he walked up the
cable for two hundred feet until he
'eached steel brace about nifty feet
ahove the promenade running from the
inner cable on which Clark stood to the
outer cable on the south side OF the
oridse Straddling the support. he
hlched his way across over the T. r. T,
tracks, the trolley tracks and the road
way to the outer cable.