Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-04-07
GIRL TRIES TO KILL
SELF BY DROWNING
Miss HorbaI Was SColded by
Mother for Not Working, so
Jumps Into Water.
FIND YOUNG WOMAN SANE
Sees Her Run to Waterfront
to Carry Out the Threat to
Kill Herself.

A fishing boat moored off the end
of Van Pelt's dock at the foot of
Gordon street, saved Miss Annie
Horbal, seventeen years old, OF 36S
Fayette street, from drowning, when
she threw herself off the pier after
informing a crowd of youths and
girls, who are declared to have been
taunting her, that she was going to
commit suicide. Two of the crowd
that watched the comely young wo-
mans actions when she dashed over
the full length of the pier to its end,
gave chase, and as she landed in the
boat, jumped off after her. They
oyerpowered the young woman and
dragged her back to the pier, and
carried her to Van Pelt's boat house.
The police were notified, and Patrol
man Dunham brought her to the po-
lice station where she was placed In
q padded cell until DR.. M. s. Mein-
zer was called by Chief Burke.
The physician found the young
woman sane, and she was removed to
her home In q taxicab. This morn
ing her mother took her to Red
Bank. where she believes that living
on the farm will quiet the nerves OF
her overwrought daughter and re-
store her to vigorous health. 1t
developed that the girl had thrown
herself overheard as an act of repri-
sal or revenge for caustic seoldlng
which Mrs. Horbal administered to
her daughter for her alleged way
wardness before a crowd of other
girls.
Not at Work Recently.
Miss Horbal had been employed
at the factory of the Koch Shirtwalst
Company at the foot of Gordon street
but according to l. Koch, the proprte-
tor, she had not worked there for
the past month, though she was in
the habit of visiting other girls that
did work there. The young woman
gave her mother much concern, and
some Of her young friends had in
formed Mrs. Horh = 116i
5ecn acting in an unlady1ike manner, |
Ind had been taking boat rides with |
Toung men that Ioitered about the
cot OF Gordon street. 1t is under
TODD that the girl had informed her
mother that she was working reg
llarly at the shirtwaist factory, when
eally she spent her time "tiirt-
ng," it is said. l.
Mrs. Horbal determined to learn
or herself If her daughter was de-
Giving her. and visited the factory
t noon yesterday. She administer
ID a scolding to Miss Horbal when
he learned from the proprietor that
he had not been employed there for
month, and tried to take her home.
his was in the presence of the en-
loyes of the factory, all girl friends
# Miss Horbal. The young woman
efused to go home and ran away
rom her mother and vowed she
would get even with her parent by
ever coming home and by throwing
erself in the sound. Mrs. Horbal
Jent home and Miss Horbal loitered
bout the Van Pelt boat house in
with several young men.
he stayed there until o'clock when
er girl friends come from the fac
Dry, and began to taunt her for not
utilizing her threat that she was 60
lg to drown herself Some of the
oung men, loafng about the boat
ouse, Joined in the chiding until the
oung woman, of a nervous temper
ment, became highly excited and ,
ried, 81 will drown myself" With !
lis she dashed out from the crowd,
round the boat house on to the dock |
nd over the end of the boat. Two of =
le young men looking on gave :
lase as soon as they found she in t
,nded to make good her threat. t
aptain G. c. Emmons, who was I
atching, held his breath as the /
1ung woman flung herself off the =
>ck before the amazed crowd. The r
Lptain did not know that the small =
,at had saved her from drowning | 7
It'll two husky longshoremen, who 7
Id given chase, appeared on the n
,ck with the dishevelled form OF q
e young lady, with her clothes q
1t slightly wet from the splash
used by her fall into the boat.