New-York tribune., 1921-09-01
Leaps Into Bay
After Talking.
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To Girl ON ShiiD,
Englishman May Have Been
Fiance of Young Woman
Aboard Olympic, Who
Faints After Conversation
Liner Is Delayed by Fog.
Expected to Dock Tuesday,
but Weather Prevented;
Brings 1,67O Passengers

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Brings $40 Passengers
=, Ihe White Star liner Olympic from
Cherbourg and uthampton, which
reported by radio on Monday that she
was making a fast run to port and
would land her passengers on Tues
day, was hard hit by fog off Nantucket
and did not make fast to her pier until
7 1890 a. m. yesterday.
She carried 1,607 passengers-76
saloon. SIG second and 331 steeragc.
Ihe big vessel managed to pick her
way through the thick pail at reduced
speed, but took advantage of occasional
clearings at high speed in an effort
to make up for lost time. The weather
cleared somewhat as she approached
the coast. and she came through the
Narrows to Quarantine at midnight
Tuesday.
Shortly after she dropped anchor
one of her second cabin passengers.
SAID to have been in a highly nervous
cohdltion, jumped into the bay from
the promenade deck near the first
CABIN smoking room. The missing man,
whose body was not recovered. was
Thomas Brassington, thirty-nine wears
old, from Newcastle- -on-Tync On the
vessel with him was Miss Anne Louise
thompson, of Alameda, Calf. to whom
he had frequently referred as his
| fiancee.
The couple we're seen together in
the second cabin compartments SHORTLY
before sunset. Both were talking
quietly but according to those who
were near them, they had had a
serious alteration. Suddenly Brass
lngton left the woman and walked for
ward toward the promenade deck al
lotted to the saloon passengers. AS
soon as he parted from her Miss
Thompson tainted and was turned over
to the care of the ships surgeon. 1t
was said that the couple did not meet
again.
Trouble at Home"
Brassington roamed about the vessel
until midnight and was seen on deck
soon after the Olympic dropped an
Choir in Quarantine. A few minutes
later several passengers saw the man
climb up on the rail and jump into the
bay.
A search of his room revealed a
note which he left on his bed 1t
said Trouble at home. Fear being
detained at Ellis Island. Too much to
| bear,
Little was known Of the man aboard
ship, but according to the manifest
turned over to the immigration officials
he was bound for Abbotsford, Van
couver Island, B. c. Miss Thompson,
who was greatly overcome, was in the
ships hospital when the vessel docked
She will be questioned this morning
by the immigration officials relative
to the disappearance of Brazzngton.
Among the saloon passengers was
Thomas A. lie Breton, Ambassador
from the Argentine to Washington,
who has been abroad on leave for
two months. He expressed much in
terest in his selection as the arbiter
Of Panaman claims against the United
States and would arrange at once for
hearings in the controversy.
Three bags Of diplomatic papers sent
f. Hughes, Secretary of State, were
brought over on the Olympic by Cap
tain Frederick Guest, M. T.. Air Sec
retary Of the British Cabinet. He
said it was not his privilege to tell
tae nature Of the messages intrusted
to his keeping, except to say that they
were important and that he PERSONAL
ly would deliver them to the State De-
partment.
Fight Against Waste
He said the destruction of the great
dirigible ZR-2 and the deplorable cas-
ualties attending it would not deter
the British or the Americans from
their efforts to master the air, and
that within a short while renewed ac-
tivity would begin and that the build
crs and air navigators would profit
by their mistakes.
Charles D. Orth. president of the
National Security League, who had
been abroad three months OH a bust
ness trip, said that England was max
! ing strong fight against waste in
public expenditure.
Among others on the Olympic were
Alfred Hertz, the musical conductor
and director OF the San Francisco Sym
phony Orchestra; Martin Littleton.
Miss Elsie Janis, Isaac f. Marcosson,
Mrs. Bradley Martin, Judge Louis D.
Gibbs, Otto II. Kahn, Mrs l.. M. Bacon,
r. Livingston Beeckman, MI and Mrs.
George f. Dunscombe. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank j. Fahey Lloyd C. Griscom, Miss
Nelen L. Maynard, Charles " Rich, Mr..
and Mrs. Stevenson Scott, Sir Archi-
hald and Lady Williamson, A. X. Ma
comber and Dr. Frank II. pinckney.