The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-27
John Ward Leaps To
Death In New York
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Dithi. he Was SAVED NJ surgeons,
Eight DAYS ag6 he climbed up On the
Ledge OF a. bridge IT. Hampton Ea9s.
LING Island but policeman hap
pened ny and pnllsd him dawn,
Believed Himself Inferior
Ward, the son III the American
Express company agFJt NJ E6uth-
ampton. ~. T.. had had since his
adolescence an overwhelming con-
yietiGD III personal i1tsfiMit1 which
gmge him the viewpoint thmt no CT
fort Was worthwhile, that lie was
fiDt worth living. He MAS intelligent
Wsll-mannefed. but his Oppressive
mania mads him ssfm "stfaDgs" and
a ysar ago he lost his Jon AZ tsllsf
in The Southampton bank,
aeighbors Ut the family, the Pat
rick A.. Valentines. gave hin JOB
tutoring theif children. The changed
environment did not improve his
6ditif>1k, and, after his tWo attempts
al sHicNs. he Has placsd IN The Csii~
trail tslip hospital tn The insane. He
was released last month and his de-
pressiys mania MSS said " have
been ARRESTED" 10 c0mpietE the
cure, Valentine and his wife max
him and his Sister. Mrs Catherine
EnlI, m an outing " Chicago.
Hpent Night At Hotel
Monday night hf7 returned anh
spent tbf night al The HOTEL Gotham
Whfte The Valentines maintain a
nJHn apartment. Yesterday morning
the four III thsrn were chatting IN
tbs Valfntine living rom, 4 remark
Was passed ~ Mrs. Bun that vas ~
trivial thht no 0us remembered IL.
But u Was not trivial " Ward. lie
twisted u into M Indictment. and.
without W6td. fusttd W The Win~
down and stepped out.
Mrs. Bun thought he had jumped
into tbs stfsst and hYststjGall1 tsls-
pf,snsd The hotel elsfk, But hs had
msfei7 stfpDed Out 0nW the ofnA~
mfntal ledge. ~ inches Wide IN front
Ut ths windows, IL inches Wids be
tWeen thsm. Mrs. Bun isaned out
the WiDG9W. assured him u her lG1f.
told him that he had character, Mai
he had fnMe character tHaH mu1Ois
she kpsW toid him that he Was NON
dsftnI apd she wanted him W i've.
lie i96kfd a. bsr WITH teat~m0ist-
ensd f7es hpd said he wanted "
WGfk IL Oit for himself
Vivid silhouette
Ward had left his coat IN the room
and his Wbite shirt and dark tfdis-
Ffs against thf dullsd limestone III
tbs building MAIDS n WYid silh6utttA
ffDfn tbs stftst. B9msGgs saW him
anu stopped, hansflzsd, staring up,
Another person. tbfn another. ana
an9thef joiued ths first, Within rvs
minutes thffs Wers several hundred,
Within tWG hours The street Was
packed from curb " curb hpd Lhs
ef9Wd spread Out TOR sfYsfal blocks
W Tbs nGfth nhe Ledge faces Hofthj
ann tfstflG had ~ dstGir.
Meanwhile, TfafflE Policeman
iU,beH Divine flished up The i7tb
mar. sud. succeeding MIS-. Bun. Mrs,
Vaisntinf. VhlfntlHe. and t6tfi srd~
Digyss H. Ms WihdGW ptf~ffaptGfiiy
Gtdsfsd him " cams IN. Ward said he
WSbldpb 70 IN, would Jump II any
sffGft Was Hade " pull him IN,
rsopis Cry "Dent Jump"
"DH't junDl Don't Jump" psoDie
cried from ths efGWd, Don't jump"
screamed clerks and ,stsnGgfaphfts
hanging Git tbs windows 6f the b,U-
sflng buildings within sight, In 0thsf
WlHdGWs ns7is eaWstamfn had set
40 nlsit sqlDimfut. Every root ton
bDeks afoun1 WsS pa1ks1,
Eysp h tfIs1ision camera vas
aimed III tbs lCufi9. SIN Flgufs On
tbs HaffSH lfGgs. rational Et0ad.
casting Company tFltVlsloH fngals
eFfs tram thfir headquarters across
tbs stfsst. Uefs recording tbs dts.
mn tn thslf experimental screen.
Mrs, Etll's smGtlGhs ~ lSngth
exhausted her, shs sNSH1fd Vas
revived, aHd put " bed The Val
fGtinfs USED fvffY dfYlGs they could
think III, vaisHtiBs sven ifAnfd
out The window shd said;
ION, cams On IN, John. Lists
forgst H. III taks you " the bail
gains"
Rather Jump Than Zee Dodgers
Ward, q BASEBALL fan. bflghtshtG
u llttiF, said;
"Who's plaginkf"
This Cubs Chieago) ann thf
Dodgers G;fG1klynJ"
"i'd rather jump uab sss ths
Dodgers"
Df, J, q. pfssHsf, y Ds2ehi9tfist.
summoned by tbs hStAI ms1sgsp
mfHt. formulated y pisa seiFBtfs
ieaiiy calculated W sDDssi ~ u de-
pfessiys msaise, ~ wss ~ futile
~ had been tbs sppeal n Nc ball
ssms. tfs dropped tsD!stA IN thu
wstsf that was being Dassfg oft ~
Ward =tabists ti9st are used 10 70
lisys msntsI Gases OF excessive
insisBehSjR. 41isv didn't work on
Ward,
Father Mccarthy YaiIs