The evening world. Newspaper, May 22, 1914, Page 9

OFF RIVER BRIDGE Hundreds See Aged Derelict) Jump, and Boatman Recov- ers Body at Once. BOY FOLLOWED SOON Both Leaped From Middle Span of the Manhattan Structure. Two men, one gray-haired and old, the other scarcely more than a boy, each apparently poverty stricken and hopeless, walked over the Manhattan Bridge to-day, the boy only an hour or go after the man, and, coming to the centre of the big span, each looked down at the water, and then, swinging a leg over the guard-rail, dropped off to death, The gray-haired man was among the many hundreda of person who chose the bright summer morning for & walk across the bridge. He did not @eom satisfied with one stroll over the structure, He turned when he reached the tower at the Manhattan end of the bridge and walked back against the tide of humanity. A gray-haired man, short of stat- ure and with clothes that marked a degree of poverty, was among the many hundreds of people who walked lanhattan Bridge this ‘3 morning. He did not 1d with one stroll over ucture. He turned as he reached the tower on the Manhattan side and walked back against the tide of humanity. Toward the middle of the centre span he stopped and leaned over the iron railing, peering downward. Peo- ple brushed him as they ewung along. Suddenly he decided, swung a leg over the railing, and dropped down through the maze of steel, down through the hase and hit the water, sinking out of sight, The tugboat captains tooted their alarm as they changed their cout up or down stream, toward the ripple made by the body of the gray-haired man, There was a rowboat nearest the spot where he struck and when the head and shoulders of the bridge jumper popped up out of the deep, éhe man in the rowboat yanked him over the gunwale and then pulled to the Manhattan side of the river, An ambuiance was cailed from Gouverneur Hospital, where a sur- geon pronounced the bridge jumper dead. His body seemed to have been proken by the Impact as it struck tho fiver. There was not a cent of money in the shabby clothes and no letter of farewell. In one pocket was found the torn corner of an envelope on which was printed: “B, M, Labor Settlement, 138 Sum- mitt avenue, Wakefield Park, Yon- kers.” ‘The body waa sent to the morgue. Christian F. Sehmidt of No, 150 Wye! ot Ni 6 Henry street, both of Brook- lyn, saw the youth jump a few hours after. They ran toward him to stop him, but he threw off coat and vest, cap, necktie and shoes before they reached him and then sprang over the rail. His body rose once after striking the water, but sank again before tugboat men reached liim. In the coat on the bridge were cards of the Novelty Post Card Com- pany, No, 50 Church street, and two others, one marked “415 R, Hayeck” and the other “Mr, Shinnel, No. 155 ‘West Twenty-ninth street, Ludlow street, N. 4.” D. A. Skinnel, a silver and electro- plater of No. 155 West Twenty-ninth street, said he had employed a youth answering the bridgejumper’s de- |\- scription Monday, but had dismiased him after a half day's work because he did not know his businéss. The youth had said his name was Jenson and that he lived at No. 102 West Twenty-ninth street, but he was not known there. [i dees Ras TELL OF YORKE’S RECORD. Back Many Years Comstock Ge to Relate a Crime. Anthony Comatock was a witness to- day at the trial of William C. Yorke, the susp 1 wit dying House, who is mpetency and miscon- cord, REDIT TER 3.cown'on #50 2° 590 es, se 8 tT *750» = $10 OPEN SATURDAYS TILL IDR. 4 Bs rb CGTWARS ST ave While riding to his home, No. 380 East One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street, on a crowded northbound Third avenue Clevated train last night, Al- bert Sandblom discovered that his pocket had been picked of $13. He suspected a man who was edging toward the front of the car, and at Forty-second street station, when the man got off, Bandblom followed. agement and Countercharges that George J. Gould deliberately forced e4 to run east. Sandbiom came be- | th into recetvurahip, were “Stop thief!” and «| Made at the resumption of the hear- crowd joined tn the chase. At First|!ne here to-day avenue the man was tripped and fell and Patrolman Matthews of the East | started when Mr. Hodge received per- Thirty-fifth street station arrested him. ‘He described himself as John|speech. Before he began J. L. Min- Tomasi of Philadeiphia and denied he had picked Sandblom’s pocket, sald: On the way to the station house a Reaching the street, the man start- “Don't worry, now, and we'll get your money back.” The stranger followed Sandblom | mony, into the station and repeated this grabbed him and made bim a pris- oner, charging him with attempting to compound a felony. The second man said he was Edward Weiss, a travelling man from Washington. THREE BODIES IDENTIFIED Mailing a Letter. The Bureau of Unidentified Dead, established by Commissioner Waldo narrowly escaped interment in Pot- ter's Field, fixed the identity of three | 1" 1906 they issued bodies to-day. This makes a total of 134 identified out of 180 cases inves- tigated by the bureau since Jan. 1. ‘An elderly woman killed yesterday |the reorganization. This we will by a runaway team while mailing a|have. We will appear before every Public Service Commission and be- fore every court where there js a Shute of No. 367 West Nineteenth |hearing on this plan, and there will assert our rights, even by quibbles, letter at Nineteenth street and Ninth avenue was identified as Mra, Lillian street. Her identity was established through @ rent recetpt found in her |i¢ you prefer to call them that.’ snaulrive ‘wee mene Ge Neha gaee ters to-day about John Johnson, an employee of the Street Cleaning De- “Offendin partment who disappeared from his home at No, 444 East One Hundred and Thirty-sixth street on May 11. Through the card index system his appearance aa described by the ine quirers was chec up with that of f& man who committed suicide by gas | €e8tive of personal neglect and Jt BY # rooming house at|the PRESTIGE and POPU- ¢ Hundred and Twen- ty-ninth street. ‘The body of thia| LARITY of the unfortunate man was identified as that of John- | Owner are endangered, bog Neglect of the mouth and teeth is the The card index system was used in checking up a description of the | "sl cause of bad breath. clothing on the body of a boy found The “ODOL HABIT" floating off Governor's Island yester- | 1s the eafe-guard that in- day. The clothing corresponded with | sures SOUND TEETH that of 11-year-old Otto Helmer, who! anda was drowned at the foot of Eaat Fit- SERA MONEE ff street and Charles BE, Scott | tifled the body of his son. out it, es Pleasant to the taste and ing” Mam Avoids Fos. delightfally refreshing Fog yesterday afternoon prevented Charles F. (‘Do Anything") Niles from peleeeealyaer flying from Garden City to Governor's thetwerld over, in alt dese 2 pe ita Rae ™ Mees es ™ A Summer Corset 4 superintendent of the| the West One Hun: | 1 treet station, | 4 cry erty AY VCTIM TACCUSE GOULD CHASES HIS WALLET, UN THOSE AT HEARING ON Alleged “Fixer” Who Fol- lowed Him to Police Station Taken Into Custody. WABASH RO Officials That He Forced Railroad Into Receivership. Detective Williams that they would courts, They don't other securities, ously” on February 4. ‘The| Ose youuse“ODOL” jan notified and idenc | 7° will never be with- Carransa's he ky highways, ‘Iie | NEW TORE. 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RACE TRACK, PIMLICO, M4, May %2—The entries for to-morrow's races OF BROOKLYN BRIDGE D TO BE CLOSED MONDAY tless Wash in Ft the Time- To Remain So Till Aug. 15 to Permit Completion of Subway Loop. Bridge Commissioner Kracke to- day ordered the north roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge to be closed on Mon- day next so that the contractor build. | | ing the subway connection between the Brooklyn Bridge and the | pal Bullding may proceed ¥ last part of the construction work. | The bridge will be closed to vehicular trafic only, and it is estimated it will be at least a month before the road- way will be ready for trafic again. Bridge Department engineers to-day tentatively fixed Aug. 16 for thy com- pletion of the subway connection be- tween the bridge and the Municipal "Charge Made Before Missouri FIRST RACK—Fer emlden troprercoits fowe and 9 half furlong. —Kopje, 100; Took, | a a Your Furs Will Be Sto ST. LOUIS, May 22.—Charges that J. Aspenwall Hodge, :the attorney who appeared before the Missouri Public Service Commission yesterday to oppose the reorganization plan of of the Wabash Railroad, represented certain interests that were trying to get money fromthe Wabash man- They will receive the same careful handling am cleaning as the beautiful pelts from which we m up our “Special Order” garments and sets. Yuban will give you an entirely new idea of how The chargea and counter charges ¢ Brooklyn Bridge has not been closed to traMc since former Bridge Commissioner O'Keeffe had the road- mission to make a thirty-minute, nis, general solicitor of the Wabash, ways repaved, three years ago. The department bas made arrangement! “{ want to explain to this commis. | for taking care of the traffic which | " man walked past Sand- | sion what kind of men we are deal- |’ blom and said: ing with. 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