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Show ' 0H5 SUCC5S5PUL NETV TOHK.. June ,2 3.---Two brllge' Jumpers one on the ; Willis aasburg j bridge and. th e 'other on: tha Erobklym structure, caused excitement' am6ng thousands of pedestrians about T ; o'clock last night.. ... j One man, . Victor .Steffensen. a young Swedish painter, succeeded in ; throwing himself over the rait of the Brooklyn bridge and plunged 125 fest I Into the river. -He was. killed. The second m an, John M. G law, 81 years old, was not successful In carrying out his design. , ' gteffensen was released from prison yesterday after serving several months for Intoxication. He met August Badlewltt. a friend, and they started across the bridge on the back of truck. "Guess I'll Jump off when wa get further along." remarked Steffensen to his friend. Radlewltt did not believe he would, so paid no attention to him. When Just past the central tower Steffensen Stef-fensen threw his hat to the floor, took off his coat and laid it on the tail pieces. Then, leaving Radlewltt paralysed para-lysed with surprise, 'he Jumped into the roadway, pulled himself up one of the cables and dropped Into the river. ' Radlewltt said his . friend, was despondent. de-spondent. Glazer left the German Evangelical Home for Aged Men in Brooklyn yesterday yes-terday despondent over the recent death Pf his wife. Walking to the Williamsburg bridge he tried to Jump Into the river from the promenade, using an umbrella as a parachute. - He landed in the roadway, which Is twenty twen-ty feet wide and considerably lower than the promenade, and waa taken to a hospital with three of . his ribs broken. At the hospital he said he was tired of life. He will recover. |