| Show I1t cic jOWN TO DEATH n 1 1 t f 3 prof QdhIiilTh111110i11 the s Brooklyn Bridge at AND LIVES A FEW MISUTES < l a A foolhardy Experiment that Shocked l Shock-ed JSehoIdeis and Made a C Corpse of the Author d A Leap front Brooklyn Bridge KFW YORK May 19This afternoon I 1 r cab left the New York entrance to the i Brooklyn bridge and was driven to the uiddle of the great span Here the drier palled up and two men got out nil began to climb the railing Before jiev had reached the top of the bridge policeiian came toward them brand ruing 1 p 15 club and ordering them to get down out of that While he was taking with the young men a covered wagon containing Prof E Odium and a I coapjniou stopped a hundred feet behind the cab Quickly divesting himself him-self of the blue flannel in which he was ilre ssed Prof Odium clad in a red hirt and tunks jumped from the car nage and sprang lightly to the rail I1g He quicky reached the top and poised liimseU for a moment he stood erect and glanced hurriedly at the surface of the East river far below him The people on the bridge sent up a cry of horror when they saw thE Professor prepare to plunge off the bridge into the river 135 feet beneath Iris feet The 1 policeman whose attention atten-tion had now been directed from Bovn ton rushed toward the Professor but before he had gone a dozen feet Professor Pro-fessor Odium without a moments hesitation hesi-tation had leaped out from tha railing out into the air He hold one hand above his head as a rudder to guide him in his descent The river below was at the moment clear of shipping A tug and schooner floated lazily in the stream seyeral hundred yards below the bridge The tug was filled with club men and reporters re-porters Boynton stood near the prow anxiously watching the bridge The moment Professor Odiums body was seen to leave the railing Hardy E I lUsey the actor started his stopwatch stop-watch which he held in his hand in order to time the descent For nearly a hundred feet the professor came down all right feet foremost He shot downward down-ward with the speed of a meteor His red suit making him easily discernible for a long distance When within thirty feet of the water his body began turn and as if realizing his danger Prof Odium brought down his hand with a warlike motior to aid him in recovering recover-ing his balance The movement was however made too late His body had turned so far that it was now impossible im-possible to change his course Half a second later with a mighty splash that threw up the water on both sides as if torn with a I hell the body of Odium struck the water on one side and sankout of sight The tug hurriedly pushed itself forward I to the place where the body fell and I Captain Boynton after seeing that life preservers had been thrown into the water sprang over the side of the boat and waited for the body to come to the surface Soon he saw the white face of the professor I rising from the water and a moment later wa byhis side Seizing a lifepre server near by he placed it beneath the body of the insensible Professor Blood mingled with froth came from the mouth of the daring man A row boat soon came to the rescue and Professor Odium was taken from the water A few moments later he was transferred to the tug and restoratives were administered admin-istered After considerable rubbing the eyes of thaprofessoropened What kind of jump did I make he whispered whis-pered Firstclass my boy responded res-ponded Boynton Youll be all right in a little while But he was insensible again before the words had hardly left his lips The tug stemmed hastily to her slip and just as the pier was reached a shudder passed through the frame of the Professor and then alter breathing heavily once or twice ills heart stopped beating and he was pronounced dead The body was taken ashore and conveyed con-veyed to the undertakers Prof Robt E Odium was formerly a professor in the swimming bath in Washington but latterly has been clerk in the Willard Hotel It has been his ambition to jump from the Brooklyn hriJge He made an attempt once before be-fore the bridge was completed but was 1revented from carrying out his scheme by the police He was 3M seconds in I the air before striking the wate He was unmarried 33 years of age and a mail of good Habits I |
