Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1885 — PUMPED TO HIS DEATH. [ARTICLE]

PUMPED TO HIS DEATH.

I 9' ' ' • ■'. ' ■ 7 ’ ■I ‘ Professor Odium Plunges from Brooklyn Bridge to ths WatE'n es East River,' and Is Taken Out Dead. [New York telegram.] • A cab left the New York entrarice of the Brooklyn I ridge and was driven to the middle of the great span. Here the driver palled up i and two men got out and bega-i to climh the railing. Before they had reached the t p a bridge policeman came toward them, brand shine hie < lub and ordering them to “get down Out of that ” yVhile be was wth the young man a covered * wagon containing j Prof. E. Odium and a cornranien stopped about 100 jeet behind, toe cab. Quickly divesting himself of the blur flannel in which he was dressed. Prof. Odium, clad in a red shirt and trunks, jumped from the carriage, and sprang lightly to the railing. He quickly reached the top, and. po.s----i ing himself for a moment, hs stood < rect and ■ glanced hurriedly at the surface of the Fast I River, far below h in, Ihe peoi le on the bridge I sent up a cry as horror when they saw the iTofessor prepare to plunge off the bridge into j the river, 135 feet ben ath his tect The poI liceinan, whose att ntion had now been directed from the two men, rushed toward the Professor. Before he had gone a dozen feet Prof. Odium, without a mom nt s hesitation, had leaped out - from the railway and into the air. He heid one hand above his bead as a rudder to guide him ; in his descent. A tng and a schooner floated lazily in the stream several yards b. low the bridge. The tug was filled with club men and reporters. Boy ton stood near the prow/ anxiously watching the bridge. The moment Professor Odium's bodv was seen to leave the railing, Farry E. Dixey, the actor, started a stop-watch, which he held in his hand tn Order to time the descent For nearly a hundred feet the Professor came down all right, feet foremost; he shot .downward with the speed of a meteor, his red snit making him easily discernible for a long distance. When within thirty feet of the water his body began to turn. As if realizing his danger. Professor Odium brought down his hand with a warlike motion to aid him in recovering his balance; the movement was, however, made too late, his bodv had now turned so far it Was impc ssible to" Change its course. Half a second late® with a mighty splash that threw up the watafc on all sides as if torn with a shell. Prof. Ocjwn’s body s ruck the water on one sidfe, and sKk out of sight. A rowboat soon came to the rescue, and l*rof. Odium was taken from the water. A few moments later he was transferred to the tug and restoratives were administered. After considerable rubbing the eyes of the Professor opened. “What kind of a jump did I make?" he whispered- ■ “First-class, my" boy," responded Boyton, “you'll be all right in a Lt'le while;" but he was insensible again before the words had hardly left hl»iips. f— —I ~~ ■ ■ The tug steamed hastily to h?r slip, and just as the pier was reached a shudder passed through the frame of the Professor, and then, -.after breathing heavily once or twice, liis heart stopped beating, and he was pronounced dead.