, 1874-04-17
STARVED TO DEATH,

Il. German Hnu HIS SON 4'efl@n OF
Hunger In ArKnnsnA- --s1fferiDg OF
His Wife nnsl IacnttltntnR Children.
d. From the Little Rock t.1rk.) Republican, Aprftd.
About d month ago n man namcd Kaufman
as1d Lis wife and two children came to this State.
riioy had formerly resided in Now York, whoro
MIR. Kaufman was in business. III m OWL hour
lsp foil In tho way Of a Wall street shark, WHO
had 4 lot of Little Rock d Fort Smith Railroad
b onds to dispose of. Dositous Of loaving New
ork to try his fortune somewhere III tue great
S outhwest, Alr. Kaufman too readily listened to
t 10 oily CANNON Of tho hro1ior, and almost be-
f,ro ho wns aware Of 1t, bud exchanged his greo1-
t aciss for the worso than worthless trash, ycept
t onda. He ,aud hH famil ly-a wlfo and two chill
ron-arriying i'll this city, utter prospecting tour
( inco. And here Ills eyes wore first opened to
I no oonormity of tho swindlo oporpetrateluponhim;
tontidont thenegoiablo charaotor of his $50 600
ben 10 th9"gh 70 o. en tho 10
Ioor follows despair may pc imagined when ho
pcoived the information that d bughelbaslct-
| I'll would not buy o breakfast In this or my
either market. Saa ut heart, hut not entirely
| ,.ieyo hH Losses, aud place Ills little family
t.oyond the reach Of tho wolf already glaring at
aenn with his greedy eyes. Ho wont from this
ity to Lewisburg, noar which yillage ho secured
a small tract Of land, built temporary cabin,
! q I'd mado preparations for putting in crop.
| L % hat, meanwhile, procured lumber wherowith
t. } build comfortable dwelling. Dut 1t was not
t. bo; climatic foyer laid ita hand upon the poor
| /. slow, and l1o was soon upon his humble couch
Il lvn; in delirium. When takeni hiB Bcanty sup
! y iy Of provisions had been consumed, money ho
Ii nd none, aud ho was stranger in strange
|, md. His foriorn and wretchod wife, almost
G RACED with her burden OF multiplied aorrows.
{as soon to bring into tho world M heir to tue
snisery around them, but love for tue man who
lny moaning in the hovel oyorcame her physical
weakness, and sho went to noighbor to ask
| hat n n d0rf0r.
l1cartlesa sconndrel refused to give the aBaist'
,,nco aaked, and the hcart-brokon woman tool
llor weary way to tho railroad track, hoping tt
halt passing train aud obtain some aid IN hol
iro necessity. Thoro beside tho rails she atood
| i'll dronching rain four l,ours-torriI1o to hel
WHO striving to snatch from tho brink Of tht
| grave the livea Of her loyod ones. E.xhaustef
naturo nt last do1nauded relief, and, without
d ray of hope, she sought tho mockcr.
Of n homo. Tho exposure aud her con
dition wore too much for lor foeblo frame
aud ahe, too, succumbcd to tho feror; hopo fled
to die, praying only thnt the end would COM
quickly. Tlo father died first, starved; then
ltttle 10y closed Ills ,oyos, aul 'sas in q lant
where starvation iB unknown. Mr. Chapman,
gentleman living about milo from Kanfmhn'
hut, heard anudry rllmors Of tho rad condition 0
l. the fauiy, aud repaired to their relief, for
tunately in timo to eavo from the death OF hun
ger, ut least tho mother, whom ho found in til
!. OF food in tho house, nor q soul at hand to roa
{ der assistance to tile suffering woman mud ho
little daughter. Mr. Chapman hurried t.
o Lewisburg, aud Bent doctor to the house
plcdging to pay tho foes himself. Flo also
on tho statement Of the woman, report
:. eli to the Mnsonio fraternity Of Lewisbnr
y that the dead man was IL mombor OF tha
orior, Aupposing that tho tics Of brotherhood
we'll as humanity would intuco them to Civ
= prompt assistance. They. like the rest Of th
~ citizons Of Lewisburg,-and to tho oternal siam
OF all them be it sailt-turncd deaf ear to III
appeals aud his pitiful story. He could not sc
J. a dollar, and 90 paid for shrouds. and hecuro
plain cofiuB for tho dead father aud son hilnsoi
I Ono merchant there did manifest extraordlna'
by comparison with his uoighbors--lbora
in selling tue shrouds ut cost. hlr. Chapna
also procured some food md nourBhmont, NJ
again won't Laclt to tho cabin. The action Of IL
% AIasons in Lowisburg induced him specially
o inquire if her husband had been Mason, and
70 proof of tho fact Rho gavo 11r Chapman the h
DE- Of q trunk which, OIL being opened, was found
j. contain very handsome set Of Masonic rogall
evidently appropriate for O member high III Il
degrees Of tic order. In tho samo trunk al
Dr. were discovered s30,0 900 in bonds Of the Fo
i, Smith Road. When these facts became kno'
4; To tho fraternity in IowjBbutg sudden dlspot
OF. ton to render assiBtanco possessed tho1n: Al
10 Chapman however, doomed it wise aud mo
profitable to appeal to tho brethren olsewhe1
v, ind 80 ho catno to Little lool aud presented
tuBp. Tho fraternity hero, without delay, lais
S.G0 OF $40, aud now, thanks to their .ganero
es hearts, tho mother aud hor two children ha
| every necessary comfort. There la llttle no
at that tho mother will survive, aa she IL suffer-
frotn want OF food that only tho most carol
nursing can restore her to hoalth. eIho bal
to which is now 10 or II days old, ls we underata1
Y0 ,npt exrectcd to 1.-Two Ulnuy uayb m0Fo