The New York herald., 1875-12-25
OUR PAUPER SUPPLY.

HOW THE "cRADLE OF LIBERTY" GETS RID OF
HER poon--NEw YORK AS DEPOT FOR
TRAMPs, LUNATIcs AND PAUPERs.
II has been cause OF comment from many sources
that New York should be loudly complaining about
hard times and her unemployed hundreds when other
cities are comparatively prosperous and nnd ample
employment for all available help Tho reason OF New
York's surplus OF ''holpn to be found in the fact
that sister Cities most especially Boston and other
Massachusetts towns, kidnap and all the unem-
ployed they can find aud ship them tree OF charge
thow kind to New York city, there to bo taken
Of by Commissioners of Charities and Correc.
ton During the carly stages Of the Investigations OF
the Assembly Committee on Crime some ugly facts
developed regarding the in which the city
Of Boston got rid OF her paupcr emgrants 1t stated
in the Testimony collected by the committee that on a
certain day last winter $50 men, women and children
we're landed at Boston, and being poor and without
friends they put on board Sound steamer
brought to New York landed on dock and left there
TO take OF themselves This information was ro
gardcd as very startling at the time but tho facts,
which are the cause OF this writing much stranger
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letter was received AT the HERALD Office from Mr..
A. ". Lewis twho came from Boston under peculiar
crcumstanees stating that he had important nrorma-
ton regarding the manner IN which New York city
oyerrqn with psupers, tramps and others who
Massachusetts,. Tho letter preceded the coming OF
Mr. Lewis from Philadelphia and on hts return yestcr-
day he called at the Office and gave the following facts
He would have called, he said when he FIRST to
New York but for tho fact that he had important bus-
in Philadelphia
A STRANGE STORY.
Tho following Ia Mr.. Lewis story:-About two
months ago he went 10 the city Of Boston, having in
hts possession coin, stock certificates and icwery to
the value Of 81, 400 Tho property stolen from
him and he went TO Police Headquarters and entered a
complaint TO which little attention was paid.
From mo 70 tmeho called on tho police, who always
gave him evasivc until the 1st OF December.
when on calling At the station he was told to take 4
scat and the gentleman having tho caso in hand
would presently be IN. Mr. Lewis watod patiently in
appeared, and being weary OF waiting he got up to
leave the place This no found TO DO impossible the
door locked Feeling that he had been dupcd, he
began TO make noise and call 10 DO let out His call
was answered by an officer, who took him from the
room and locked him up in q cell While here bo
Informed that no would be tried for insanity. He
laughed at the idea but sure enough, noxt morning
he was brought before tho august doctors Drs Davi-
con and Fisher refused to sign commitment for Mr.
tho Insane Asylum at Taunton, Mass After being kept
In confinement there for three wocks he had an inter
view with the State agent, and explained his case
when the CONT got 10 Boston he telegraphcd a ds.
charge for Mr. Lewis TO Taunton. The discharge was
only a conditional one however, for Mr. Lows was
taken from the asylum 10 the railroad depoL
In charge OF an officer and, In company with
twenty others who had been collected In different
places throughout the state, transported to New
York. Many Of those had lived for years in tho
State, but had recently been thrown out OF employ
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