The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-23
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n.y,p s.. COLES QUEER LIFE.
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81 1913 massachusetts Mlsers
n.v,n 5. coLE's QUEER LIFE.
from the Boston Herald
!, .o,,, DAYS ago q man was discharged
,roso The City Hospital, where for weeks ne
1aa heen confined with a dangerous dls-
ease p, and had been brought to deaths door,
raj mn iron constitution and 1ndomitaDie
srili ,riumphed, and. ne now foaioWs nis
daily routine, an apparently well man. hls
name is David J. Cole. He was born Sixty
fnnr. wears ago, Ia the town OF BrooGiine,
Vf.. located on the Wells river ne IS
one OF eight cbiidren-Aye boys ana .tuiss
girls--of respectable parents, VINO eaIuea
m honest livelihood by cafrying on
farm. he has two sisters ana .nIs. n'T
theirs living, one OF the former ass,n1 Gsr ~
hridpenort. This family lived as thousands
1T other frmiiies have lived, psoddang along
l., the even tenor of its way, with NO spe-.
rial Irregularities, with one exception. Inat
eysantinn was David. Different from any
ri the other members OF bis family, ne carry
displayed an eccentric disposition. Wnica
finally, led him to come to Boston wnen ne
was but nineteen years OF age and 20 earn
living by saving Weod. His father
came 70 Boston with David and engaged
in the same labor till bis death. which oc-
rnrred upward OF twenty years ago.
The old gentleman was buried IN East
Boston, where his remains nov lie. pa
Fid's first experience In Boston was RI w
1leasant one. Business was exceedingly.
dull, rendering 1t, as he often told Inc Few
persons whom he called his 1riends, a'inoss
impossible for him to earn SLID Weeh. ~
s,,nn hat was necessary Tor him to pay. Tor
his weekly board, In the course OF 1lme,
however. Cole prospered. and was hnaiiy
enabled to enter the wood business III
which enterprise he enlisted q partner. In
this project The firm was quite SUCCESSFUL
cole being known to have at one tlnie
g.. 900 as his share Of the proceeds OF
the concern. At last, however, cole con-
ceiyed the idea that his partner was sWln-
ding him, aud on bis consulting fortune,
teller he was told By the latter that IL Woulu
no for his interest to "sell out" having
the most implicit confidence III TINS adVlce'
he accepted 1t, governed himsen neoo' -
inoIy. and returned to his old business y.
Swing wood, to which he also aodeo t.ias
OF piliDg wood, cleaning carpets, ac.' auo
this he has followed to the present gay;
When he first came to Boston, Cole obtained
lodgings on Cooper street, where he re-
mained about year, and then Mt Intervals
for iopr wears he resided in various parts OF
the North End. Finally, forty-one years
ago. he located at the corner OF Charte'
street and Lime alley, and there he resides
at the present time. The place that Coie
STYLES his home beggars description. A
visit to the place by Herald representa-
tive, while its occupant was absent IN tue
hospital, revealed place OF indescrioaDle
degradation.
ii is located in the attic Of two-and-a-
half-story, broken-down wooden novel; at
the point above mentioned. In order 10
reach IL the visitor enters Charter street.
and, ascending two winding nlghts OF
stairs, the door OF Coles apartments is
reached. On the occasion OF the reporters
visit the door was found to be fastened Dy
the usual lock, and, rs an addltional secu-
rity, paddock was brought into use at the
top OF the door. On entering the reporter
found himself in an apartment about ten
by six, Just high enough TO- allow man OF
medium height to stand upright, while
small. dirty window admitted the only light
from the outside world. A filthy mattress
laid on broken-down bench. and an equal
" Il. thy feather-bed lay on the floor. Inc
room was literally filled with old rags, pa
, pcrs, boots, shoes, books, saws, files, DAM
mers, tin boxes, looking-glasses, stockings,
bells, broken furniture, trunks, old iron,
wrecks OF cooking-utensils, &C., all scat
tered about the room, and in such disorder
that no one could move about without walk
Ing upon or touching some part OF the mass
of articles stored in the room. A small,
r.ckety stove indicated the method by which
its owner got his meals or kept himself
warm, While the remains oil recent meal
were seen in lot OF broken egg-sheils and
crusts OF toasted bread strewn about the
floor near the stove. Leading from TINS
room was q still smaller one, and, II posi-
BILE, more crowded, with similar materials
as the first apartment, but arranged III Ut
tie better order In tins place, from which
it would seem the instinct OF the lowest an
imal would revolt. Cole has lived, day after
day, night after night, for forty-one years.
To be convinced that he boards every
cent OF bis money one has only to look at
the miserable apartments in which ne lives;
but IL any further proof is necessary 1t can
be found in the amount OF money that was
discovered about his person when he was
removed to the hospital. When he was at
tackled with the disease that FRUSTRATED MIN
typhoid pneumonia-he was SICK IN MS
room for an entire week, and would allow
no one to be acquainted with his condition,
save one man to whom he had taken par
ticular liking.
Day after day, night after night, ne lay
and tossed upon the mass OF NTH Whlcn ne
termed bis bed. sometimes insane from the
effects Of his disease, and again be Woula
be Quite rational. and attended only by the
gentleman referred to-. One day the gen
iieman found him utterly helpless, and, ln-
deed, terrible looking object. tie at once
called in the assistance OF DR.. Pagan1, ana
it was determined 10 remove him 10 the
hospital. When this became known TO Coie
he violently opposed it, and 1t required tue
services Of two officers and one OF TWO citi-
zens to remove him from his room W
1naia force While this was being
done the parties found $4,000 sewed
in the waistband Of Coles's pants.
Two thousand one bsndred dollars were IN
one package, rolled in paper, and then
placed inside OF u strip OF leather, shaped
in the form OF a sheath-knife, and the whole
firmly cemented with shoemaker's wax. He
had in addition to the above package Ss-s0O
in bills, $40 in gold, one piece OF every kind
OF ancient coin, and 8 }otsof Treasury notes,
one OF the latter being OF the denomlnatian
OF 900, bat had been outdawed for fifteen
years. ON arriving at the City Hospital
Cole became more quiet. and finally Was
quite reconeiied to the place, but he finally
after weeks ,oi sickness, recovered, and has
returned to his old home, where he may still
be seen passing in and out, the same eceen-
fric old man In person he isaall, medium
built. full brown beard, rather curly hair,
and dresses very badly, though Astounding
In money.
A Detroit Sook-asent has got Thugs down
fine. His study Of human nature has ena-
bled him to arrive ut the conclusion that