New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-14
AN UNWILLING RIVAL TO TANNER.
rINDiNG A MAN IL 4 LUMBER PILE WHO SAYS
THAT He MAs TAsItD TOE IrN DAlr.

THAT HE HAS ThSIfD FOR I'm DAYS.
While Policeman George Lynch of The Steamboat
Squad wa, on ddty 40 Pier NJ. II, North River.
Yesterday morning. he heard ggo1n~ ~ the direction
of pile of lumber at 'hc end OF the pirr. and upon
investigation hc discovered man lying IN a hollow
Mace among the boards. some al winch sheltered
him I ne man was m u very feeble and cNhnus;c ed
condition ne could not move, and was unable 10
sneak and his pha-tly face and extremely cma-
almost starved to death The policeman sent for
an ambulance. and the man vas taken 10 It; Nn,
cents Hospital, where. after being put 10 bed and
given some milk punch lac revived suificltntlN 10
he able TO speak. He gave his name a. Char .ca
Riley and sand that he Was ilurtN-sIX years OF age,
and that he was II day iahWcr, though Tor many
weeks re has been unable 10 obtain W"ik. tc
had no bone. NE said bur had been living ut No.
SiIo MulhrIy-st until about two weeks ago.
when being vi aud having no money to pay hl9
rent hc was turned ont into the street. He wan
dorcd around resting wherever ne could MA a
plncc for two or three days, and then ne wandered
out upon the per and LAID down IN the hoho" space
IN the lumber pile, whcr" hc claimed to lave spent
the past ten DAYS. beng 80 SICK ~ 10 be unable To
get away without assistance, even If ne Lad any
4 Inrnj-;r reporter saw Riley at St. Nnccnt's
Uo-ptal, 80. 1913 Wet L."yenta-,t., last evening.
H. lire mems ward au interesting sight vas PIE
scntcd. Almost all OF the cot, along The sides di the
room were occupied and mauy 81 the pa lrut~ were
vainly crdcayorng 10 keep cool hy disc1nllng M
necessary bcdclothos. Some lev were sleeping,
others were hali-rcClnlug upon thor couchc-. and
some were half drc~ Cd. sitting upon the sides of
thcr cots \ small table, decorated rs an altar tn
rrur.fy and lighted caudlc,. stood near the upl er
end oi the ROOM and beyond this, IN corner, Was
Riley cot.
" flow do you feel this evening" asked the
rcuerter al lrc--ng the sick man. whose appearance
vas Not unlike thac Of the living skeletons IN the
Bpwcry museums
Better THIS morning. was the husky answer Of
Riley who faltcriugly told tl'c reporter The story
Of his suffering. He said that Inc was
very sick when lie first went into the
board pile {, sleep for aN bile. lie had
had NOTHING to cat tor ton DAYS when found. The
Gr.t fcy days he was able to crawl out to pump
near los and duuk. hut after awlil' Dee became 50
weak that a. was impossible for HIM To get to the
punp. Iir claims that hc called several times for
a.>-tahcc hat income answered Eim oi came - hiIl.
"Nh hat ana YOU ID when You WoTtcdf'
81 helped 10 unload boats some tllncS, and have
worked on the street. ] have done Whatever |
cou'r ct 10 do. but had been out OF work for 4
long time before got SICK.
"Ard what vii you 40 when sou ct cut Of the
hosp:.lE'
Riley cane Ia this country sixteen years ago. aud
LaSUcy,r had any regular occupation. The reporter
asked himIf hc had ever heard of DIR. Tanner,
and hc fcrlcd that nc had not, ih" doctor cannot
lc changed with setting bld example 10 thi~ lnnn.
The house pil stefan "a, the hospital said that Riley
was b.ing icI carefully upon milk and soft food.
and that he thoucht he would b. able TO leave the
Institution ~ few days