New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-19

Tic evenings entertainment began by an Italian
knocking an freshman down with brick. !, n az;
rcctions and the air was filed with curses aha
shonts of beIp.,'" police and murder Ieopuc
living in the street were driven In from aSors'eps
aud balconies, and many OF the womc, ''Gn , e.
pcared at the secondsiory windows slrleKihg lust,
for the police. Host,lities ended IN me co'ise VI
ten minutes in the defeat OF the n@u'h m"S
Several minutes later a policeman was seen WI wv.
crowd making inquiries as to the persons eneus,I
IN the late conflict When asken WHY nc pn,nhor
hood he replied that he couid not De III every r,av
AT once. and that the boys always waitsu ""li'
he was down IN Great Jones st. before f1h,inR NO
arrests were made. Like encounters. only OF less
magnitude. occur nightly, to the great disgust anu
alarm of the residents
CLAIMING TO AID POOR SICK CHILDREN.
Or. WILLIAM +. TnoMs AND TIE WORK OF Ihh
AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY"
II has recently been discovered that DR.. William
f. Thoms, OF No. % Madison-st.. has been making
systematic attempt to obtain money from chari'aDiv
disposed people, claiming that he Is carving on tne
work of Saving the destitute sick children oil New
York CITY under the auspices Of the American HUI
name Society" DR.. IhOms's method appears 10
have been to write short notes to wel-known GU.
zens nclcsing printed of circulars when SET
forth at length the good work he was dong III saw
ing life bv means Of visits 10 tenement-iouses
excursions for sick chldr, H. Heating hospitals sea
side sautariums and trips to the Country. In
his notes he made direct appeals Tor money III pc
half of the American Humane Society, saving that
It needed all the help that CHRISTIAN svmpathy anu
humane compassion could spare. Among those
named as approving of the society were Admiral
David d. Porter, James w. Beekman. president OF
the st. Nicholas Society. William Il. Dodge e., a ms
Ioring Andrews. From the claims made by Dr.
Thoms, as benefactOr OF the human race, IS ex-
tracted the following: /" He also estabhshed the
floating hospital system Tor saving children III NV Nv
YORK Chicago and other cities, and IS known as the
chef of the medical stall anu has estaollsncu SAM
tariuns dispensasies, missions nurserl nIght med
zeal services sea-water companies. humane brother
hoods for the organization of commission OF aiDra-
ton for the prevention of strikes, health colleges
and numerous other DOu1es Tor inc proho'o' Va
health and habpieSs. 49, =, ID,
DIR. Thoms. upon being taxed with the fraudulent
nature of his preteDsions. signed a paper III winch
he admitted that he had issued circular I'D when
he used the names Of gentlemen without authority,
and that the American Humane Society had no nos
pital sanltariunl. other station except his own
premises lie also promised to destroy the circulars,
and to desjst from asking Tor money. "
IL upon hearing of the singular behavior OF tins
man. one should conclude that lis mind was nnbal-
anced. visit to his place and tax WIN h'ln
wouid not change the conclusion. reporter OF
rms TEIBuNE went to No. 80 Madson-St. last
evening. and was received by Dir. Ihoms will great
clyiljtv The reporter was given printed card oil
the "Destitute Sick Children's Free Lifc-Savlng
Station American Humane Society" upon which
was printed this singular statement: SICK
children are immediately saved and restored TO
hsalth passing INTO "A natural sleep. They are
taken into cool grove at our heaGquarter' ana AZ
once placed under the new system OF treatment
thc meaning of this curously wordcd card, DR..
Thoms said : Children are taken from the hot
tenement houses into our cool grove ana tney are
Immediately saved. If man Is drowning ne IS
saved hy raising his head above the water: so with
sick children. Raise their heads above the neat
and they are immediately saved. Come INTO the
c,ovc and III show YOU" So saying. he led the way
into n small back yard. surrounded by q paved
walk In the middle grew some rank-lo0k'ng grass !;
a, one end stood some potted plants in one corner
was tea-plant in feeble flower, and few slender
trees grew between the walk and the walls. a cot
two chairs and washbowl were under one OF the
trees. $3.50 mn ,r., - -
Doesn't the air make YOU feel better already 1t
comes in fresh from the ocean: hese trees are
placed here with the specific object or brneing tne
ar down. You eau see that Il is healthy here or
that tea tree wouldn't flower. Children are brought
in here day and nighr, and are immediately saved
We put them on the cot ana make local appi'ca-
It would not be of interest to repeat all the
rambling remarks of DR.. ThomS, IN support OF his
claims 10 be a great philanthrOplst. lie So sub
stanually everything that he had written III his
circular. Of his retractiOn he spoke freely The
Rev G. S. Plumley and a friend" SAID BE, way
laid me at the Five Points Mission and told me that
| must either sign the paper or 20 TO q lunatlG
ASYLUM. MY sister va, about to he married. ana
Thought that If we're to be taken to he asylum 1T
| might interfere with the wedding 1hey had no
right TO waylav me in that way"
DO you mean TO say that Your circulars. were
authorized, aud that you VIII continue to send them
They were authorized; yes. they were. | can
not tell whether shall send out circulars again,
until n meeting of our society next week."
lyon assert. then, that your place is not a
frauds" g.,
OF course do. This Is not faod-it Is sci
ence." M
The manner of DR.. Khoms was eager. without
excitement or any attempt at display OF indiSna-
tou. su as would naturally be made by person
detected in fraud. lie seemed to believe what he
said ana to be Of unsOuDd mind.
The following additional contributions in
aid Of the sea Side saDtsiun for Destitute SICK Chil-
drep arc ackuow lodged: