The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-01-18

OH.EECTS OF PITY.
Sad S-onditiou Of "a FIsnished
Cripple and His De'o'e"
wife.

Cripple and His De'o'e"
NiGc.
Two or three days ago man on
.r1Itcbas. accompanied by woman,
made their appearance III last waco
11,d seemed to have no particular destl-
nation. no object IN view, ana no visible
means of support. what mad become
~ tj,aro no one knew until yesterday
,,,orninr. for such sights are becoming
-, common in Waco that those absorbed
in their own affairs cannot stop
=, converse with or look
af+er all the unfortunates whom
/ fhey may chance to meet. Yesterday
morning however some one had
occasion to pass by the east room on the
lover floor of the Frazier building, in
| East Waco, and looking in saw the
woman sitting on the floor beside an
old, dirty mattress. Stepping IN he saw
/ the PROSTATE form of the man on the
old mattress with a mlserably worn and
solled fragrant OF blanket over him.
/ There was not a single article of furni-
! ture IN the room, not even "A chair or
| box to sit upon. The room WAS without
a stove and great gapIngicracks, through
which the wind howled unmerci-
fully beside the windows and
/ beneath the doors could be
plainly seen. There, during the previous
day and all the night, that bitterly cold
and cheerless night, did that devoted wife
SIT III despair and loneliness beside the
PROSTATE form Of her crippled husband,
who at every breath, for want of food,
warmth and treatment was gasping
away his life, and no human eve save
hers was upon him, and no hand reached
! 70 ia,
Why the woman did not make known
their leplorable condition is a mystery.
unless she was afraid to leave her hus
band lest he should die. The gentleman
seeing the situation told those living
/ and doing business convenient
and they at once set about
rendering assistance. An EXAMINER re-
porter, when he reached the room, found
that while some went around and took
, mp a collection to buy whatever they
needed, others brought liquid stimulants
to II possible arouse the man and bring
2 him back to something like normal
, state. Capt. Aft. Neill and Mr.. W. c.
heilum took stove and fuel from the
D restaurant OF the former, set it up III the
room and brought blankets to wrap him
. up IN. IN conversation with the woman,
who said she was born in Missouri, Is
] quite young and IN all her poverty bears
{ evidence of having been a handsome
mai len, we learned that her husband
. was running logs on the Mis-
- souri, river last winter had both
feet frozen and had to have
7 them amputated several inches above
. the ankles. Since then they have moved
- from one locality to another, seeking to
make living in sundry ways, and latel!
r have been caught in the storms and
= suffered from exposure and hunger. IN
7 addition to this. the man : stubs began
to give him trouble and he was forced to
fail by the wayside. In the evening one
Of the officers of Waco city hospital was
passing, and being told the man 5 con-
dihOu. went IN 70 see him. He soon dis
- covered that be was suffering IL ms
limbs from exposure, and he was pLysl-
cally Frustrated from want of food,
Captain Neiil and Nh kellum proposed
e. that If he Was removed to the hospital
they would become res oGsIble for his
treatment and the board of himself and
= wife until he became able to get round.
W We have seen men wnthlnE on beds OF
sickness, shot down, mutiiatcu by cars
c and machinery, and could hear Of and
q even see them die and anticipate 1t with
some degree of composure but to see Il
., man dying from want IN "a land Of plenty
:, and no one aware OF it, is sorrowfui be
youd expression. We know not whether
the womaus story be true, but told in
e her simple way We had no cause to dis
e believe her Even though il be untrue
and they are professional begEars, view
o., y,l ia tIl, i....-I ii-Lt -f h,,a.,r. l...its-
Z they are deserving of help, for the man
was on the verge of death and ms wife