Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-14
DISEASE AND POVERTY.
a SAD Case ~ fs4s sxT1' WARD
= aonlao Sex Ulfs COnsomptlon-
An1ssd b risr Fi4sDan0 ana ks-
moved TO 81 Mark F4ome.

an saturday last. Cstg Director q TIE
Paor dappreeAt. - agtiled sh4t ian.l-s
4s.ng az 80 North fsoat street. ueedsd aiz
atsenf.on. but alou Investigation be- t0ana
l1a1 l.s family l..d not hseo here a yea and
tfa case Property belonged ~ lhe Coeats
5lferntslaeats ~ tas poor. tin Monday
superintendent saith Visited lne nousS and
fooad the family shich consists of q man,
hs sil4 and tao ehildren, IL very destitute
esliilion. and. What 1as ~orss thaa poverty,
t..l ss4i.in ezs apparently la ths last -fages
~ eoo-4mpfion- The hoass 49, eoid aud
tse olllg farnlI4Te if cnutainea va
ga ol4 Fari0F cooa stove, bed and
thlee sood - cnalrs. chest snlch
stood ia one corner OF the
COON .sas Used a. a table. and the only dishes
ia sight were tso plates and aim cup By
calling apon some Of her neighbors Mr.
smith iearaed that the sonlan ~as not being
treated Wel b her husband that he
obliged her 70 10 the work about the house
When she xas scarcely able 70 walk, and
-colied her because she did nOt 10 it 10 suit
hIm. That he has been a regular attendant
~ the Mennonite revival meetings, IA the
old engine louise on Scribner street, and
dlrln-. ths late scoid weather had obliged
al- sife to -et ap IN the morning and build
the dre. and then when she called him he
sould curse hes for disturbing him IA short,
that be bad abused her in every way possible
except by using violence The Superin-
tondenis called City Physician Wooster,
.sho decided that il Was useless - try 10 do
anything for her until she was removed from
her TERRIBLE surroundings and Il was decided
e. reta8vo her 70 81. Marks Home. She was
siling % 20. but asked that the children
might be taken with her. her husband OBJ
,seted 10 her going 10 her home and tried To
induce her to refuse to 20 by telling her that
.hs woald die there and her body would be
-eut away for the doctors 10 cut 10 pieces.
She however concluded to 20, saying that II
woald make no difference what was done
rith her after she was dead. He refused TO
consent 10 her removal until yesterday morn
ias. when Mr. smith went up there and told
him that unless nc allowed her TO 20 he
would Boz pat where he would not be able to
ob ..ci. He then told her to 20. but that if
she went she must never come back again.
lie then took the children and left the house,
ana in the afternoon hack was sent for her
and she wu- removed to the Home.
ATeLsoaAM reporter called at the house
soon after she had been taken away and got
the man = statement IN regard to the matter
He gave his name as Samuel r. Mulberry,
and -aid that he had lived IN this city most
0f the time for the past fifteen years. He
1areuts live here-On Broadway. For the
past four years ne had been rail-roadIng in
W isconsIu. he returned 10 this city
about three months ago, leaving his wife in
"a small town in Wisconsin. Soon after nis
wife sold what little furniture they had and
got money enough 20 take her and the chr
dreu 10 Chicago. where they stopped few
days and we're then shipped to this city by
the Poor authorities. He said ne did not
know what induced her TO follow him nor
Why she wanted to % 10 the Home. His
said be had done the best he could for her.
and he thought she might have stood it
awhile longer until he got work and then he
could have taken better care of her. Tie had
been out of work most Of the time
since she came here. but had worked
Whenever he had chance He
walked I'VE miles into the country ard chop
ped wood on some of the worst days this
Winter and thought that had the neighbOrs
Iat his wife alone she would have been con
tented with her lot. Would have taken her
e. bis fathers house. but she was a hard per
son to get along with; was forever finding
fault vith things and his mother could not
stand il He had taken the children there
and the Superintendsnts should never get
possession Of them. He was sorry for what
he said to Mr. Smith and should probably
take the children down to see their
mother m few days He did not
believe that his wife would live
more than few weeks and
should stay right here until
he saw what became OF her. She would
probably BE- back in a few days. He expect
ed b. get work next week and could take
care of the children. They were married in
Wisconsin nine years ago. The children
are a boy six years old and a girl seven He
bad not applied 20 the Superintendents for
help and all that the doctor had given his
wife Wa a bottle Of Or. Kiny's New Medical
Discovery. which proved that the doctor.
thought she could not recover he seemed
70 he greatly interested IN the revival meet
inrs. said the brothers and sisters had
hslued hinl some but not much. Had been
converted few weeks ago he said that
Sister Dorgfass. who started the meetings,
was away attending conference IN Indiana.
and that SISTER Lizzie Ball is now con
Quoting the meeting With great suceess. He
invited tie reporter % attend the meeting.
Saying that by doing 50 he might zst some
thing CD put in the papers His wife has
been n poor health for about eight years
Nrs Mniberry told her nei2ib0rs that her
hnshand s3,psea beF IN Wisconsin. an.l stat
be ieff there bss~snse Sarranf vas issued
for bis arrest When they FIRST called on her
'sey fauBd her lying or a bed on the soor.
Mrs. Naeluart gave her a 5edstead aud
springs. Another neighhor gave her = dol
i.fr rftr tvh.-h to huV a second hand table.