The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-28
BEGGlR BREED Is DEAD.
STIMULATION or OONSUMP ION
KILLED HIM Lass.
1t Brought on Il, al Cough, and
speedy Decay Of the Lungs
Was Followed by Dealh.
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New Y, RK NJv-mbsy q. nil,iam
Br, ed 10 dead IT b llevus II pital,
aud will DO bUIi d ia Pot els d ID.
Hs was one OF those Re fuses WHO
sxpeLd m re mental eneigy add in
yention in making a few cents Than
should b. Itquir, d TO make compe-
ten, y N the ordinary business way.
He was professional b gg 7. Toe
whole city MAS bis stamp x ground
He worked ~ estreete, prl'a hUuse',
stores AID offic 8. his vlctms were
symp athetlc laIies, mlnlslers, met
chauls and brokers', and st last lin
self. 1oJ lazy 10 labor. he spent
vast amount Uf me in picking up a
scsnty live iLoJd 10 a wsy much
more painful tnan he'd carrying or
1t ne b eaklng would havs been. Ma.
lure had not given him a stalwart
frame, aud he toS advantage Of The
fact by I ignii 6 a stooP, by drawing
his shoulde,s tJget2tr as mach az pos
tible 30 as TO give The appearance 1
having a vast, d, harrow chest, and
then placing lis band ieebly over hls
mouth, he coughed in an exaggtrat, d,
hacking yle, until be had a tIac,ed
the pr PSF tentinn ON his
intended vicnm. In the event
that the victim tailed 10 take
the cue, Breed vas atCus omed t,
make bod and exp ain lin III. He
was "in the last stages Of consump
tion," unsble TO work, and wishing
simp y to end his d va in as little DIS
ties as ossIble. II funds W. re en-
tirely fxhsusttd long ago in iruiiless
endeavols to stay his mslady; be bal
EN- ployed tue best physicians, taken
all eoits OF Iemedi,s 8, tpsLt winters
aud years in florida, California an !
elsewhere 10 vain. Ha bad returned
to his old home, New York, ex getting
to fnd relatives to provide for his d =
clining days, but they, a as bad d ed
or gone away, and he wss al, ne md
friendIe's in the city. All this, with
plentiful in Ell tim If coughing,
rdIe'y filled t. b ing him SONS
financial return il tho victim permit
ted him TO 60 81 far ss to finish his
story. Bat tIok good deal OF in.
dut y to find ca h day one or two
gul ible enough to Iisiebtp i'm, ard
hundred times he Coughed aud rasped
his hroAt for no hing to osce for
profit. One dsy Breed felt great
shiver OF dread. loser sibly his C nigh
ing had become 8 end nature him
h. felt bis throat tick aud bic ches
burn even whtn he was no. approach
ing a dupe. A co d psrs,ir-
alton stared from every unwashed
pore. Gould it he possible thst he
was really 10 consumption Under
the alarming discovery he pursued ms
vocation with increased z9al. He
coulhtd more than before, even
coughing softly to himself to test the
effect upon bis throst. In a short
time he became convinced that he did
indeed have coDtumpliIn, and it
frightened him nearly to d. a b at
once. He dared not devote his scanty
savings to M, d cal re il, and in his
misery distress he We rked nig't and
day with his coughing in der 10
gain all the money poss BILE while his
strtnsth lasted. Pursuing thus bis
unhappy trade, irritat ny li' bron-
chial organs and qusking b re the
& i'm thafoEs OF a TAR bic dls9sse, he
NJ last drlited in'o actual consump.
tibn and eventually t. b llevue hos.
pltBl, Nhsie he terminaed is Strange
catetr. PA. PlMgR, NJ. D.