Telegram-herald., 1886-06-23
DRIVEN From HOME
The Sad Story Told by Poor
Unfortunate Della Jones.
CHARITY FROM A FALLEN R0RlG.
Della Jones Claims 10 Rave seen
abused sao ga Used a. the lsands
of Charitable Women What
the Parties iaterest-
Cd Say


10 loA AhoE What kiu1 II holst ilis
is
'les bui am hungry snd homeless
Wi you take nls ing
The above conversation to8k place be
tveea q gard named ns.ia Jones and Nellie
Smith, prorfietress of house 81 iil-lame
al - ksnl->t Nellie >niilh iulorllei the
gil tnai she niighi stay 81 her house
thai she could Siay uuili she iauul food and
lodging elsewhere and DeIla Jones is nov
living with Miss nuith ln tile capacity 81
hired glr Behind ali ihis lies 3 history
Nbich u true vii bring blush g. the So
called cAsritaaie people ai thls eiIg. The
story ls best related Ia Della 1o44fs o0n
words a. spoken o. q reporter yesterday. u
lived until the aEe of ~ years in haia-
ma1oo. ny father Nas . prominent mcF-
chant of that place. he died when ! ~as
four years old. some years aileTNard mY
mother. who Vas lu good circumstances.
married gentleman from Germany hs
suooeeie1 in getting nav mother 90 transfer
all her property 10 llu and when j was
fourteen years Old nay mother died. AY
stepfalher realized All The property and NcnI
% Germany leaving me penniiesS. >inue
that time have lived in several 7piacfs ID
this Stale in various <meniAl capacities
-Four years ago ! came o. this ciR. Ny
health gave 0uI aud 1 vas Obliged a. g. %
81 Marks Home J stayed There Z short
time. but recovering ms health sonie0i,si
went 10 work again. I lived in ienla Tor
short time. but came again o. tins Ciig al
the end of last year j obtained work but
my health again failed me aud } went H. St
Mar 5 Home ] suffer from debility and
heart disease While al Tie Home
! was taken very sick. Or Stevens visited
me. was shamefally treated. one dnY
" hen ] was sick in bed they made nae Set
up and work could hardly stand ap aud
one Of the ladies said J was no good any
how and ths. the best thing for me 60 DO
was 10 die. The food Was coar-e and
could not eat H. They kept on urging me
20 20 somewhere else After staying there
a month, leil and went - live with Mr. +
j Douglass. az fso North ionia-st The
Home FOR Fneudless woman bad iusi been
started al her house Mrs Doctor Neenboof
was very kind 20 me aud paid three weeks
board ] obtained a sewing machine pay
ing seventy five cents a week Cor ID. baf
was compelled % lea il go. Doctor Whit
field attended me. bat ] vas not able q pay
him. The Home was then moved 90 South
l0nia. ST.. aud moved there Too. They
made me work 50 hard fhaI I could nai
stand il. and went back to Mrs Douglass
She was very kind to me. Aayor
Dikeman also assisted me. lie pzid
two weeks board aud sent me several other
things. ] have been 10 nearly adj the
benevolent societies in the city. hnt none of
them will aid me poormasfcr Rnpprccht
would not help nae lie said lad not lived
here long enoush. Tie County superin-
tcndents Of the Poor offered - send me fo
the poor farm. bat J would sooner de than
20 there Last Thursday ! went 81 prom
inent lady and she advised me 10 &c io
Nellie smiths. She said she was al open
hearted woman She told me What
kind Of house il was dreaded 10 - for
] am a virtuous woman. Another lady
offered 10 get me admitted to the Insane
Asylum at Kalamazoo. She said Size knew
a doctor who would sign certificate saving
that I was insane No } WiIl not give vou
her name But she il prominent member
Of The ". G. 7. Z. Driven by went J applied
% Miss Smith. She took me in and ] was
never better treated IN my lie les
have applied Tor work in many
places They say I am not healthy enough
10 care for children aud aun not strong
enough 10 DO housewofk. ] am only twenty
three wears 81 ace There seems nothing
for me 10 DO bui 60 die. No Deiis Jones b.
not my right name nv life nas been q sal
one. 50 please do not find ont my name.
was never married lt is bard 81 find 80
much hardship in this beautiful world
shall never be able to repay Miss Smith Tor
her kindness"
The matron al ST Marks Home. Mr.
Slater. was next seen. She remembered
Della Jones being al the Home. She denied
the charges oi bard work aud negiecf
made against the Home She said Della
Jones Was there a month She was frefful
and continually complaining rbe did
no hard work She vas asked to
take care of baby, but she refused.
She was told that she would have 90 Do
something also that she bad better coi
place where she would be- better satisfied.
She informed me one day that she had
found a place understand she went io
the Home for Friendiess Women. I under
stand she was az inmste of 81 Aarks
Home sometime ago.
ITsTbe girl charges that someone in fle
Home said she was 40 good anyhow and
had better die De you know WHO said
ihaf9H gueriei the Reporter.
Il understand thaf Ilr Stevens in answer
to something she said about going 10 tie.
said Wei. why d0nf YOU dief lie ssid it
in Joke 80 wss informed
Mrs Douglass corroborate1 Della
Jones history Sra every particular She
spoke highly ~ Maror DikemsD and Nn.
Dr Neenboer She explained fna
she was poor woman herself hui would
DO everything for ths poor girl She sad.
Il was strange that Boormasfer hupprecht
can beip MS own country Eleu when thef
have ONLY lived in the country aiev months
and YES cannot heip poor. sick frtndiees
girl Df Whitfield said sii sic wanted IVES
good food aud fee week, resi- J have
seen Der sii a. the seWinz machine Hi shf
dropped on the floor iif Holden came te
80 her He wss sent by Mavof Dksmau
Dr. Holden stated that be had visited ths
cir a. Mrs. Douglass fvo ~ three times
He found Der very weak snd nol ab'e ~
work
Neither MaVor H.kepan ~ Ur. Stevens
could he found bv tie reForter. TIE rifis
story il Indeed a I'D o1s end demands fhst
some cAeritaile person should take her in
charge. A. present sbe IL dependarf 1f.Cn
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