Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-13
BEGGARS COME TO TOWN.
Washington the Mecca OF the Halt,
Lame and Blind of the Whole Country.

Yesterday afternoon there arrived at the Bal
timore and Potomac depot blind woman
forty-five or fifty years old, giving the name of
Ellen Wilkinson, and her two daughters, one
seventeen or eighteen years old who appears
to be simple or idiotic, the other ten or clever
years old, cripple using crutches. They
stated that they came from Old Point Comfort
anu want, a pension for the husband and
father OF the family, who had been a soldier,
they said, and they asked to be sent to the
Soldiers Home to stay there till they got
pension. The mother stated that she had had
pension but that her papers had been stolen
Officer Lamb took charge of the family. and
sending for the sixth precinct patrol wagon
they were given quarters Mt the New Jersey
avenue station. Az they were being placed in
tho wagon the youngest of the party gave
clue to the object of their visit by saying:
Mother will want to go out tomorrow to see
the town and see II she can't pick up some
change"
Mrs. Wilkinson and daughters remained at
the sixth precinct station last night and this
morning had not made up their minds what TO
do or where to 60. Their talk this morning
showed that they arc very ignorant and are no
more or less than female tramps. From their
stories it appears that they have in the last few
years been in Alabama, Tennessee, North Caro-
lima and Virginia and don't care much where
IL
to eat They wall be given their choice Of leav-
ing town or going down to the work house as
Migrants.
AN IMAGINARY PARADISE FOR PAUPERs.
1t would seem from the multitude of lame,
halt and blind persons and other unfortunates
who come or are sent to this District that there
is an impression abroad that the Federal CAPT.
tai ID haven OF rest for all such afflicted per-
sons and that once here the government will
see to it that they are cared for. Sanitary OFF,
Ger Frank has one or more such persons
brought to him daily With some OF these
people there is an apparent indifference as to
the disposition to be made of them, so that
they are not compelled to work; but often
adopts in the art Of begging are to be found
among them. Some OF these seem to have
regular circuits. In the case of a female beg
CARA regutar-the officer seems to have put
stop to her visits here by warning her the last
time he furnished her transportation out of the
city that the next ticket he gave her would be
to the work house by the BLACK Maria"
ON WHEELS.
A week ago three colored boys trundled to
police headquarters heavy-built, aged colored
woman who was born without legs and had
been wheeled here from Manassas Her chariot
was made from heavy goods box mounted
on two wooden wheels. and the two bows at the
tongue furnished the motive power.
SAYS THE GOVERNMENT OWES HIM BIO MONEY
Mr.. Frank has another case ON hand ont Of
the usual run-an old white man nearly eighty
years of age named Gillipsie, who claims that
the government owes him a large amount of
money for horses taken from him In Missouri
during the war, and says he has come here to
get his money. He was stopping In one of the
cheap lodging houses on LIST street, and some
days since applied to Officer Frank for clean
shirt, but the officer could not accommodate
him. He then left and about two hours after
ward was found sick i'll the fifth precinct and
Mr.. Frank sent him to the hospital. He is now
transportation, and it is expected he will start
home next week.