St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-23
HEA RTLESS EVICTION AT BOSTON

A distressing story comes from
Boston of the eviction of Mrs. Eliza
beth Carroll, a widow, and her four
children from her home at 90 North
Margin street, and of the formers
subsequent death from exposure,
while i'll with consumption. Several
years ago Mrs. Carroll's husband
was killed in the Wallastone disaster
on the Old Colony railroad, and she
secured enough money as damages
to leave her in comfortable circum-
stances. This was intrusted to a
broker, Charles A. Holt, who, with
the money of many other clients,
amounting to 100000, disappeared
four years ago. Mrs. Carroll was
reduced to poverty and had for many
weeks been dying when. death was
FASTENED last week Monday by the
heartless conduct of the evictoys.
Being unable to pay her rent, her
furniture, save the bed on which she
lay with daughter, who was also
i'll, was removed from the house. De
prived from her home comforts and
fire, Mrs. Carroll sank rapidly, and
in the evening she died from exposure.
Mrs. CAROLS 14-years-old daugh-
ter gives an account of the proceed
ing, which in substance is as follows:
1.-TWO men came to the house Mon
day and began to put things on the
sidewalk. First, they took out all
the crockery, then the chairs and
kitchen furniture. Then the men
were going to leave. Mother was in
the next room i'll in bed. She had
not been able to move hardly, for
two mOnths-but the landlady COM
manded the men to move the stove.
One of them did not wish to, as he
said that we would all catch cold,
but at last he took bucket of water
and threw on the fire, putting 1t
out and making an awful smoke that
made mother cough dreadfully. |
was at the stove at the time making
a flaxseed poultice for my sister who
was lying in bed with mother. She
has three assesses on her neck, and
| had to 90 to a neighbours to finish
making the poultices before | could
put them on my sisters neck. Then
the men put the stove outdoors and
took out the lower sash of the Win
dow All that was left in the house
was the bed in the next room where
my mother and sister were i'll. All
the afternoon it was cold and chilly
in the house and mother who was
suffering from consumption coughed
awfully. At 6 o'clock | went to a
neighbours and got a glass of milk
for mother She gave half to my
sister and drank the rest herself |
left note for a doctor to call. He
had been here about q week ago, but
he said he was too tired and could
not get out. At a little after S
O'Clock mother coughed very hard,
and then her eyes turned up and
knew she was dead. | ran to the
police station and told them and
Sergt BOynton came down, talked to
the landlady, and then brought the
stove in from out in the shed, built a
fire for us and put in the window.
He got us something to eat, too. A
few weeks ago, | had to leave my
place in candy mandatory to take
care of mother and sister. We paid
SIT a week for these two rooms,
and owed for two weeks last Satur
day night. We did not have a cent
iii the house to pay the rent with,
so the constable came and put us out"
In the house the next morning were
the four children, a halfsister five
years of age, boy of 10 years and
two girls aged 1 4 and II years, hud
died about the kitchen fire with q
halEdOzen neighbors, who were do
ing the best they could to relieve
them, while in the next room lay the
dead mother.