The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-07-19
KearnY People Fear Sam
Sing, a Laundryman,
Whose Nose Is
Eaten Away.
HARBoRED A NEW YORK LsPER.
Sam Sing Camly Goes His Way and
Says Nothing Said to Have
Some Other Disease.


people are once more wondering whether
they have Chinese leper in their midst.
Some Of them are greatly exercised over
the matter, while others look upon it
with indifference and say the presence Of
leper is nonsense.
While there may not be victim Of that
dreadful disease in either Of these towns.
still the man who is suspected of being
leper is a sight He is probably the most
repnlsive-looking Chinaman in New jer-
sey. His name Is Sam Sing, and he keeps
small laundry at No. 312 John street.
Kearny- This is the place where Chin
Hop Sing, the leper, is said to have re-
manned for while after having received
200 with which to go TO China Sam
Sings face Is mass of bIotches. large
and small. particularly on his cheeks ana
ears. They are not very red, neither do
they appear 70 be running sores. In the
centre Of each is depression, % If a PEN
Gil had been poked toto them.
BAD FOR THE LAUNDRY BUSINESS
Sam Sings business is apparently PROS
porous. although several people say til at
that they have ceased having their clothes
done up in his place, as they could not
stand his disgusting appearance, an d,
besides, were afraid or disease Last
Monday night several toughs lied
and attempted to rob him, and during
the melee he was cut in the face near the
ncse- This adds nothing to his personal
beauty. lie works all alone, and is said
never to be absent from his little shanty.
Sing Is the same Chiualnan about whom
the leper scare was started TWO years
ago. AZ that time it was stated by the
doctors who attended him that it was not
a case Of leDrosy. Since that time the
blotches come and so 81 intervals, aud
the hotter the weather the more repulsiTe
is Sings appearance. He has been doc
tored off and on by DR.. Alters of Harri-
son, but the latter could nss'Se seen yes
terdaY, as nc WAS az Sea Girt.
The revival of the story Of Sing being a
victim OF leprosy was caused by the dis
covery in New York of Chin Hop Sing,
the leper referred TO as having stopped at
Sam Sings place in KearnV. Chin Hop
Sing runs 2 small laundry in the hase-
I1ent of No. z03 Fifth street, New York,
and up TO Friday no one ever susnected
that the man who stood day after day
before his ironing table polishing up
shirts for his East Side patrons was
afflicted with the most Ioathscme disease
known to map. DR.. Dillingham; Of the
Health Board called at the laundry of
Hop Sing Friday. Hep was ironing away
for all he was worth. despite tine fact that
tbe insidious disease which has laid its
fatal grip upon him is slowly but surely
ealing his Life away. DR.. Dillingham; has
seen ispers before.
TERRIBLE SYMPTOMS.
The nan's face Was a hideDuS sight.
The usual smooth, glossy skin of the
Monaghan was pulled up and covered
with little white hlotches about the size
Of the head OF a pin. The nose was fat
teued out over the face and presented the
appearance Of having been hit with a
mallet The ears OF the Chinaman pre-
scented the most marked and horrible
symptoms OF the terrible disease. They
We're elongated to about three times their
NATURAL size, and the skin was fully a
quarter of an inch thick. Hop Sings
hands, like his face, were swollen, and
between the joints Of the fingers was
formed a THICK growth OF scaly matter.
The points ofths fingers were white and
seemed to be blOedless.
ANY Of these symptoms would be suffi-
Gent to raise pfesufnption that the per-
son SO affected was q victim of leprosy,
but when all are apparent, and in the
most aggravated form, there is not the
slightest doubt as to the nature of the
malady. After DR.. Dillingham; had salts
fed himself that Hop Sing WAS leper he
asked Commissioner Bryant OF the Board
of Health to look at the man. DIR. Bryant
confirmed in every particular the dag
nosis made By DIR. Dillingham;.
From q Chinaman acquainted with Hop
Sing. the leper, it was learned that he
had been in the country about five years.
He contracted the disease in San Fran
cisco. where he nursed sick friend suffer
ing frona the malady. HE came to New
York about shree years ago ana hved at
No IL Mott street 1t WAS not long be-
fore the blotches spoken OF above made
their aDnearance. aud his Chinese friends
began to give hirn wide berth. He was
debarred from the privileges OF the chop
house, aud was finally marked as man
not safe for any clean Chlnaman 70 asso-
ciate with.
HIS coUNTRYaEN FEAR HIM.
In short. hop Sing became marked
man. and his life In Mott street was ex-
sceedingly burdens0me. He stood enc
tauuts Of his former friends as long as he
could, and then, with the, ala OF some
money. which was collected TO send In
cnrabies beck TO China. Hop Sing moved
to Kearny and bought an interest IN the
laundry run bv III Chung at No. 3l2 John
street. Lii Chung was leper IN the last
stages of the disease. Ihls partnership
continued up to about q year ago, wnen
Hop Sing returned to new LoIk. e anas
ing the wrath OF his friends, VINO naa
given him the money TO go noaie 20 Onina
and die Ike true MongoliIasn.-
Hon Sing took room on Eighth avenue
near Hudson street, where nc ngea sne
life of a hermit. However saLe sni =
sooo crew yery monotonous to Hop
Sing, ana he decidedd to g into Tas Og sbe
nrnnrIetnr of the laundry at NO AVS fllln
Street. One night about seven r",,s,a months qbs
ago Hop Sing called on his his. cousin E,n mns
were turned down low he failed TO no !, 9
the appearance Of Hop sing ms tb so1 vent to
played little fan tan anu 'nen Won "
bed. ~ a,.oo1arsd
thar he had slept with lep !S iror o S "s'
for playing him such trick but i ne sI lie
seqnently changed his mind ana fnr s s and md
laundry to his Cousin hop lot GOV an"
Immediately left the city rar,v
Sam Sing. the laundryman1 Or a. Aea !. y,
at whose place It IS saio , noy No 'o' infor-
nation on tie subject He is about thirty , ~
years OF age. Eis nose has Deen s g Isl
away by disease, but 1t is elalmeo tnss' ns
Is not afflicted with leprosy.
Martin Act In Newark
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