The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18
LEPROSY IN NEW YORK.


NEW YORK. July IA Chinese leper has
been discov cred in an East-s:de laundry.
He is Chin Hop Sing. and when the repre-
sentative of the health authorities paid him
q professional visit he was industriously
ironing shirt He has been a leper eight
months, and seven months OF that time be
has spent In washing the linen of outsiders.
The health office. after examination, de-
cided that il was a genuine case of leprosy.
but say they cannot take the man in charge
because they have no place to take him.
Here Is the story of the Chinaman:
A year and half ago. when Chin Hop
Sing came to this city from San Francisco.
he was as healthy Chinaman as any one
could wish to see. There were. however.
queer rumors about him. It was said that
Chin Hop Sing had lived with leprous
friend in San Francisco and that he had
helped To support him until tho doctors
came and took the friend away. His conn
trymcn Stunned him. At last he was driven
into q mIserab bic room. where only the low
est of the low reside. and where. 1t is said.
other iepers had hidden. In that place Hon
Sing lived until a fund CT $40 was raised to
take him back to China. His friends
wanted to get him out of the way. Chin
to go away. and he did go away,
but only as far as Newark, n. j.,
where he invested part OF the money in II
laundry kept by Ii Chung. Chung was
leper, aud in IA very bad way with the dis
ease. The two formed u partnership. Chung
was rapidly growing worse. Hop Sings
malady was just beginning TO show itself
i'll the blotches which broke out on his
back and neck. The partnership did not
last very long. Some say that Ching got
so bad that be could not work, and Hop
Sing did not want 10 do all the work. Chm
Hop Sing braved the wrath of the 81 bscrib
ers of the fund, and came to New York
His head began to swell. his ears
his nose had reached q re-
markable size. Besides, his eye-lashes
had dropped out and he was getting bald.
He Went to the laundry of his cOusin. Chin
En-. and demanded abundance. The cousin
was afraid TO send him away. so he let him
sleep there until morning. When Chin En-
awoke and saw how Hop Sing looked he
became terrified and would not stay In the
place. He believed IL was already infested
with the fearful disease. He told the vper
he wonld sell out for $50 The bargain was
made aud Chin En- has not been seen since.
Chin Hop Sing took possession of the sh op
immediately and went right on with the
business. He has been washing and iron
ing clothes there ever since.
The little fat Chinaman, whom the folks
in the neighbOrbOod have patrOniZed rOr
the past seven months. is undoubtedly a
leper, and he has been in such a bad way
recently that he could hardly do the work.
For hours at time he has been compelled
to rest. He has found it impossible TO get
any help, for there was not q Chinaman in
the city who would work for him. Some
times he would find a stranger Chinamsn
from San Francisco Or New Orleans. who
would work for him. but the latter would
always leave as soon as he found what was
the matter. The case was reported to the
board this morning. with the results stated
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