Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-08
BLINDLY INHUMAN,
Pitiable Scene on the Street
in Chicago.
DEATH OF A FRIENDLEss OLD NAE.

Ignorantiy Prosecuted by Children and
Refused Refuge I'm a Synagogue By
Women lie Pleads for Wafer. strug.
giles with the Grim Destroyer and Dies
I'm the Arm of q Kindly Fireman, the
Only One Who Took Pity on Him.
CHICAGO, an. Sat noon yesterday an
old and feeble man tottered slowly along
Clinton stree toward Judd. Occasionally
he stopped, and, grasping a post for sup
port, appealed to passers- by to assist him
to car. None took notice of the old man.
He staggered along as best he could, and
the children who were Just coming out of
school followed, shouting and plaguins
him, thinking he was drunk. When he
reached the door of the Jewish synagogue,
on the corner of Clinton and Judd streets,
he reeled and fell. A large crowd col
lected, but none offered to assist the aged
man, whose pale face and violent convul-
sions showed plainly that he was dying.
A Friend in Need Appears.
With great difficulty he drew himself
along the ground, and succeeded in climb
ing up the steIs of the synagogue. "waterl
water" he cried, but the crowd only
laughed and je cred. One youngster reached
over and pushed the PROSTATE man with
his foot, but before he could repeat the ac.
ton he was felled TO the ground by a
singing blow from the fist of Capt Cor
nelius Manning, of engine company q, who
had just pushed his way through the
crowd Manning lifted the old man, and,
taking off his coat, gave il to him for u
pillow
Unmerciftl I'm Their Ignorance.
1.-THE old man is dying" Captain Man
ming said, AMI the rough voices we're
hushed. The nd hearted fireman started
TO get some brandy. When he returned
he found crowd of excited Jewish women
standing about the old man, shouting and
declaring that he must be talSen away.
supposing that ne was drunk The old man
was shivering with cold, and Captain Man
ming asked the Jews TO take him into the
synagogue. They appeared horror-stricken,
and declared that none but Jews could en-
ter. The man vas suddenly seized with a
fit. and Captain Manning lifted him and
started to carry him inside despite the OBJ
jections.
A Struggle Over the Dying
The excited women called a negro to
their assistance, and they seized the dying
man and attempted to pull him away
from Manning. As they had closed the
doors Manning placed his burden again on
the steps The old man revived and slow
ly taking handkerchief from his pocket
united it and took out 10 cents which he
offered TO them il they would only let him
In TO get warm. Without noticing his ac-
ton the women tried to push him down
the steps, and Capt. Manning. seeing that
something must done at once, raised the
man again in his arms
Doad in the Firemah's Arms.
NPm dying the old mrn family whis-
pered; @be good to my wife and little
before he could finish the sentence he ut
tered loud CRY and died When the
women and the crowd realized that the
man was dead tley fed horror-stricken
The dead man was poorly dressed and APP
parently about IS years old He carried a
cane and wore plain gold ring on the
fourth finger of his left hand The body
was removed to ieger's morgue, but no
one came to recog liZe him