The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-09
STARVING 70 DEATH.
The Sad Plight of a Young
Variety Singer in a Ho-
bOken Tenement.
FOUND BY A CONSTABLE.
She Was Unconscious and May Not
Have Eaten Anything in
Two Weeks.

A sad tale of suffering and want was
brought to light in Hoboken last night
when Constable Peter Quinn attempt ed
to serve dispossess warrant on young
woman in one of the big tenement houses
in the lower section of the city. The
young woman, who is said to have eked
out miserable existence by singing in
one of the low concert saloons in Hobo
ken, was found unconscious and at
deaths door from lack of food and nour-
ment. She is at present in St. Mary's
Hospital in dying condition.
1t was about three months ago that the
young woman who said she was Mrs.
Sophie Book, applied to Frank Spinetlo,
the landlord of the big frame tenement
house at No 610 Second street, for rooms.
She carried u baby in her arms, and at the
time looked SO neat and respectable, that
Spinetto had no hesitancy in letting her
two small rooms en- the second floor.
The only visitors noticed by the neigh
bors were a middle aged man and a
young woman. The Young woman was
Mrs. Books sister, but of the man no one
knew anything, and Mrs. Book never
told who he was. 1t was he who paid the
first two months rent, however. Ihen his
melancholy.
SHE DISAPPEARED.
Her sister visited her and took charge
of the haby. Finally the neighbors missed
Mrs. Book. The landlord had failed to
collect his rent. and commenced disposess
proceeding in the District Court, On June
81 Constable Quinn visited the house for
the purpose oil serving legal notice. He
knocked at the door and received no re-
sronse. Believing the woman to De out,
Quinn tackled the notice on the door and
went away
On July Quinn went to the house to
serve the second notice. He was surprised
to find he door still locked and the first
notice still on it. he inquired among G the
othe tenants and they all said that they
had not see Mrs. Book for several days.
Quinn, believing something was wrong.
telt inclined to burst the door, but as he
had no authority he did not do SO, and
went away.
On Thursday in the District Court
Judgment was rendered in the case, and
yesterday afternoon Quinn started with
his third and fnal legal paper-a dis
possess warrant Quinn hurried to the
house with many misgivings.
A SHOCKING SIGHT.
He received shock when he saw the
two notices still on the door. He had been
followed up the Stairs by many of the
t6uAubS Wuo huCW LIS t1llSslUII ttutt tuCy
all clustered about. Quinn's warrant this
time gave him authority to force the
door, aud without much ado he did it.
Then sad spectacle presented itself.
On miserable cot in room almost en-
tirely devoid Of furniture lay the form OF
a woman. Quinn and several of the
neighbors who had followed him into the
room went over to the couch. They fell
back at the sight of what they thought
was a corpse.
The woman was still alive, however,
but the vial spark had almost fed. The
features were pinched and the body was
greatly emanciated. Quinn spoke to the
woman, but received no response. She
was unconscious.
City Physician Simon was Immediately
notified aud the ambulance summoned
The woman was brought to St. Mary's
Hospital. DIR. Simon said the woman
was suffering from lack of nourishment
and was SO weak that he thought her re.
covery impossible.
@W neither the woman was locked in tbs
bare room since the first notice was served
almost two weeks ago, without food Oh
nourishment, is question that can only
b answered by herself.