The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25
QUARANTINE ON THE boWhRr.
A Dig Crowd Surrounds IA Cholera Suspect
Two Monrs, WnitInG Tor an A mbmInncr

NUN iVE Nh
slightly built young man OF dark com.
plexion fell on the footpath at the southwest
corner OF the Bowery and Houston street. near
the elevated railroad steps last evening. with.
In pain. and vomiting.
Tho cry Of cholera was raised. and passcrs
by gave him n wide berth. An ambulance
surgeon gave II as his opinion that tho man
was probably suffering fron Asiatic cholera
and for two hours he lay on the pavement,
while a big crowd collected and almost
stopped traffic.
The young man was first seen at about & Al
. +. NJ by Eoundsman Mckirvey and Officer
Michael Johnson leaning against a Telegraph
polo. They ran to his assistance. but he was
unable to speak.
DR.. Walker came with an ambulance from
st. Vincent's Hospital. decided that there
were strong suspicious that tho man was sut-
fering from cholera and did not take him in
the ambulance.
As he appeared to DO suffering great pain.
the doctor gave him mn injection Of morphine
In the right arm and reported tn" cas-" to 1r.
Andrews ut tho Bureau OF Contagious Dis
There appeared to be n hitch somewhere. az
no deputy health oi1cor could he found. In
the mean tino u crowd OF sighisccrs began 10
collect about the man. who WAS now unron.
scio4s. and 1t increased to such lroporti2ns
that Policemen Conrtois and troughnn liHl to
keep the people of until Il number of reserves
we're sent for.
The reserves drove tho reopls bach to tie
rnveinents ON either side. tho crowd by this
time being Increased to something iIk"'wo
, M;1S ainc, M9r9 sh 6es an. to ,o 2rr,v" "on HHd mt =, w" q
way for the street cars.
An irregular Gordon was established. Every
aud people plondei 10 have n .ool ut what was
going on. the women struggling to get into
From . card found in the PROSTATE mans
pocket It was learned that H." was Samuel
S MsG anpsaIsd " t r,ef bs % Of 6 ~ 'n~ ,a ET9" q, sr@ am IN
about an hour the effect Of the narcotic wore
OF b. anf bo tes o %1 tne Cif isaI,h to 6 ,1",r,m; had been
sent for. and from n hasty examination he de-
cided that it was a snsplrions casI ,,,,.,
wagon drove up in charge OF DR.. ,TiiEE. Whom
two policemen went to raise the rrostrat"d
feet and strugsl"d win III" nnt""rt. riotest.
ing vio'ently against going into the W spn.
The crowd NJ once set Ut a cheer. ana hurst
through the temporary quarantine until they
surrounded the wagon. some, II the people
laughing. others declaring that it was IA
The police tried in vain to heat the reorle
back. An ATTEMPT to ITO :" resulted in ,thoir
carried on their feet in ihs rush The patient
positively refused TO get into tn" wagon.
al f last Last t ne was wh hHnl !, WI! IN It 5,,,, i ,n IL. rs.
%cepti9n Hospital. the crowd hooting and
While the doctors believed 1t to he a sus-
pirious case; the people evidently thought
every one had been fooled. and that the man
had been sun ring from alcoholism or n tit.
The nolics declared positively that the man
showed no signs of drink.
The delay in removing the man was said to
he due to the fact that there were two more
suspected y cases 10 TO attended to.
The house in East broadway whore Machin-
sky's hroth.r-in law lives and tho PREMISES at
100 East Houston street. where the patient
has rooms. were distnf"ctod and lunran,ined.
DIR. Farrell Of 2c' West Thirtr-iirst street !
was summoned Yesterday afternoon to attend
John Calvin OF 1915 West Twentv-eighth
street. DR.. Farrell thought tn" case was sis-
picious and notified :hc Health Board An
inspector camc around and said he thought it
WAS n case Of cholera morb,s, Calvin was
taken to the Reception Hospital. His rooms
were quarantinel.
Charles Snen. % years old. who Is n butcher
and lives in furnished rooms at 900 First
avenue. went to tho hispensary ct l37 Second
in charge sent him to tho Fifth street station
with q note. saving that his symptoms were
Board Of Health. Or. Trigg mad him removed
to tbs, lecerti'n Hospital. The station house
WAS dis!nfect"l. and the house. where Sncff
lives was dIsinfected and guaranteed.