Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-01
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1he Ehcrt. of tho Poor TO save Thelr Dead
FROM Potter's Field burial.
When a person dies In my Of the hos
pitfalls belonging to the city, II In the duty
OF the officials to notify such Of his friends
a. they know ~. and to wait at least "a
hours before mixing any disposition Of tho
body II the friends do not call. one Of tho
various medical institutions may get II or
It may be Inferred In potter's field Nat
urally the hospital officials are anxious TO
have the body disposed Of as soon as pos
sible, but sometimes this desire is frus-
trnted.
On recent afternoon couple called Mt
the reception room NJ Bellevue hospital and
inquired about u man who had died theru
on the previous night Both wero young,
and a resemblance in features suggested
that they were brother and sister lie WA
a cripple, one leg being shorter than tho
other and looked sickly lie was very
poorly dressed, Us was also the sister, Shu
was older than he, and her face was scanned
with lines that told OF priyation She did
the talking for both
He was our father" she said In tired
voice, referring TO the dead njNs, and VIZ
want 10 know how we can get the body"
The orderly suppressed Il sigh Us he 70.
piled:
"lll give you the death certificate" no
said, III you nre sure you will take the body
away"
Yes we will take it, said the woman
Her brother opened his mouth as II to say
something, but she rudgcd him 80 hard
with her elbow thut It brought the tears TO
his eyes and made him shut his teeth very
suddenly Tho orderly looked very dubious.
but he secured the certificate and gave IL TO
thr woman.
You must take the body away by tomor.
row, f" be sald firmly, but not unkindly
II Will, she said, and walked out fol.
lowed by her brother, who looked mystined
why did you insist upon her rgmovin I
the body ut ouccy asked the reporter who
had overheard the conversation
Because we bavea good deal OF trouble
with cases Of this kind, - replied the order.
ly. ~ don't believe these people will ~.
move the body Not that they don't wa,it
90, but they are too poor to bury IT, In all
likelihood they viii 20 aroupd among their
ntighhors, and perhaps 60 the alderman
and assemhlymAn u their district, and try
20 raise enough money 60 pay the funeral
expenses Perhaps they will succeed, hut
the chancos are they wont You see, the,r
neighbors are likely TO be no richer than
they are, ard while they might be- willing
enough to help them It's probable they
won't be able To, As for tie politicians
they have u good many calls ON their char
fly, you know
"lt frequently happens that the relatives
OF poor people who dio heru como and sei
the certificates, promising to remove the
bodies, and then never como back. They
are unable to raise the funeral expenses and
are afraid TO come back. The worst part Of
Il is that they keep the certificates, which
requires US TO make out duplicates aud 4,
through lot OF red tape 10 explain VIII,
duplicates were necessary Some OF thrsl
cases are very sad The relatives know
when they got the certificates that IL vii
be practically impossible for them TO usi
Them. but they hope for some stroke OF lucl
to enable them to raise She money havl
frequently been surprised at the fcelinl
shown by people against allowing the cit,
TO bury their relatives Men and womei
who arc usually indifferent to sentiment
and whose lives are most wretched an,
hardened, will go TO any lengths To keel
the bodies OF friends and relatives from pot
tcr's field and the medical college,, The
have special horror oe the latter. n--NeS
York Sun.