The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-04-19
NEW YORK.

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ing them by telegraph. Mr.. Henry
Goucher, OF the institution was very
ready to explain to us everything
about tie building.
We then visited the aquarium,
formerly by the American Battery
in Castlegarden, and was kindly
conducted through it by the super
intendent Mr.. l.. B, Spencer.
We next went to tine headquart-
ers Of the police department of New
York on Mulberry street. Mr..
Byrnes, Superintendent Of Po-
lice, directed us to the Rogue S
picture gallery where there were
thousands of pictures of the noted
thieves and murderers of this coun-
try and Europe. Some OF them
we're hard looking pictures and 9TH
ers intelligent looking. Saw the
picture here of Franklyn ]. Moses
Ex-Governor of S. c., imprisoned
for forgery, and in the room where
the tools and implements OF mis-
chief are kept l saw many and
among them the cleaver which the
negro Caesar used here ten oil
twelve days ago to chop up his
mistress after he had choked her
to death. lie choked her to death
and then went to a butcher near by
and borrowed the cleaver aud
chopped off his victims legs and
then wrapped her up and got on
street car with her thinking it would
run on to the Bay as usual, but i
failed 10 do so, and he had TO gel
off; SO he threw her over a little
iron fence by the side of a bank
and left her. But the cleaver anC
other things gave him away and hi
was arrested and confined in the
tombs awaiting trial. The tomb;
is connected with the grand court
built by the Bridge of Sighs, ovel
which prisoners are taken for trial
We went then into Mott Street
principally occupied by Italians
and | have no language to give
you an idea Of their abject deprav
ty. The street was full of dirty
filthy, ranting children, that would
try to run right over you, and from
every house there was an intolera'
BILE stencil. This street leads to
Pell street, the real China town Of
N. Y. Here were nothing but Chi
nese and so thick on the side walks
you have to get right odt in the
middle Of the street to walk.
think this street would have been
more significantly spelled had the
first letter been H instead Of P.
Major ]. ]. Comstock, of thi;
city, conducted me and few more
on this adventure. The Major il
well acquainted with the city anC
served in the federal army A years
and s months, but has no pensions al
the following letter will show. Thi,
is his reply 10 a claim agent:
New York, Nov. II, 1892.
"Mr. Allen Ruthflrd, No. $50 F.
Street N. W. Washington, D c
Dear Sir:-In reply to your few
or ofNov. IL, wish to state that
did receive some blank papers iron
, you, to be filled out regarding pen
sions. If [ remember correctly,
! stated at the bottom of the pape
that if | had no claim on the gov
8 ernment for a pension | was I
!. turn the papers oyer TO some bod
! else. have no claim and, there
fore, turn them over. | canno
. conceive, for the life of me, VIII
you wish every man who serve
during the war, to make claim o.
the United States Government 70
a pension. | am able to take car
OF myself. If u lost both my leg
and arms, but could earn none
for my self-support, | certainl
would never ask the government t
pay me for patriotism. | eonten
that Corporal Tanner, who II
ceiYes $40 month for the loss q
both his legs, has no right to tina
amount, because he is able to SUP
port himself. trust that the nel
administration coming into powt
on the 4th of Marcel, 1898, will wee
out all these "dead beats" as | ca
them, and increase pensions to wid
ows and orphans and those VIII
are really incapacitated and utterl
unable to take care CT themselYe.
on account of sickness or injurie
, received during the war. In othe
words, give pensions to whom the
belong, and | am satisfied the nel
administration will do this and the
| certainly will if | have anything
say about it.
Yours Very Truly,
j. j. Constr OK.