The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-03
ago Many think he is now playing a clever game.

, Roosevelt and tho Presbyterian nave
! harbored him. and even ST. Luke's,
! which loves not patients OF this KIND,
/ has manifested an interest In his case,
( expressed IN terms of food, bed ana
/ medical care. Even yet he might be
/ going the rounds in moderation but Tor
the failing OF bOastfulness when I'm his
! cups. False friends betrayed him. He
! became a marked man and now the
4 young ambulance surgeon who brings
! him in as a cease" IS a butt and de-
ris!on 20 the entire hospital corps, and
! even the probe" nurses, who are sup
posed to have no ideas above making
! beds and preparing medicines, refer 10
! him as "Old Epss new patron From
/ all that can be discovered this singular
/ character Is not 20 be found 10 present
| around his accustomed haunts. and the
! inference IS that ne has returned 10 that
! institution which requires no pretext for
| admission. the Island.
Then there is Edward Greene, who IS
| always brought to the hospital shrek
| ing that he will die and 20 20 hell be-
cause he has committed suicide by poi
| son. If Edward never gets any nearer
that undesirable locality than ne comes
in this way his future Is assured. out
Of eleven recorded performances he has
not achieved one final exit. All the COM
j mon poisons are on his list arsenic. car
bolic acid, rough on rats, paris green,
prussic acid, ground glass and, shortly
after the famous Fleming trial, pto-
maines. The latter proved a distinguish
b ed failure because upon being asked
4 where he got the ptomaines he unhesi-
I tatingly replied:
AT the drug store"
] All poisOns have the same effect upon
Edward. profound agony. loud shrieks,
a quick trip 10 the hospital impassion-
4
stomach pump and swift recovery. No
poison is ever recovered. however. There
/ came a time when the Harlem Hospital,
| which he principally affects wearied Of
! him and he was cast forth ignominiOus-
| ~ and lay peTishing upon the sidewalk
! for nearly half an hour while an indg
nant populace made cutlery against the
I brutality Of the hospital authorities.
: When he went away Greene carried with
4 him the memory OF this threat, made
Z by one OF the attendants:
'Tf you ever come here again with
your internal pOisons I'll take you UP
, on the roof and kick you Off"
! The attendant had not reckoned upon
! his mans returning loaded, but Edward
J figured It out on that basis. He ap-
! peared one day at the hospital groan-
! ing quite quietly for him and presented
| himself for Treatment The attendant
ragged.
what did I say I would do TO your"
( he cried. i've a good mind to kick
| you inside OUT
| "Kick ahead. old man." replied the
, patient meekly. I'm tired Of life any
way. and now l don't care. Go ahead"
| This was so different from the usual
| style of thing that the hospital official
paused and stared.
Yes, kick, kick" said the indestructi-
| BILE self-destroyer. Cd you know what
J happened to Elijah? Read your Bible.
| do your"
"Wnat are you talking about?" growl-
| ed the other
oh nothing. only Elijah. ne went 10
| heaven in a chariot of fire. You kick.
| and Wen have a chariot o. fire all right.
| just like Elijah only I guess 1t won't
| land us in the same place as him. Sui
cides don't get to heaven much, reck-
| on, and there hadn't ought 10 be much
choice for a man that would kick a poor
dying sufferer So ] guess wen be
blown to the other place together. Kick
| Why don't you kick?"
IL don't know what you mean,"
protested the puzzled official.
"Oh. you don't hey? Well. iook-a-
there"
He held out an empty vial marked
"nitro-glycerine." and pointedly turned
his back upon the other.
lOoh all VI mat ne SAlis 4NhWf
kick me, and Wen see what happens"
Pale as a sheet the attendant rushed
off for one OF the doctors. but the doc
tor wasn't impressed by the nitro-gly-
cerine tale. Edward got his kicks. good
hard ones, and he didn't explode. either.
, But he says that doctor is very reck-
less person.
GoUverneur Hospital used 20 have a
fakir all its own. who was brought I'm
drowned on an average OF once a fort
night for about year. Any pier was
good enough for him 10 commit suicide
from and he contributed so largely TO
the police station literature Of the east
side that, after hearing his nainc, any
Sergeant could AL out the rest OF the
slip from memory. ending: Taken 70
Gouverneur Hospital; may recover"
The man presented most excellent
| Imitation of person in whom life Is
just fiickering out Once he overdid It