The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-23
FOR A HELPLESS SOLDIER.
WASHIHGTON VOLUNTEER PARA.
LIVED FROM WOUNDS.
An E0Ort Being Made to secure 4
Fund with which To start Hiu
In Business. BY Which He CaA
Support Himself ana Mother.

In . little room In this city. watched and
waited upon by his old mother. whom he
supported for years. lies Corporal W. b
Tucker. late Of Company H. First Wash
ington volunteers.
He IL merely wreck of a man. one SIDE
Of his body being paraiyxed from a wound
through both hips and = brass-bound bull
let lodged in the lung cavity.
He was among the first in Washington TO
volunteer when the country called for de-
tenders OF the flag. At the time OF his
enlistment he Was young man = years
OF age. occupying . good position with
Cooper 4 Levy, Of this city. and lived
with lbs aged mother. supporting her from
his salary.
He went to Manila. and In the famous
charge at Guadalupe on February y fell
shot through and through.
One bullet tore through the body near
the waist line the other entered his chest.
1t was not thought Tucker could live. but
his wonderful constitution, built up and
strengthened by steady habits. pulled him
back to life-a half man.
In the course OF time Corporal Tucker
will get a pension. but II will be months
and months before the slow machinery Of
the government unwinds the red tape that
ties the purse In his case. In the mean
time he and his mother must live. Work
for him 10 out of the question. and the
mother. even II she could safely leave her
helpless boy. the boy she gave. a strong.
hearty man, to the army OF defense Of his
country. IL too old TO work hard.
but II Corpora; Tucker could get money
enough to start q little stand ceiling cigars
or something else, he could attend to that
and make money enough for himself and
mother to live without hardship
A movement has been inaugurated by
fuckers friends. and Is In charge Of L..
Y x.R a. g. = A.
work. which has for its object the secur-
ing by popular subscription OF enough
money to start Tucker In business in a
small way. Every one seen by Mr.. Levy
has responded readily. but az the solicitor
in this good work cannot see one-haif the
people who want to subscribe to so pa
trtotic charity, the Post-Inteiligencer
viii gladly aid In the good work by re-
ceiving at its buGness office any and all
citizens may desire to contribute toward
a fund 10 set the paraiyzed corporal up
In business. From time to time the names
Of the contributors to the fund viii be
published. and 1t ID hoped that some little
compensation may be made by the pa
triot.c citizens of Seattle to the man who
really gave more than his life In defense
Of the fiaR.
There IL here published q partial list OF
the firms and people who have Already
subscribed, and the list will be added to
from day to day until the name Of every
contributor has been published:
The following firms and individuals have
donated 81 each: Cooper 4 Levy. proscut-
Ing attorneys Office. Sehwaoacher Bros.
& Co, Clark 4 Kelly. Crescen. Manusac-
turing Company. Frye-Bruhn Company.
Dexter Horton 4 Co. Jacob F>urth. w.
Sutherland. J. q. Goldsmith, NJ. Seller &
Co.. Goidstsin Hat Company. Tough, Aug
Justine 8 Co. Brown Bros. Newhalfs dry
goods house. Stewart & Holmes. Albert
Hansen. MacDougail & Sou,hw.ck Com
pany. Ssandward Furniture Co. Frederick.
Nelson 4 Munro. Carstens Bros. James f.
Hoge. Graham 4 Moore.
The following additional amounts have
heeu subscribed.