The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
TIE FOUND IT HARD TO DIE.
DTspOSSESSED TENANT DOES HIS
ByST. SPECTA CULlRLE

Hal nm Action for Damages In NieW-A
T.pdcr-Hearted Policeman Sent for
C,ld-I,cnrtcd Doctor and Ammonia and
Ether Worked Wonders In Saving Life.
Solomon Kalowisky. peddler. until yesterday
n dycllcr in an Essex street tenement, dieu
hard. but not hard enough to suit the cold
hinndcI physicians OF Bellevue Hospital He
bepan to die as soon as his landlord served
notice OF eviction on him yesterday In some
vrbat hvsterical ante mortem statement he an
nounced that the dspossess notice had broken
his ba,rt and that the landlord had hit him on
the head with board to rub 1t In. kalowisky
continued to die with great industry
mill late in the afternoon. when he
gave it up as II bad Job and left
Gouverneur Hospital with more celebrity
tbnn dignity. His neighbors greeted his 10
turn with heartfelt sympathy and with almost
enyious admiration for the steadfast deter
nip,tion he had shown in trying to prove that
The landlord had given him cause for an action
for damages It was strange. they said. that
K1lowiskv endowed with such remarkable
iudr,,rN an natural keenness. should have
,enrhrd TIA. age OF A. without emerging from
comparative poverty
Policeman Gibson Of the bicycle squad was
passing through Essex street In the morning
md saw a highly excited crowd in front OF n
tenement near Grand street. He approached
md was UfnkReu tlTpuGl tno nan w tue C'urt
behind Here he found mattress living on a
nile Of household goods and the whole sur
mounted by the body Of Solomon Kalowisky
The prostrate mans right hand was clutched
in his whiskers his eyes we're rolling and his
left hand was waving as If in appeal to the cir
Gle Of spectators.
What's the matter?" asked Gibson.
Peppers dead. almost. already" exclaimed
ayoung man who was bending over the mat
tress THE man that owns the house he put
popper because he didn't pay his rent out and
when the sad news made Pepper sick and he
fell down and couldn't get fast enough out. the
landlord by the head beat him with large
club Popper sent for a lawyer already. But
YOU will please to arrest the landlord at once
yet"
Have you sent for doctor?" asked Gibson
Several in the crowd laughed. 1T Is no good
10 send for the DOCTOR" several protested.
Everybody can see that he is hurt much
and will forthwith die. The price OF a doctor
IS not necessary
Tho policeman swore under his breath and.
with one more look at the PROSTATE man. ran
out and tcIephoned to Gouverneur Hospital for
an ambulance. When the ambulance came
DR. Flieschow came with 1t. He examined Mr..
kaowisky carefully.
Don't seem to be anything the mat tier with
him" he said to the policeman.
'Oh. what shame!" cried the audience
what cruel man..
1T is too bad that Mr.. Lowenstein. the law
yer. does not come yet" murmered the elder
son Of the patient
The surgeon took phial from his case. I'M
corked it and held it under the patients nose.
The dying man rose up with the suddenness
OF a Jack in box. wheeling and snorting
He forgot to let go OF his whiskers and q large
hunCh Of them came out in his hands
"Phew." he snorted. "f-f-f-t-phew." He
stared around at the uniforms OF the police
man and the surgeon. and handed to the sur
Reon crumpled up piece OF paper. 1t was the
dspossess notice. Then he lay back, groaned
and seemed to be about to enter upon his death
struggle
You better give him some more OF that
doctor" said the policeman. What was it?"
Ammonia" said DR.. Fleschow. grinning
and acted upon the suggestion. This time the
sufferer took full sniff that lifted him nearly
to his feet
No. no. he said angry to the policeman.
i am dead already" and with a sigh Of resig-
nation lay down once more.
The popuiace stormed. The women screamed
and wept. They insisted that Kalowisky was
terribly injured. and that the treatment OF the
surgeon was wasting valuable strength.
Shall ! take him to tho hospita?" the
surgeon asked They hailed the suggestion
with loud acclaim. Even the dying man
seemed pleased. He turned his head toward
his son. key" he said feebly. tell Mr.
Lowenstein to come to the hospital right away
yet"
He was carried out to the ambulance by his
family, and it ratified away with him to the
hospital Policeman Gibson went to the FL
bridge street station and left memorandum,
The sergeant was still puGzling over it at a
late hour in the afternoon. He changed it a
little before entering it in the blotter but this
is the way it read
III - \. M.-Soomon Kalowisky. a Rus
sian. married. pcIder. died three times in
front OF his residence. and at his wn request
was taken to Gouverneur Hospital. Injuries
not ascertained"
At the hospital the patient explained volubly
that although tho landlord had struck him on
inc head. the principal injury was not there
In falling, he had broken bot his legs. They
examined both his legs and all the rest OF his
anatomy but could not find any breaks There
was not so much as bruise. The young sur
geon. as soon "a there was time tried the effect
OF n slight application Of ether to a sensitive
part OF his anatomy. Kalowisky rose and
danced around the ward with the utmost agili-
ty until tho pain ofthe cold caused by the evan
Grafton Of the ether subsidized Then
ne lay Gown on his cot again and Groaned. 1t
was his imperfect knowledge OF English. he
SAID. that had caused him to say his legs were
broken. It was really his ribs
IN" young surgeon was pretty we'll dis
Justed by this time. He let Kalowisky occupy
the cot unmoleeted until nearly o'clock.
when the dispensary work was over Then he
made haIowtsky walk down to the operating
room where bloody operation was going on.
halowisky protested that he couldn't walk and
that the pnin OF going down stairs would kill
nm, hut he had to go. When the operation
was finished the surgeon led Kalowisky to the
operating table.
lAe Gown there" commanded the surgeon
Why lor?" asked the patient.
W" are going to fix YOU" said the surg con.
waving a ten-inch knife
WIN wild yell Kalowsky tore from his
grasp and fed down the stairs with his
wh,sNers streaming behind his ears He was
last seen tearing up Gouverneur street toward