Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-24
lEPER SU WAH.
He is Turned Loose in Iuarez, Mex
leo, From Where He Escaped.
UNPLEASANT JOB ACCOMPLISHED

c. M. Foraker. United States mar
shall, and James Smith. the deputy
sheriff who contracted to see the
leper, Su Wah. safely in Juarez. Mex
leo, from whence the Chinaman came.
returned to the city this morning, and
Mr. Smith says that his freight ride
to Ell Paso, with Su Wah in charge of
the furniture car M he attempting to
take life as easy as possible in a way
a on a slow train, was by all odds
the most tiresome ride he ever tool
in his life" He don't want to make
: many more 300-mile rides on a freight
train.
The Ell Paso Herald has the follow
\ ing article Of the arrival of the leper
in that city:
! Su Wah, alias Chau Pc. the Chinese
leper, has been deported, but not to
|, the Flowery Kingdom across the wa
ter. He is now in the land whence he
I came to Uncle Sans domain.
This morning Su Wah's private box
a that has been his domicile at Albu-
querque for some weeks, arrived here
as a part of a Santa Fe freight train.
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United States officials and was met on
his arrival by Charles Meehan, Chi
nese immigration inspector, with an
old wagon. Su was put into it and
quietly and without any stir or osten-
tation, driven to the old laundry near
the Sierra Madre depot in Juarez, and
dumped out.
He is now in the place where he
came from and he will likely stay
there to be disposed o as the Mexican
authorities see fit. The Chinaman is
. in horrible shape, and all bandaged up
Mr.. Meehan says he had no curiosity
to examine him, but got rid of his jot
as quickly as possible.
This Chinaman is the same one who
came here from Juarez some weeks
ago and for whom the government i'm
migration authorities and the police
searched so diligently. He dropped
out of sight so thoroughly for a time
that many believed there was no lepei
about either this place or Juarez. Sud
denly he turned up in Albuquerque anC
the question has been what was to be
lone about it. Su was ordered deport
ed some time age and the order wal
executed this morning about II
O'Clock. W.
DR.. Race, the city health officer, ha.
been notified that the box car Is here
and the next question is what TO d.
with it,.
United States Marshal c. NJ. Forake,
of Albuquerque, came down yesterda!
and will return tonight. His deputy
j. III. Smith. came in on the freigh
train this morning in charge of tn,
leper. The train arrived about 5 a. m
Marshal Foraker when asked abou
the case, said: "Su Wah has been
great care to us up at Albuquerque blu
we had to care for him just the same
The government first ordered him de
ported to China, but the Southern Pa
cifc would not receive him, nor woul,
the steamship companies.
Then the order was changed to de
p~ortation to Mexico at Juarez, wher,
d. the leper came from. He had been II
Mexico for two years before i've cam
here. He has not only been a grea
care to us but he has cost the govern
ment about $500 or more. We had t
keep two guards at his car al So pc
day and pay the railroad company 5
per day demurrage on the box car. TIL,
Santa Fe charged s156 for bringing
him down here"
Deputy Marshal Smith has had in
mediate charge of the leper in Albu
querque and speaking of his exper
ence, said: Il fed him with a lon
pole with a hook on the enc of it.
had two buckets, one for water an
one for tea, and | would reach thes
n his food in a paper bag into tn
car by means of the stick.
~ When | got here this morning
came up town n | got some crutche
for my patient. Mr.. Meehan got
Mexican and his wagon to haul hi
over the line, but when he saw tn
Chinaman he baked. Then anotht
one was gotten and he tool the fello
over. We did not tell the driver VIII,
we had, but warned him to touch not
ing and told him the Chinaman Wa
hurt in a wreck.
Il went with Mr.. Meehan over II
river TO deport the man and we cor
pleted the job about 10 O'Clock and
breathe freely now that am rid of Il
( job"
Marshal Foraker and Deputy Smit
Z kept their movements thorough
: quiet as they feared the Texas heal
officers would interfere.
Mr.. Foraker came in yesterday al
q not ven the gentlemen from Alb
querque who are here in the interes
: of the territorial fair knew anythii
y about il.
Now the interesting problem is, VIII
9xin he Mexicans do with him2