Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-24

The quarantine was lifted at the Salvation army shelter this morning new suits. All looked radiant and happy. Most of them lodged around the back of the building and disap- peared as quickly as possible, but a few hung around the sidewalk and 1 talked of their experiences during the quarantine. One of them told q Demo crat reporter that all things considered the city used them well, and that Cap tain and Mrs Richardson did the best they could to render things pleasant for them. The names of those who are re- leased are as follows: E. c. Green wood, James Welsh, Charles Pierce, 1 Charles Degnan, James Gordon, James Dunham, Michael Ryan, James Stew art, NJ. Sharkey, John Tracy, John l Lynch, Peter Mason. Dan Driscoll, John Pierson, John Doyle. James Me Carthy, H. Flaherty, James Degnan, | Charles Pauly, John Elliott, Martin Collins, William Hayes. William Rob bins, Charles Scott, John Hanrahan, John Smith, John Shea, George Colley, | Charles White, Thomas Mack. John l Carey, Charles Squres, Bernard Calf ney. James Shields, John Burns, lieu tenant; Captain Richardson and wife and child.
 The ones removed from there to the isolation hospital are Schofield, Hall, Flynn, Daly and Coffey.
 ] Coffey, it will be remembered, died and was buried in Calvary cemetery Saturday morning. He was born in Ballypicus. a small town near Ballina- kill, Ireland, about forty years ago, and came to Waterbury in 1895. After . short stay he returned to the old country, but soon came back and worked for short time in the wire mill at Benedict x Burnham's. His father, Patrick Coffey, was well digger and was killed in q ditch sev- eral years ago. His mother and a brother, Tom, died since, the former in Ireland and the latter in Waterbury. A sister, Bridget, still resides in the old country. Before Coffey came to America he was employed by a man named Donvel, at Haywood. one of the handsomest country residences in that part of the world. The Salvation army fellows say he scared him self into the sickness. He Iuuu DTeS0HIlIu0uL rom the beginning that he was going to be at tackled by the malady and that it would carry him away. His worst forebodings turned out true. Most of the men who strolled out of the build ing appeared to be decent looking fel- lows.
 The quarantine was established on February 9
 | n K a Democrat reporter of one of the graduates of the shelter this morning.
 He said he did. ''There was lots of good coffee on hand all the time" he said, plenty of bread and other things so that unless a fellow wanted delica- cies he had no reason to kick. We had plenty of tobacco. too" The man was an English sailor ill his day T and had seen a good share of the
 world.
 Some of the discharged "prisoners'' at the shelter appeared rather uncOm-
 fortable in the new suits given them
 before they were set at liberty One
 man complained that his pants were
 too long for him. 'Go on," replied
 some joker. ''The pants are all right.
 If there's anything the matter it is be-
 cause you are too short for them.''
 The suits are of different colors and
 are very becoming to some of the
 wearers. Nearly all are brown, but
 once in q while a fellow would rush
 out attired in q grey costume, even to
 the hat. The boys in brown witli grey hats looked the swellest of all Captain Richardson of the Salvation army shelter was about town to-day looking cheerful and happy. TO a representative of the Democrat he said
 that at no time was there any trouble at the shelter, except when Officer Bailey talked to him about card play | ing and that he had the officer disci- : plined and that was the end of it. He
 said that it was not fair to alIege that
 all the lodges at the shelter were buns.
 Many of them had money, which he
 held for them during the quarantine,
 and he turned it over to them to-day.
 A few of those who had been leading
 bad lives promised him to do better and went out into the world to-day de-
 termined to take the pledge and rise
 above tlseir passion for intoxicating
 drinks. He said they all behaved we'll during the quarantine and that it was
 not fair to say that any of them thought of creating q disturbance be-
 cause they could not get liquor. Sani-
 tary InSpectator Moses is fumigating
 the whole building and the place will
 be ready for occupancy about 9 o'clock tonight.
 All the discharged persons at the
 shelter that have been interviewed
 have knives up their sleeves for the "bouncer." Captain Richardson says
 this does Lieutenant Burns a great in.
 justice. He has had wide experience
 as a hospital nurse and he does moi know what he would have done dur ing the quarantine had it not been foi him. He attended to all the sick mer and was on duty almost all the time while the place was closed.
 : Editor of the Democrat:
 ; Sir: Will you please allow me space : | in your columns to thank Mayor Xii