Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-15
HUNTED BECAUSE A LEPER.

The Springfield Republican has COM
piled some facts relating 10 the expert
ences IN this country Of a poor hui
man creature suffering from leproSy
He isa Syrian q years old. who came
to this country few years age, making
d living first as a peddler and then as
a factory hand In Maine, Last June
he came to Elklns, ". Va and sought
medical aid for q skin disease At
hospital HIS case was diagnosed as
leprosy. and the hospital authorities
refused to receive him. Then his trou-
hles commenced
He first pitched a tent on the county
fair grounds. He lived there for two
weeks and was then compelled TO leave,
because the grounds were too near the
river from which the city obtains is
water supply lie now Travelled toward
Cumberland. Nd. seeking some hospital
or retreat where he would be sheltered.
lie stopped az two towns on the way
and was told az both places that no
hospital would receive him. BY tho time
the lepei reached Cumberland the Al
legheny county board Of health had an
sWorod au emergency cali and % APP
peared up1n the scene. The board Of
health decided that II could do nothing
iu the way Of providing a retreat for
the sufferer. who vas now attracting
50 much public attention that the police
reserves IN Cumberland were ordered
out to handle the crowds. The crowds
seemed 20 have a morbid desire 10
follow him. and when he had reached
Brunswick. Nd. .u his wandefi1gs ne
was driven TO climb pile OF railroad
Ties TO escape the horde 70, curious.
minded people.
An empty box car or a Baltimore a
/ Ohio freight train came % the ltper's
relief at brunswick. and on this De
Travelled 90 Baltimore the railroad
officials gyiug hm free transportation
. .u the hope oi getting him % New York
Hy From Bllilmor, ths box ear was
rushed along 90 Philadelphia The az
.eatiou that the case Vts now attract
lug loo Jhe newspapers OF Maryland aud
Pennsylvania warmed 'hs Philadelphia
board o. health which promptly nailed
b'- sign bearing the word "Leprosy'
i1 the box coy and required the railroad
leo h4ll the car aud The lepcr hack TO
Hllum5re. TDs was done and the
ar aas siail-d some seven miles out
cd, The urban district while the rail-
road ODE state authorities and the local
board Of health Nrauslcd Tor a week
over what should ha done with the un-
happy Eashil. Meanwhile tho Bait.
more police saw that De had food and
water and Incidentally that De did not
. escape from his box car.
lu ibis way OBJ, patient has been dr.r-
eu from one place Co another. Al Park
crshurg he was put on the train and 80,
under tree for two days. in q dcll
back of the Patksrshurg railroad sta
uon Meanwhile, ihe train crew vas at
rested aud fined Got bringing O. conn.
slous disease into ihc state The West
Virginia health board then d.s.lalmci
oil responsibility and declared 50 va. q
problem 70, ih, county officials. The
county officials started th- .epeI travel
ina aglin, bat Nhoa Do approached E'-
kins ihl p.a., 0o bad departed from
several weeks before ,Hst city refused
to s.lui DAM uiral There Nas MOTH
ms ict ta d9 b1i o. ferca ,ae lerc- Cav
up on the mountain side remote IRON
; his kind and there the county officials
have kept him isolated An effort ru
Dc made 10 have him depor,ed
Tho fuffrr Et.rv rrr-Ird. one ~ ffs