The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-07
I,EPER AN EXILE
I'M LIONEL Z 4 EMF
Unclean Man. Banned ~ Society, Banished Noun
tain-.-West Virginia Authorities Think Of Send NJ
ing Hin Back to Pennsylvania.

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Il tain-,--'We Virginia Al
5..I ing Him Back !
4 BALTIMORE, ND, August e.--After
having baffled the United States goy--l
eminent, four State governments, and
one OF the greatest railroads In the land,
George Ii. Rossett,# the Syrian leper. has
been unceremoniously dumped, to- die by
inches, Ina the uninhabited wilds OF q
West Virginia mountainside. 4
II For the last four days he has been
living in tent In the wooded noun
itains OF Randolph county, ". Va. ,ovef-3
looking the town OF Elkins. whence he
started on his shuttlecock journey.
Y Steps will be taken by the board Of
health OF Randolph county, Va.,g
against both the Baltimore and ONO
Railroad and the State health authori-1
ties compelling them to remove Rossett
from the county the board having de-
.ternined ion damage suit as a protec-i
ton forF citizens. ss3s "
H. Acting under legal advice. the board
proposes to quarantine all that part 81
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad which
traverses " Randolph county should the
company fall to remove the leper from
the county. 4 II e f Ne
IN Conside BILE feeling has II been aroused
against Governor Dawson for his action
In ordering the leper to be brough BACK
to Randolph county. The people . near rleilr
the lepers retreat are panic -strick en-.
w Story Of tLeper's Wand rings.
what ;purports to be g a full story OF,
the case came to light yesterda R a'''s'
3sett IL twenty-one years old. and came
to America four years ago Fi ess was i. q q,
peddler In Maine for a time, and \ then
obtained employment in a &c otton factory
III, Waterville, remaining there O. year:
s His wife, to whom he was married IN
Syria, Joined him at Wateryiile 2 pou .,
eighteen months after he came 70 TINS MS
country. About two years It er# the 's # 2.
rival Of Rossett, sores appeared on A ms Is
face which became 50 serious th ma w ne
was compelled to quit work In the rae &C:
tory.5 Then he 4 went Is Michigan City,
Ind. where he remained a while, ans 81
ttlen# moved to Union,ow MS. VIE 3a
ir5the meantime peddltng 3.sS1l4
n He next went n to Connellsville, ana
from there to Clarksburg, vs. y 49, a.
Clarksburg he was in q hospita for3 tnre S
weeks. - eaving there, he went TO R ten
wood. and finally reached Elkins on y llrlfs
5th last 3is8a GU, "A * .ts5
Bathed in River; Panic.
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&: For Two weeks previous to leaving FL
5kinsl Rossett had been housed II by the
authorities In a tent ON the county 1alr
grounds. While there he 5bathed N tn g!
Valley River. and panic resulted 9! from
the spreading OF athis informal ton, as
he wa shed near point where the toW "
draws its water supply
While the leper was on his way z from l'ol,
F,lkins to Cumberland, Nd, he stopped
at West Virginia Junction an q .feysei,
where he was Informed that nere VAS w,
no hospital to accomno date nm. 4. ~
coac 81 & IN Y which he rode was GU loose
and fumigated. 5 q -. i. z. -
= THE whole County Board OF Healtn my
the man wien he reached Cumperlahu..8
TIe attracted such a crowd Una t ny po
IT,; PRESERVES had to be called OIL. ~: az
maflaI his way down to Brunswick Mo-
u,,,b era t,a crowd pressed HIM 50 closel!
that he mounted a pile OF rallroao vt. !s-s
;Yhich looked as II It had been a aI n'a
as his funeral pyre Al ms poi.t. 49, y, "a
set entered his now famous pox car ~ any
s,,a : haIled down toward Baltimore,
TheS baltimore and Ohio Railroad
thought the best way out OF the ssIu uL,
zion wa to ass !st the man 70 NeWEf l q h,E
where he hoped to get into supposeu
,anar col ony He remained in Baltimore
q, few hours, and was then hurrle es -.
- philadelphia. The City OF er tneI.S
Love gave him his hrst setoac OK Ds .ao ~
ing a big leprosy sign on me e,
occunied and shunting him back 70 6aaaIlAt1li rs
10 ore ,ff vi !, I I, Y, y, - *
y He was sidestracked y miles OUTSIDE tne
citv and state and city health o11lcla1s
cot busy. They telegraphed, wrote and
snhoned in all directions, but eoYel h m
science and charity everywhere NAG
nothing to offer. 5s,s 81 a I,
y Knowing that < New Jersey, because OF
liza law, would not let the man go East,s
and that West Virginia would not tet mn =.
come West, he was q problem on ~
be hand. ot the health officials. He slept
on straw on the bottom OF the the! car !.
STRUGGLED Back to Home State.
The railroad and health officials soon
got into a controversy a. t 6. WY 20
responsible for the man. Rosselt ~
and alapt in his car under police pro
tant,on FOR a week. Late one night nos
sstt and his car disappeared from me
sidino Dr.. John 8. Fulton was SNUG
cling the man back into " est VIE
ginia. :, :, =, r,ed the man
as far as the Maryland ana . West VT,
rinta State line. where he 1917 MN. hos'
sett was ticketed through 70 ClasA.pu W =,
" 7va. not far from Dlklns, and u WAS
tha Idea OF Dr.. Fulton to place the lepey
I ns III hands OF the West Virginia Board
~ Health The conductor OF the train
TIE man Gs q tbs 1ta4Ian
~ .nd sat IN the grass under q tree for
two two days, The train crew were f1nsd
for bringing a CONTAGIOUS disease ih'o 'ns
State a,., aac,o,.
anpeared on the scene and stated that
t En- problem was not theirs, but one be-
longing a to the county ~ which PaFkeFs-
~ Es r, .sr decided 1t did not want
the man and shipped him toward Elk'ns,
When the Randolph county medical el-
ficlals received him back they save nm 7,
some food and q 4 tent and Isolated nun
q mile from the railroad station ct gPll'k,
ems. in tho mountain forest where 3;he
arrived Frld e M: 9sl
Trestle5 Fell Eight Hurt,
" A n. (By Associated Press
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