The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
.LRPRR JOHN EARLY
Is IN 4 DILEMMA
Happy with Wife as Neigh
Dor, but Nay Be Moved.
HIS PENSION IS AT STAKE
Commissioner of Pensions Holds He
Must Go to Soldiers Home to Be
Claims II Would Have TO Main
tain Additional Guards There.

{ Fate seems determined to cheat John
/ Early out OF his pension. With the re-
1 fusal OF the courts yesterday TO appoint
( a trust company as guardian for the
/ 1eper came the announcement OF Com
missioner OF Pensions Warner that the
only way to pay him the pension is to
! send him 10 the Soldiers Home.
Whether Early would be admitted is in
doubt No similar case has ever come
before the board Of governors, and their
action regarding the acceptance Of the
leper is a matter Of conjecture The
board holds its next meeting within two
weeks.
The Salvation Army yesterday rented
two small cottages just outside OF the
District jail for Mrs Early. The cot
taSes Will be modestly furnished and will
be occupied by her. pending the decision
Of the officials al the Soldiers Home.
Funds with which TO rent and furnish
the little home where the wife OF the iso-
lated man. her child. and her mother are
10 live. were sent 70 the Washington sal
walton Army from the national headQUar-
ters Of the organization in New York
The work OF making the little houses
homelike and comfortable has been be
gun, and by tomorrow afternoon they
viii be occupied
EePer Wants to Stay
Since his wife is going 10 be his neigh
Dor the Ieper does not want 10 move.
and may sacrifice his pension II he can
avoid being sent 10 the Soldiers Home.
Where she is now he said. she
can see me often, and I viii not feel
alone even though the brick wall Of the
jail yard separates US I do not want 10
leave my present camp Everything has
been arranged for my comfort. am
visited frequently by my wife. and I an
as happy as / can be under the ciT-
cumsJaEces-
TO move me 10 the Soldiers Home
would mean that my wife could not be
near me always ] want ny wife and
my child 70 visit me often. and help me
keep Up my courage during the trying
times before ne"
Mrs Early IS opposed &c the change
I have a little home now" she said.
and ] can visit him whenever 7 wish
Ny mother and my child VIII live with
me. and mamma and myself can easily
attend 10 the light homework
Both the Ieper and his wife are de-
sir0us OF getting the pension, as ii viii
mean that Mrs Early viii be placed out
Of need. and viii no longer be an object
Of charity
Would Make Complications.
Dr.. Mclean IS OF the opinion that the
removal Of the man 10 the Soldiers Home
VIII result IN a conflict OF the duties
Of -he District and government No mat
ter where he is placed. he viii be con
stantly under the surveillance OF the
health Office Should he be sent 70 the
Soldiers Home. two guards VIII be on
duty at the expense Of the District, while
the afflicted man VIII be amenabIe to the
regulations Of the government
No man ever deserved q pension more
than Early does" said Commissioner
Warner yesterday. IN discussing the
case, and It Is unfortunate that the laws
regarding the giving OF pensions DO not
provide for such cases as his"
A telegram was received yesterday by
the local health authorities from the
States attorney general Of North Caro-
lima. saying that the report as 10 the
transfer Of Early TO that State would
be forwarded within a few days The
message did not intimate whether the re-
port was favorable