Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-04
ATTRIBUTES DELIVERANCE
ITO THE HAND OF GOD"
Declares He Asked for Divine Mes
sage and Found It in Ezekiel.
FAMILY ON TRAIN BEHIND HIM
Departure Quickly Made From East
ern Branch Detention House Last
Night-Accompanied by Sal
vation Army Officer.

john Il. Early. who for the past ten aud
a half months has been quarantined on
the declaration Of the local health de-
pdrtment that he was n lerer, left Wash
i1Ston III q special baggage car attached
to Il PennSy lvdnia railroad train 1T 10:ia
o'clock last night for New York and Will
enter the Skin and Cancer Hospital in
that city today.
The hand of God Early says lie saw
III his departure last night. When lie
arose yesterday morning for what he eA-
pected would be his last day in the Ma
tional Capital, he said, he asked God for
a message. Opening his Bible at random
he read the third verse of the twelfth
chapter of Ezekiel:
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare
thee stuff for removing, and remove by
day in their sight, and thou shalt remove
from thy place to another place in their
slsht; II may be they will consider
though they be rebellious house.
This Is the fulfillment of that mes
sage, he said in a voice tense with nerv-
GUS excitement, as he leaned from the
car door few minutes before his depart
ure.
Shortly before $50 o'clock last night
W. NJ. Repetti, superintendent Of the
smallpox hospital, who was to drive the
carriage that would take Early from the
Eastern branch house in which he has
been a prisoner for many months, an
nounced that it was nearly time to start
Early needed no second invitation. and
he stepped quickly into the back seat
of the surrey and was soon drawing away
from the scene of his trial.
Trip to Station Quickly Made.
The trip to the Union station was made
In quick time. T Carriage drove along
side the east end of the train shed q few
minutes after 10 O'Clock, and awaiting
him there Early found w. C. Fowler.
head Of the contagious disease service of
the local health department.: Capt. w. G.
Robey, station master. and Capt. w. I.
Tyser, chief Of the station police.
Earlys private baggage car was wait
ing on the outside track. well-lighted but
bare OF furniture. Capt. Tyser pointed
out the car to the patient, and Early
with light step jumped from the car
riage, grasped his valise and violin case
and started toward the door in the SIDE
of the car.
Can you get up there all right?
asked Capt. Tyser.
"Oh, yes" he replied.
with an alertnesS that marks few men
free from disease, he took hold OF the
iron brace at the side of the door, and
IN second was crawling through the
opening.
II suppose you are glad to leave VAS
ington?" remarked Cap. Tyser.
Il am happy to leave" came the reply:
but the husky voice told the story of the
nervous excitement under which he has
been laboring during the weeks that the
arrangements for his departure to New
York have been pending. and his hopes OF
being free from the Suict quarantine OF
the local authorities have been raised
high one day only to be dashed to the
ground, apparently completely shattered,
the next. There were lines of nervous
tension in his face and not a smile played
around his mouth.
Before I go want to ask you oues-
tfon.' he said to the officials and news
paper men in the party alongside the
car.
DO you know the power Of God?" he
continued. This morning / asked God
for a message Then 1 opened my Bible.
1 first read on one page the eleventh
chapter OF Ezekiel, but there was no mes
sage. l turned to the opposite page. and
there was the message. And it is the
Lords will that 60"
Two Cots in the Car.
Capt T. c. Seaver, head of the in
dustrial department of the Salvation
Army in this city and one of Early's
stanchest friends. outside his family. dur
ing his fight for freedom from the local
quarantine, reached the car a minute
later. He brought a couple of inexpen-
sive cots, and they were quickly pushed
through the door and set up, on opposite
sides of the car
Early carried with him to the car his
violin. He placed it carefully on the
floor, and then sat down on the only
place in the car where he could sit-the
cot.
II am much pleased with the treat
ment which The Star has given me. and
with the fair accounts Of my case" he
declared, just before the door was
closed.
Within couple of minutes after Ear
ly and Capt Seaver had taken possess
sion the door was closed and locked. a
switch engine coupled onto the car. and
it was run up to the track where the
passenger coaches Of the train We're
waiting. The car was the second from
the engine. and behind 1t, stretched q
long line Of well filled passenger
coaches. But probably none Of the pas
sengers knew that supposed leper was
on board, for the arrangements for his
departure were kept very quiet around
the Union sta ion, and Early and his
party passed through no part of the sta
tion proper.
and Capt. Scaver both rcruok Cd their
coats and, sitting on hc edge Of their
cots talked earnestly. Now and then.
however. Early'a farc lighted NJ with
smile.
Engine 5207 coupled onto the tram.
Capt Tyser and Oh" Of Ills as..St3Hfs
kept close watch on the ear 10 sec hat
no one attempted 10 get III or out OF the
car until 1t left the sta tion, and prompt
ly at 1915 o'clock hc engine gave tn"
starting puffs. I.arly's hopes had been
realized.
Family on Train Behind.
Following the head of the household
closely. Mrs. Early aud their two ch ldren.
accompanied by Mrs. Earlys mother.
took the Pennsylvania railroad train leav-
Ing at 1910 o'clock this morning for New
York and they will reach the metropolis
not far behind Early.
Early was dressed ii he were going
to party. His gray suit fitted h m well.
and a pair of new patent leather shoes