Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-04
ATTRIBUTES OELIVERANCE
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
walton Army Officer

john Il. Early, who for the past ten and
a half. months has been quarantined on
the declaration Of ihe local health de-
partment that he was lerer, left Wash
iaSton III a special baggage car attached
to "A Pennsylvania railroad train 1T 10:i5
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 he saw
In his departure last night When lie
arose yesterday morning for what he ex
pected would be his last day in the Ma
tional Capital. he said, he asked God for
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
sight; it may be they will consider.
though they be a 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 tho
smallpox hospital, who was to drive the
carriage that would take Early from the
Eastern branch house in which he has
been 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. 4.
Tyser, chief Of the station police.
Early's 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
rage. 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 a second was Crawling through the
opening.
Il suppose you are glad to leave Was
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
iaf az
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 q smile played
around his mouth.
Before go I want to ask you a ques-
tion." 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 message. Then 1 opened my Bible.
first read on one page the eleventh
chapter Of Ezekiel, but there was no mes
sage. I turned to the opposite page, and
there was the message. And it is the
Lords will that l co.
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 Earlys
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 a couple of minutes after Ear
ly and Capt. Seaver had taken possess
switch engine coupled onto the car. and
1t was run up to the track where the
passenger coaches Of the train were
waiting. The car was the second from
long line of we'll 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 40 part of the sta
ton proper.
Just before the train pulled out, Early
and Capt. Scaver both remove Cd their
coats and sitting on Ac edge Of tueir
cots, talked earnestly. Now and then.
however. Earlya face lighted up with
smile.
Engine 52o7 coupled onto the train.
Capt Tyser and one Of his aSsist3Gfs
kept a close watch on thu ear Ia sec hat
no one attempted 10 get III or out OF the
car until 1t left the sta ton; and prompt
" at lO:45 O'Clock III. engine gave the
starting puffs. Early's hopes had been
realized.
Family on Train Behind.
Following tho head of the household
closely, Mrs. Early and their two oh 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 as if he were going
to a party. His gray suit fitted m we'll.