The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09
.LEPER RIDES
IN PULLMAN

absorb the germs viii, An viii bring I
about intcrcOnmunicati on NOtwith- F.
standing this the very UOrd causes ]
shudder and the prospt 1T of being
near a leper is repugna mt. TO say the 1
least.
Wednesday night Ere q Morford. an
inspector for the board e G. health, went I
to Az south Third Wes' street. where
the Greek was Quaranth red upon leaV-
ing the county commit EsiOners' room
Tuesday. and found ths 4 a trunk was
being moved from the ] b0use. Believ-
ing an effort was being made TO spirit
the leper away To- SON - remote and
hidden part OF the city. tine Inspector
arrested two OF the CIR seks who We're
found at the home. m ey were taken
into breakdown by the inspector and
an interpreter was fo ind The two
were then told that tho G could not go
near the leper and mu 81 remain away
from the house. They were then re-
| leased.
FIccs With Friend.
While the Inspector Fas hunting FOR
an Interpreter. another Greek. hidden
/ with the afflicted man. took the trunk
/ carrying the mans belC ngings. and the
| two FASTENED out OF tie city.
! Last night an i'm Nestigation was
made and it was found that kokas had
/ fled with a friend. 10 was also learned
l from other Greeks the he had board
/ ed "a train Wednesday night and had
1 started for Greece. IN the hope or
eIuding health and p olice officials IN
l an Of the cities OF O. le United states
| through which the IT. ain viii pass.
It was last May Fhen KolSas was
| arrested by the city realth authoritcs
and taken 20 tent @ n the east bench.
about four miles froI the city. where
ne was placed under strict quarantine
| He was i'm bad condit ion. his left hand
nearly ready TO drop off from the in
| roads Of leprosy, beadiiy eating IT'S
! way into the body.
The United Statesi immigration au-
thorities refused o.. handle the case
because Kokas had been i'm this Couu-
/ try more than three years. They were
l D0wcrloss. The city had no alterua-
| tive but 60 provide Qua-ters Tor him.
: as the man declared he was not a
pauper. There is no place within tho
state where like cases can be cared
, for and no provision for the disease.
Tuesday afternoon kpkas was taken
, l fo the office of the Dunty commits
sioncrs by Clerk r.. DE Witt Foster Of
b the city board Of health. and left there
<olSae said he was not a pauper. and
. I was therefore out Of the hands of the
. | county. He left the office and went 90
1 his old home ON Third West street
I where two or three friends were then
e / staying.
Even before that time. il was learned
o. ! last night efforts had been made Toy
o | Greek friends to spirit the man away
. from his tent prison and get him out
z. | Of the city and on his way back TO tht
y old country. where he wanted TO spent
o. his last DAYS. But this could not BOD
O. done. As soon as IGokas returned t'
= his former home. however. thiug'
J moved rapidly. The Greece plan wa
| again put forward. and money for TIT
trip was raised among countrymen
Kokas lived I'm the house Tuesda,
night and Wednesday. and it WA
/ Wednesday night when he was spirit
! ed away. in spite Of the close watch o
the inspector of the city board o
4 health
What will be the final treatmen
/ .lnd disposition OF the leper is a Ques
/. I r. on. and 10 may become an interna
M. lnal problem. When officials of tn
/ IN, 'lroads were asked i'm regard TO car
B. r-yE1 E the foreigner across the COuu
try. they declared they would no
I han, lie him. Physicians declaret
, I there was not SO much danger o.
d, catch ing the disease as many Others
! but me mere mention Of the wor
causes most people TO shudder. Th
3 / rai1roa.1 men held up their hands d
. | holy he,rror and declared they wouL
! not Te- Z he man come near their trains
| No aulo ant of money would Undue
/. them 10 change their minds-thc
] | sinpIv ve fused to talk about the mat
r ter. the teper could not board thei
: trains.
q nut no u they are forced TO carr
I hin, not n1Owiug of the condition q
= the man. n tickets were purchased b
o the Greek f'r tend who was singled on
To- bv the comn rymeu or salt Lake {
- snirft Kokas back 60 the old country
And IL is he who is making the az
!. ternpt TO get ths stricken brother bac
= through the bl a ad expanse of country
mast tho yvatchf'u J sentries of the man
10 large cities. the inspectors Of hcalt
- boards Of each state and other Off
y Gals.
what can be - me with the Gree
Z when hc arrives 10 New York viii d
Il y question which ,s-ill have to be set
D. tied bv the authorize es there. He car
q not be brought bacR TO salt Lake. q
the laws of the So tie where ne
= found will not permit that. Tn cas-
I the man is found In Nk W YORK ne WI
Z likely be placed with "a ner lepeis IN
colony set aside for y 'at purpose
Massachusetts and mann famed by N
government
But meanwhile hundro as OF me
and women have ridden ln the sam
ear with Kokas. "a mark - man, an
countless thousands viii d hIe know &
the man with the dread sec Urge speed
ing on his way across the continen
hopeful that he will be ablB TO elud
| arrest and spend the res T. OF n
doomed life in the land Of tris brit
I Frrarrn