Arizona republican., 1911-07-31
SADDEST ANNIVERSARY
 OF FAhELlAS LIFE
Young Workman Destitute of Necessi-
 ties, Tells Pathetic History.

Driven from Chicago, where he had worked as a piano finisher in the fac tory of Steger X Sons, and driven from the side of d young girl whom he was engaged to marry, Joe Fanella came to Phoenix last February broken in health but with a firm determination to over come the disease which had made it necessary for him to give up his busi- ness
 Since his arrival in this city he has been a pitiful figure of Restitution. Without the assistance of a number of business men who became interested in his case, he would not have found it possible to live, for he had no means of support when he left Chicago. Stay ing in the rooms of men who want to help him. and buying food with money given him by charitable persons, he has dragged out a miserable existence. But it was yesterday that the pathOs of his situation was brought nome to his friends.
 Fanella had spent the afternoon in Miller & Simpsons barber shop, where he often passes whole days quietly seated in a comfortable chair. He is not molested for his condition is well known to the owners, who have been generous in contributing to his support. Late in the afternoon it was noticed that he had covered his face with his hands and that his body was trembling with emotion.
 With all their sympathies stirred a number of men in the hall gathered around the lonely boy and asked him what the trouble was. Yesterday, he told them, was the day that lad been set for his marriage to the girl in Chicago. When he had first been en- gagged to her he was a young mechanic drawing good wages, with hopes of rising to a forcmanship. It was in 1909 that he had first met her, and they had agreed to wait until he had discharged the debts made by his fla ther who had died some time previ- ously of inflammatOry rheumatism. Yhe young mans wages were applied on his fathers debts, and early in 1910 he told his prospective bride that be- fore the end of the year he would be ready to marry her They set the date of their wedding for June 90, 1911, . young girls mother.
 In the last part of 1910 Fanellas health began to fail He felt his strength slipping from him. and in spite of the attention of a number of the best physicians in Chicago he grew no better, and was finally ordered to come west. His savings had been eaten up by doctors bills, and when he reached Phoenix he had three dol lars in his pocket
 Since then he has tried to be opti- mistic, but he tells himself that he has struggling against the inevitable. Of fered no hope by the physicians who have examined him, he feels that there is little use of battling with his trou- ble
 But, yesterday, when he recalled the wedding that was to have taken place, of the girl he had given up, and of all the happiness he had lost through his misfortune, he wept bitterly His friends did what they could to com fort him, but comfort was of little avail. All Fanella could say in reply to their words of cheer was: 'I was to have been married today. I was to have been married today" A purse is being raised for the destitute boy by J. G. Simpson, one of the proprietors of Miller & Simpso's barber shop. One of the men who contributed to the fund said last night:
 "I do not think there could a wor- thier cause It is one of the most pitt ful stories I have ever heard, and think every man and women in this town who hears of Fanella ought to contribute something to his support He has lost about eevrything a man has to lose, and his is not an ordinary case of vagrancy. The boy was a hard worker. and other workmen in good health ought to pity his misfortune and come to his assistance"