New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31
OFFER Of HELP BRINGS
FRESH HOPE TO GRAVES
But Cripple Who Planned 10 Die
with Wife Wants Work,
Not Money.
PRINTER, GOOD SAMARITAN
DishearteDed Man Eagerly
Awaits Morning Mail-Has
Written Two Plays, One of
Which Actress Has.


tn offer OF n"'r came bright ana carry
yesterday morning To Harry VI. Graves
thc young cripple whose threat that ne
and his invalid wife would commit SUI
eide unless this city save HIM an opp'l-
tuuity 10 earn his livelihood, was printed
exclusively in The Tribune Yesterday IL
was not exactly tho kird of help that
Graves wanted. but it proved to him that
the city was rot as devoid of human
sympathy as ~ had come to believe
Walter Gilliss. who runs "a printing bust
uoss at NJ. $50 Fifth avenue. was the
man who acted ON the appeal brought tn
him by The Tribune Gathering together
an the money ne happened 10 have ON
hand at the time ne made his way to thu
top floor of No az West l23d street. where
Graves and his Young wife occupy n
single room
"R,it il is mo-. p,ouo, that want OK
nlafn.j tbo doepairin.- man later. when
seen h, "a commemorative of the paner. ct
must have work If / had wanted char
ity ] would have applied To a philau-
thropic institution long ago
CL, = Famine ;,,;,
~ am perfectly cdpa"'' "i ca'"'"N "
lvine. The last Joh had nronGh' me VI
81 ." a week. 90 not understand WY
should Doe compelled to submit myself an9
my wife 10 the disgrace of accepting cha'-
ity when there is no legitimate reason
why ! should not be given the opportunity
10 work for what ] need.
Graves expressed ms deep srdu'uoe 10
Mr. GilliSs for his generous oner' put
stcadfaStly refused To accept IT. lu'
printer regretted his inahilitN I" provide
him with Job az the present TIME pu'
said he would look aToui" among MS
friends 10 sec whether any oil u'n'
needed bookkeeper. lie Departed
PROMISING that the Cripple """" near
from him again
glcam oil rene"'' nope Snone vi me
room Whlch server MN LOT nome 49,
~. onnoal hro,,,,,, hack his courage and
no declared No. was waiting eagerly for
what the mai. might bring this morning
Most Of tho rcples. he explained. would
naturally come through the postofhce.
which. riuch to his disgust and impa-
tfcnco ,.as closed ON SUNDAY
1n0NEN.
nation to end his misery if he found
starvation staring him in the face There
was vet a little something in the family
cNchcqucr. ne admitted. but when that
dwiDdled to the amount necessary To ship
him and his wife back 10 Wisconsin in
n coffin. he and She would depart quietly
from this life.
Tho Graves case recalled 70 the minds
Of several who read of il Yesterday the
rcoros+ which Mrs Sarah Harris the
Iolrlos. paralvtic. made TO be released
from life bv tho state last fall. The ques-
lion as f. the moral Justification of cutha-
nasia was debated holly at that time. but
Mrs. Harris received no benefit from all
Tho discussions DIR Henry W Ilovd. az
whose saratori,,p, sro was qaid vestcr-
6o,. trat ber condition remained nm
,harrod
VT NaS0ner N0n'rds'S N@SeS'
"Thc cases are somewhat similar. SAID
Dr. Ignatz +. Naschcr who created a
sensation last fall by stating that he had
practisod cuthanasia on his own son. but
There is On important difference which
places them in separate classes. Mrs.
44't4s 70 - i4i'- Ai+i'i on '''
case. which incaHacitates her from sup
porting hcrseii in any way. Graves con-
oition on the other hand, is temporary.
Tie says himself that ne has hdd a
position recently which brought him IN
%2t I'D week. That proves That he Is
capable of contributing TO HIS own sup
port If ne is given the opportunity His
IS case for the economist. rather than
tho physician.
While he has been bending every en-
orgy 10 lah' JoD IN TINS CITY Tor Inc last
six months Graves had the disappointing
task OF trying 10 place TWO plays winch
ne wrote some time ago, with inc man
ayers. one OF them came back TO him
from on" manager only short time ago
and Immediately went out 10 another.
The other play drama oi me system
is no" IN the hands OF a wen known
actress.
h"' cannot nope ior anything from
'"'Se A'''aIE chorus "l hlhe now ne
C'p''u 'o-'''o'io"' IT i,''E"' DE- 'i''ee OF