The Washington times., 1914-06-02

Larry said ''Comcriu.
nr. Fowler. OF the District i!cI'th
Office. stepped into tho room. and with
q little start. Early rose Ia Erc,t hin.
How 10 pr. Fowler. nov arc YOU.
] am Early"
.Hov. do. know YOU arc rc-
Epondcd tie ECalih officer
There were two men behind I'm IN
Early rose. They were = much acit1tcd
hotel man and house detective. ner"
was ar akward pause. as lT Fowler
WAS -sScd what he Was going. 70 do
about I.
II am soiuS to'taEc him away with
me. WIS tho response.
Gone ru. Early" he said. and y vith-
out q word Early rose. threw mis- things
into his grin and loft. The hotel room
was closed. locked and barred. and Will
be Immediately and thoroughly fumi-
gated.
Early was taken down tho hotcl olc-
vztor and 10 tho waitin- automobile OF
Dr. Fowler and hurried of 10 tho Dc
teption Eamr.
Early SPOKE with regret Of his wife
and children TODAY. He was recently
divorced by his wife. and he said he
voluntarily lot the divorce ard the chit
d-en en. because he said. the children
are better off with their mother.
When he reached the detention camp,
lie looked wistfuIlv at the portion Of
the old house. that had during the first
siege accommodated his wife. am the
then two children.
Why He Is Here.
You are shaking hands with John Il.
Early" casually remarked Early as The
LINES representative pushed the door
-hut after being admitted TO the room.
Il am here 70 see what the Health
Department is going TO do with me.
he continued, land ! have just finished
ielephoning them that they could find
me here at IL o'clock.
What was your conversation with
the Health Officer" Early was asked.
II Just called them up and asked
them what they were going TO do with
John Early. They replied that they
could get him if they wanted. ] then
told them that i would be here in my
room at II O'clock
D. Fifteen minutes later. DR.. w G.
Fowler of the District Health Depart
ment. walked into the room and, greet
ing Early with pleasant word, al
yIsed him that he was under arrest.
Ike trip to the Ieper mouse on tho
last Branch of the Potomac was then
hegun in DR.. Fowler's automobile
Early maintains sIoutly that he did
not escape from Port Townsend. He
declares he has never been Under quar-
antine. and that he simply was n
Government employe on the lep@r reser-
yLtion there.
How He Escaped.
"On the morning of May Il about s
o'clock, on a bright SHINY day, walk
ed down the beach from Port Townsend
TO Port Williams, on the sound, and
boarded a boat for Victoria" said
Early, in telling of his movements
since leaving the Government leper
reservation
That boat carried me to Port An
geles, when j left it and bought an en-
tire new outfit from underwear out. 1
still have my khaki uniform that 1
wore in the colony, and | guess, after
all. I'll have to put il back on now.
Alters getting theSI new clothes, 1
again boarded a boat ana rode to Vic
toria. | spent one day there. and then
bought a ticket for New York over the
Canadian Pacific. / had frst-class
Passage all the way through. with stop
over privileges | laid over day in
Toronto and another day in Montreal,
and the only trouble thEt | have un-
dergone since / walked away from
those lepers was in Toronto. where all
the hotels were full and l had to take
cheap lodging.
I arrived in New York city May %.
and stopped week in a hotel. | saw
all the sights in that week that / could
and IL was enjoyed too. You know
have been isolated for three years, and
] wanted TO see everything that I could.
Last Saturday ! saw a dDuoleheadc-
baseball battle between Philadelphia
ana New York.
Il decided to come to Washington
right after those ball games. and !
left there Sunday morning, and arrived
mere at 5 80 o'clock Sunday SfternoOn.
I wanted to go to a couple o; picture
shows. and see a few of the sights hC-
fore ! communicated with the Health
department., and that's why J did not
phone them until this morning"
Recognizes "the Place"
The surroundings of the Washington
Asylum and Hospital were familiar 10
Early. Approaching tho vast reserva-
tion where the buildings are located.
Early remarked thta he remembered
tho old Ulace." Stopping at the de-
tentiOn hospital to get the koy of the
lepcr building. DIR. Fowler called W.
VI. Repetti. the nurse OF the hospital.
and one look was sufficient for Repetu
20 recall Early. No offer TO shake The
hard of the man was made by Repetti,
hut he later made haste 10 c,ather clean
linen and put Early's quarters in order.
SO .-ou've made a REGULAR jail out
"f the old place. haYeT't you?' eXclaim-
- Early as he noticed the iron bars
on the windows of the east room.
YES. John. you're under arrest
now replied Or. Fowler. who added
hat lie believed the trip TO Washing
ton was q foolish move bv the leper
well. I've thoucht ii all out and
J don't regret coming Early ~crlied.
'Tm here and / suppose | will have
n tough IL through. - my coming
will ircr1 ase the a@itation for a ns-
onai leprosar'LT. ! wOn'' think thai
the IriD has been in vaiT. don't
care for myself any more doctor bI:
' de'uanG Humanitarian trcatm~u; ror
the GOO cI more lnpers IN the UTircJ
Sldj"s who are Stunned a0d h'.'re1eG
@houl becauSe "f their afflict!on.
Will Fight For Rights
Dr Fowler advised the prisoner that
he would probably have to go through
an ;h" trials that he went through he
fore but the physician would not
hazard guess on the outcome
What J can't understand is Wy
ile Avs oC New York will permit Iepe..
and other places. they are ouicaSts. No
uattcr what my trials are here I Will
tight for my. constitlS ional right as =
citizen OF the United States. and | VIII
r"siyi any effort to ship me TO some
place where I don't want to go"
Early said that the three wears he
spent at Port Townsend were busy
years
When I left there two weeks ago
lb'--c were only three lepers. one w:;s
= Norwegian. who is nearly blind. An
o.hcI Is an Italian. and the third is 4
mn. "a no Just recently arrived. There