New Britain herald., 1916-03-20
AGED WOMAN FOUND
 SICK AND STARVING
Timely Arrival of Nei6hbors
 Saves Life Of Mrs. Sarah Slack
OVER 30 YEARS AT |. F. & (.
Mrs. Slack is Sevcnty-onc Years of Age and May Receive Pension Suffered Alone for Three Days Unable to Leave Homo.

Alone and slowly dying from star vation and exhaustion. Mrs. Sarah Slack of 30 Prospect street was found in her desolate home late Sat urdaN night in such a Wca allencd con- ditiOn that she could scarcely talk. pr. Joseph Walsh was summoned and he at once ordered the Womans re- moval to the hospital. Today her condition, while serious, is encourage ing and her recovery is expected.
 At Cutlery Over 30 Years
 This case is an unusually sad one. Mrs. Slack, who is sevcnty-One years of age aud without lith or kin in this city, has been employed at Lantlers, Frary X Clarl<'s for over thirty years. 1 Daily, year in and year out, she has trudged faithfully through the deep snows of winter and beneath the broiling sun of summer to and from 1 her place of employment. Her daily work finished, she returned alone to 1 her little home, where she compl y.ed 1 her daily routine and then retired, 1 only to arise early the following morning and repeat the same pro- l gram. This same routine has been 1 followed out by the lonely old woman for thirty years and more.
 When notice was given that the em ployes at the cutlery who had served 1 the required number of years were to l be given pension it was obvious that | Mrs. Slack stood a good chance of l being selected as one of the pen>ion- CTS This was one of the few rays l of sunshine that entered her Groary life during all the years. But the plan was purely tentative and all 1 though she doubtless hoped and drea med of spending her last lays out | of the confines of the factory walls, i she had never received notice that she was to be pensioncd, nor Aos she 1 officially as yet.
 Find Woman Exhausted.
 For a number of years she has made her home alone at 30 Prospect l street. The neiehbors are all familiar 1 with the old woman and each day 1 saw her go to and from her work. | The last any of her appropriateness s|;t W i of her was last Wednesday,. .,:.I. in 1 the evening. Thursday she .Iid not i appear. Nor was she seen l'ridn y or Saturday. Saturday evening some of her neighbOrs heard that she had l been pensioned and decided % visit | her and break the glad tidings. A rap at her door elicited no response. i They pounded louder and when they detected a faint murnur within they req lzcd the significance of Mrs. Slack absence since the previous 1 Wednesday.
 Breaking in the door, the neighbors found the old woman prostrate in bed and in an exhausted condition. There was no fire in the stove and in 1 dicationS were that there had been | none for two or three days. Mrs. l Slack was chilled to the bone and l famished for food. After Dr. Walsh had been called and restoratives had been administered she managed to tell her story.
 She said that as she was walking down the pathway ot her home 1 Wednesday evening she slipped and 1 fell. How badly she was hurt she did not know, but eventually she managed to crawl into her nome and went to bed. Her condition grew worse and she was unable to care for herself Having no one to cal'a for her. she lay in bed helpless and suffer- ing for three whole days until help came Saturday evening.
 This is the story told by neigh $ of Mrs. Slack.
 May Be Given Penson
 While it was generally understood that Mrs. Slack, after her thirty years ; service at the cutlery, would surely get a pension, Superintendent Joseph Lamb would neither affirm nor deny the rumOr today. lie explained that the matter of giving out pensions had