Show fiLTH AND NEGLECT fOR COUNTY POOR P Patient ti nt at Infirmary Tells How He Was Treated There SLEEP IN ATMOSPHERE I OF VILEST OF SMELLS Flies and Mice Nice Swarm Everywhere Physicians' Physicians Calls Are Few Jimmie Tarl Taylor r hack l driver and chauffeur lies i in ih l a cell ell at the count county infirmary Timmie Taylors Taylor's crime is that ho hois hois is M broke M and down and out For Tor these reasons he lie sleeps in a coil coll mid the filth and horror of the count county with T little or no medical attention at at- to relieve the tho pain that racks hiS and that has wasted him away until his u til- til his friends call can him Little Jimmi Jim Jim- mi nile into v James Taylor Talor is 26 6 years old and nd until un- un til hI the first day tiny of ot this month lived at r Iko ho Elk h hotel tel a rooming house at 4 i I B st Second South street Until two I weeks before that time timo ho had been a l and chauffeur with his stand near Deal tho the hotel Before that Jim- Jim mio roto hain learned learnel lI his was wasa a painter having s trade and learned it thoroughly Ho Io good money but he was was was' a a a good goodfellow fellow M and sp spout spent nt it freely freeh Money Iono was made mado to be spent I 1 used to think he said But the paint arid azid the tho lead got him nim and the tho disease got ot h foothold c tin n his system It was hip disease The white lead which i is it the thc basis for the best paint gets ets into the system and aUlI un- un k i it Sometimes it is paint paintS S 'S s 's rs r's cramp Other times a man mail is leaded thou h ho had just fust as though worked in iu the lead mi mines mines nes 11 until n til his system SS S'S tom tem was as permeated with the poison In Little Jimmies 5 ease case it was hip disease Jimmie felt it coming on an and t i not know just what was Tas the matter He He thought it was rheumatism and v W nt to your occupation asked I the physician I I Im I Im I'm iii a painter by trade Jimmie responded C W Well eU you youJI 11 have O to get away from that l and keep away from it The lead is Js you And Ancl Taylor began a hunt for other othor work that would not kill him bim I.-Hc I. was sweet to Taylor He- He H lilted liked his fellows He lie had good I times ith t them em and life was really worth living So he lie looked for other vr work rk where ho could keep l away from the lead He worked in a restaurant for awhile but the constant constant walking put putt him hini out of commission in a few fo days clays and he had to give gho that up Ho lie was a mechanic by instinct and ana was nl also ako o a a. good horseman as ho had Imd been aIt among nr h horses durin during thc tho yea of of- his his boyhood Hack Driving Too C Cold ld After CAffer the doctor t told ld me that J I couldn't t paint any thoro and ufler my mr mrea leg ea- ea hurt so o b bd d that I could not work in the restaurant I took to hack driving l in ing ing ho he said I 1 had been around the horses a whole lot Jot when J I was a kid and d the animals T could run a car and handled a machine machine ma ma- chine at times when 1 I was not driving hack Ial k Things all aU were coming along right rights s for me mo and and 1 had saved up ill a few doli dol- dol i i Jars Hirs when the cold weather came Of S course o ci it isn't very cry cold but it hurt burt r i viny mr hip a i lot T hated to give up but butS v S fi finally there was no use nse trying to work jj i J i ny more because I couldn't wall walk Ono One tl the fellows had to help mo me up the tho v stairs 8 to 1113 my m room f cj J J was sick in In my room III in the Elk hotel for two weeks e Ks and say th e I x men and women living in m that hotel did i tf for me They treated me mo i I was their theil own brother I didn't l' l much money but they thor treated on the square They fed me mo when i i- i ti money gave a YO ou out t. t and wouldn't t even en take a a. thank you YeLL you for it r v t That all an ri right ht they'd sav v when nhen I tried to tell ten fem em how 1 I en about bout it Youre You're down on YOUr Ic vt lUck You You'll I II be all right pretty s soon on and they lid did everything for me V Then 1 came Ol out t here he lIe said sald as he looked around his IlS cell III in the tho county count infirmary where tho the worthy poor mo are arc supposed ed to be bo treated like human beIn be be- In sings ings s. s h i Then rhen n I came out here This place places js s awful but I aint making a kick for l 1 guess this is the the only only place a poor devil evil without can a home can come COniC to unless un- un less Jess he has plenty of money mone Economizing on Poor Fund Friends of the young Youn man mau now Ii living n in the Ely hotel say that tho time old ohI aversion aversion aver aver- sion of the county officials to receiving any one in tho the county infirmary mado it i almost impossible for them to secure x Ju i admission to that in institution After Considerable rable trouble c the they secured hi his admission to the tho infirmary but hut since th ey y have learned what Little Jimmie Jim Jim- mie mie has haM had to endure since he ho was taken there they are trying to lo secure means to get ct him him out again and provide proper care earo for him When Taylor laylor was wai taken to the thu in infirmary ho sa says that ho was p placed in inthe inthe lii the cell cen in which ho he was seen yesterday It is a L cell about ten feet square The furniture consists of an iron bed with mattress and ancl other othor bedding a and al d two chairs The window is barred and a hea heavy I wire net aids in keeping out the light I and tho the fresh air ail Kept in Ordinary Cell Coll Tho The door is a rc regulation iron cell door with tho the barred shelf on the inside in side through h which may food be poked i it if tho door is closed It is such a IL cell con cellas conas as may be seen in any county jail or oran an any city jail jaB It is the kind o of cell call criminals and convicts arc are imprisoned in in ID Little Jimmie Taylor is placed in such a l cell because he lIe is sick and broke and down and andOne out oui One of Jimmies Jimmie's friends called caned on him himat himat himat at tho the infirmary a few days a ago o. o Thi This friend was waH told by bv attendants at the tho infirmary that there was vas no need to get et scared as tho young man would be removed to better quarters as soon as room could bo be made for him else elso- where Room has not been made for him hini elsewhere He is still in his bis eel cell Physician Comes Once Taylor has been in the infirmary two weeks reek s. s He lie has had bad a a. visitation from the physician in charge of tho the health of that institution and under pay pa from the thic county just once since he lie was was wa s taken there The IThe doctor came and looked at me mc and then gave ave me mc this medicine It Jt smells like carbolic acid he ho said with witha a a. wan smile I T wish it was That visit from front the physician Taylor lor says was on November 2 or 3 Since I that time no medical attention has been beon given iven to him no effort has been heen made properly to dia diagnose his case no attention attention attention atten atten- tion has been paid to his sufferings s except except ex ex- ex- ex copt by tho the other unfortunates who aro arc in the tho ward with him Placed in ill Filthy Bed Things arc aro better in m my cell than they tho were when I came hero here he ho said yesterday When I J was brought hero here T I was put into this bed It was horn horri- hI my filthy then Someone had occupied it before I came and the tho was waR indescribably filthy The former occupant had been ill and had vomited au all an over oyer the tho blankets and the pillows But I had to put up with it for a long time it seemed It may not have o been more moro than a few fow hours It Tt seemed a avery avery avory very vory Ion long time Then a feeble old oM man manan manan an i inmate of or the infirmary who is able abl to do clo a little cleaning up took pity on nio mo and rustled bustled some somo clean bedding for forme forme forme me and fixed mo me up in much better betterS S shape ha pc Swarms Swanns of Flies Plies V Tho The Hies flies arc frightful and they swarm through tho place and crawl all allover allover over o everything Mute Muto ovi evidence ence of this was shown by two filthy sheets of sticky fly lly paper one on each of the chairs in his cell each literally black with flies mes some somo of which were still buzzing in the slimy surface while dozens of others were to be bo seen in the tho room C Tho The Tho p place laco is overrun with mice ice Taylor sai said and at night they thoy scamper scamper scamper scam scam- per and scurry and squeal around the floors and even en get got up on the tho bed bod They Thoy fight fig among themselves and raise merry hob hiob all night They sometimes run TUU across my faco face and hands while whilo I am asleep and awaken me mo There Thero seems to tobe tobe tobe be no effort made to get g-et rid of them A few cats could live high here and it would not cost tho county uch n cr er I i i The Tho air ail of the dark an and dismal build- build Jn mg i. i il 19 thick the sickly odor of drugs an and in insecticides es- es esA A A fie g gallon gall lJ n n- n can cau of bu stood beside the tho thedoor thedoor thol door l or o t f t old II men meus s d. d from which Jimmies Jimmie's ce cell opens Tho foul and fetid atmosphere of the tho place testifies to the tho plentiful use uc of the stuff There arc are no 0 cockroaches here hore and the bedding bedding- is free freo from vermin so far faras faras as as I know said far Taylor or but ut conditions conditions condi condi- a arc o pretty bad he bo con continued Hows How's This for Patients Patient's Fare Pare I did not expect to come conic to a first I class elass hotel ho he said with a wan wait smile but but the tho grub grill here hero is frightful AU All that is given for breakfast is it two slices of bread with no butter butier one cup of coffee colIce with a little milk and md scarcely any allY sugar and a howl bowl of oatmeal mush That's 5 all The bread is tossed to tho the chair beside the tho bed bod and aud tho the other food is served in in n the same way For dinn dinner we wo get a cup up of tea two boiled potatoes and a little piece of tough boiled meat or meat moat hash The supper is hl a bowl of thin soup a 1 cup of tea and a little bowl of rice rico with a little milk That's a all and its it's just about the tho same every day On Sundays und Ys we get a pie e of pio nio po and a lit lit- lit little tIe tic w wedge of cheese in iii addit addition ion to the tho soup tea and rice for supper Theres There's nothing that a a. sick person cares to cat cator cator driven to it or r can an stomach unless by bJ How They Keep Warm Vann The place is terribly unsanitary There aro are ten tei or 01 a dozen men in the main maui ward o opening enin from froni my cell All AU of or them sleep there Every E window is closed ti tightly and there is no tion There Thoro is a night bucket in in the tho room mom and amI the stench is almost ble When morning comes one ono can canal canal- almost al almost al- al most cut the tho atmosphere with a knife The Tho room is not aired out before breakfast breakfast break break- fast and no effort is if made to cleanse the tho place until long after we 10 have o eaten calen Wo We w 0 must breathe that filth and seat cat in that dead lead atmosphere every overy morning It Its It's 8 a won wonder er everyone here hore is is not dead of a pestilence I 3 would woula rather die tHo like a J. J dog Jog though life lifo is dear to me mc than be he compelled to live here very long But what can a follow fellow do when he heIS heis heis is broke and down and out 1 With that Taylor raylor turned his face faco to the wall and his hii lips turned white as the pain racked Tacked hi his limbs Make Nights Hideous In the a adjoining room f feeble eble old oM men meu bent with age and amI decrepitude with their palsied hands fumbling their eyes 08 rheumy and their feeble limbs limb trembling groaned and mumbled mumbled mum mum- bled to themselves At night those poor old men mn groan and cry out Their Theil cries and groans in tho tim darkness make the nights terri tern II ble But they cant can't help holp it poor fellows fel id- lows and what's the tho use of complaining complain complain- ing lug The They have havo dark days in their old age age and and Im I'm young Ill I'll bo be all an allright allright right after a while and those p jr old fellows never will be r Ive I've 0 got some somo tHings ing to be thankful for even if I am amon on the rocks Taylors Taylor's friends arc making an au effort effort ef ef- fort to get et him m out of the tho infirmary anti and secure medical attention for him lie has a brother working in this city eity and thou though h the tho brother is is a poor poorman poorman man and not in steady employment he ho is is making every e effort possible to take Little Jimmie Timmie l' l from the tho cell ho lie occupies in the county infirmary even een if it is only to somo some little shack on the out outskirts of the tho cit city |