Emery County Progress | 1907-10-19 | Page 3 | Starved in City Streets

STARVED IN CITY STREETS unfortunate on verge of death picked up in new york new york after reeling along ann avenue like a drunken man for blocks george chester tell in a limp heap at sixty second street policeman george fox seized the pros man by the collar and de banded come now get up and go along with me the policeman and the curious crowd that had gathered were sur when chester opened his eyes and shook his head after a feeble ef fort to rise I 1 m afraid I 1 can t officer he said weakly I 1 haven t got any strength left im starving an ambulance was called and chester was taken to roosevelt hos pital it s a plain case of starvation said the doctor milk was given the starving man the physicians did not dara to put even broth or soup into his weak stomach chester said he was 49 years old and had no home ills clothes were of good quality but well worn he said his family was in good circumstances since he had been in new york he said he had been unable to find permanent em and was too proud to beg for six days be had eaten nothing but occasional scraps ot food