| Show A STREET INCIDENT IN GOTHAM inthe in the language langu aeo of the street brigade times are mighty hird in new york and with no prospect of any improvement A poor fellow named fred It 21 years old and husband of a girl of 19 attracted attention on broadway broadw ay a few days lays ago by marching briskly up and down doan the street with this placard on bis his back I 1 rm m not bret harts berry wall or george francis train simply a married man a street rail road cm em bloyce out of work m who ho hin has used every means to find employment eel I 1 do not wah to say ia aalona the circulation of the new ew I 1 ork press I 1 A am an earnest hard worker u tiling to do anything ail thing cleme do 10 not blare stare at me an as I 1 am modest youra yours very trul truly THE tim SANDWICH Ar Arre reeled aed and brought before the istrate the sandwich told a pitiful atory of hunger hangar and destitution with an invalid wife de on him tor for the support be could not give the surly policeman who made the arrest insisted that the placard cau eq curiosity excitement and a jam of pedestrians to this the accused replied what am I 1 to do judge I 1 cannot starve nor can I 1 let my wife starve to death I 1 will not steal I 1 have not committed any of fence I 1 am tired of asking for work and being refused it I 1 thought this sign would create some excitement and make my poverty known to some one who might be disposed to take pity on me the defendants fend ants plea pies enabled him to escape the jail but nota not a hand liand basrai was raised d to give him or his sick wife he the first sign ngn of assistance |
