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Y. M. C. A. The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, March 11, 1900 pg. 3 LOCAL CONDENSATIONS Monday, March 5 Wm. London, colored, who has charge of the bath rooms and reading room at the Y.M.C.A., was conveyed to the pest house last Saturday and the rooms were closed to the public for a few days until the rooms were fumigated. Mr. Freeman thinks that London is not afflicted with smallpox and this opinion is backed up by an eminent physician. The mayor thought it best to take no chances and ordered the young man to be conveyed to the detention camp. A SENSATIONAL ARREST Bill London, alias Wm. Jones, is the name of a Negro who has been employed by the Y.M.C.A. rooms for a long time. During his stay in this city he has been known by the former name, and had it not been for the smallpox, and his determined resistance to the officers who were ordered to take him to the pest house, his alias or probably true name would not have been known. The fact that the man was employed at the Y.M.C.A. at the time of his apprehension, and that he had probably come in contact with many white members at a period of the disease when infection was to be feared has caused several misguided bigots to deny that the man has the smallpox and they have insisted that London or Jones is the victim of persecution. Whether the man has smallpox or not is a question which we supposed the city physician is competent to decide. Acting upon the report of Dr. Teas, the mayor promptly ordered the man to be taken to the pest house. The officers went to Jones' resident, 404 Morton street, and found him waiting for them, armed with two revolvers and a shot gun, and determined to resist. He was finally induced to surrender and he was taken out to the pest house. Officer East thought the man too well armed for a man of peace and in looking around the premises he found a whole arsenal. Five revolvers, two shotguns, and one rifle was the result of the search. A case of surgical instruments was found wrapped up in a lot of rags and these have been identified to be the property of Dr. Bristol, stolen about two years ago. A wire cutter and setter belonging to Chris Waltz was next unearthed. A mass of correspondence showing the man's name to be Wm. Jones was found. An out of date accident policy showed that he at one time was employed by the Iron Mountain Railroad, and that his wife lived in Muskogee, I.T., at the time. A large quantity of glassware and many other articles, probably stolen, were found, also about a hundred towels boxed up. The talk that Jones is the victim of persecution is idiotic and would probably not be made were it not that a campaign for the city election is now in full swing. Our people expect the city officials to protect as far as possible the community from the spread of contagious and infectious diseases as well as the unearthing of criminals. Organizations Susan Hawkins © 2024 If
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