Altogether it is an exceedingly interesting question, and an entirely new one so far as charity organization work is concerned. I know of no other charity organization city where there is an absence of public relief of every sort. As was to be expected, the seasonal idea of "charity charity" has a pretty strong hold here. Almost anybody can secure relief during the winter months, while during the summer it is extremely difficult to secure anything. I wish you could see some of the families which are being helped regularly each winter by some of the societies here. Young couples, perhaps thirty years of age, helped regularly each year since the birth of their first child five years ago. Families with nicely furnished houses, families with incomes of from $10 to $12anybody, everybody, so long as they can answer a few questions before a board meeting and have sufficient descriptive power to duly color their narrative. There does not appear to be much inefficiency among the poor, but there is of course a very large amount of extravagance naturally due to the strongly marked seasonal periods of regular work and occasional lack of work. also a fair degree of intemperance. I am strongly impressed with the fact that in a city like Montreal, with its bitter cold winter which interferes with so much work that in other cities is not cut off by winter, proper work can only be done with the aid of industrial agencies, and a strong enthusiastic corps of home. savings collectors. So The Board of Supervisors of Erie County, N. Y., has authorized the erection of a hospital for the exclusive treatment of tuberculous patients; it will be located at Buffalo, near the Erie County Hospital. CAUTIONARY LIST No. 121. Our subscribers are advised to consult with the Charity Organization Society before giving to the societies, private almoners, or persons included in the cautionary lists named below. This caution implies that the society knows of facts which should be known to subscribers who are asked to give, and may effect their action, but does not necessarily imply condemnation. Any information relating to the names upon the lists, particularly if of such a character as to warrant a withdrawal of caution, should be forwarded promptly to the executive committee of the council. NEW NAMES ON THESE LISTS. Bronson, Lucy, alias Rose; alias Austin, Von Bonnhorst, Albert. Cheshire, John T. See Dix, John A.. Industrial School. Columbia Guards Benevolent Society. Dix, John A., Industrial School; school not. known to authorities. Down-Town Press Club, 23 Duane street. Gray, George; collecting for Down-Town Guardian Angel Day Nursery. Miss B. T. Redmond. Harget. See Sisters, Beatrice, Annie, et al. High View Park (Va.) Colored School. Independent Life Saving Corps. Kingsley, Mrs. M. A.; manager Seaside Home. Lamadrid, Mrs. J. M. See N. Y. and Brook lyn St. Andrew's One-Cent Coffee Stands. Legal League. See Mrs. Jessie Mordaunt. McElhenny, C. E.; collecting for Volunteer Life-Saving Corps. Mack, C. E.; collecting for Volunteer Life-Saving Corps. Manhattan Press Club. See Down-Town Press Club. Maternity Home. See Woman's Infirmary. Matthes, Rev. Dr. Albin. Mitchell, Rhoden. See Rankin-Richards Institute. Moorcroft, Walter, Mission. Mordaunt, Mrs. Jessie. See Legal League. National Unsectarian Home. Wm. H. Ram scar. New York Industrial Home for Adult Blind. George Wilson, collector. N. Y. & Brooklyn Telegraphers' Mutual Benevolent Association. N. Y. & Brooklyn St. Andrew's One-Cent Coffee Stands. N. Y. Contagious Diseases Society. See Maternity Home. N. Y. Sanitarium. See Woman's Infirmary. O'Donnell, Joseph; solicitor. Osborn, Susan M. See St. Mary's Lodginghouse. Peck, E. J.; collecting for Down-Town Press Club. People's Provident Medical Association. Redmond, Bridget T. See Guardian Angel St. Andrew's One-Cent Coffee Stands. Seaside Home, North Long Branch. Mrs. Sidonie, Sister. 3 AUSTIN, LUCY; alias Rose; alias Walsh; Bronson; Halstead; Burns; Byrnes. BAILEE, IRENE. See Baillie, Florence. BAILEY. See Baillie, Florence. BAILLIE, FLORENCE; alias Bailee, Irene; Bailey; Baylie, Gladys; Cam, 'Lady Florence; Hill, "Lady" Florence; tells tale of death of husband four years ago; present need in consequence of an accident to her foot; is a confidence woman known to the society since December, 1884, when she claimed to be a British earl's daughter, calling herself "Lady Cam," and was put upon this list. She is tall, usually wears a veil and has noticeably irregular teeth. BALMER, EDWARD. See Bennett, Thomas M. BARKLIE, FRANK C. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. BARON, EDWARD; alias Barrett; Barry ; Baruth; Berry, Edwin F.; Morgan, Edwin F.; Rodney; Roy; Starin; young man, dark hair and mustache, wears glasses, slender build, 5 feet 8 inches high, slightly lame; claims to hail from Easton, Pa., and to be about to locate in New York; is a begging-letter writer; has been imprisoned as a swindler. BARRET, EDWARD. See Baron, Edward. BARRY, EDWARD. See Baron, Edward. BARTH, CHARLES, teacher of languages; makes false statements and gives false addresses. BARUTH, EDWARD. See Baron, Edward. BAYLISS, THOS, S. See Hunt, Thos. S. BENDER, EDWARD and EVA, alias Bernhardt; alias Bendix; woman asks aid for sick This is not the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, 5 Livingston place, which by many is known as the "Woman's Infirmary." 2 New name on this list. BOMAN, MARY. See Mayers, Anna. BRITTON, MARY F.; asks loans to finish fancy work, by which to earn her living. 1BRONSON, LUCY; alias Rose; alias Burns; Byrnes; Austin; Halstead; Walsh. BROWN. See York, Geo. A. BROWER, JOHN and HATTIE; alias Kelley; unmarried couple, drunken and disorderly. BROWN, J. W. See Wilson. uses names as 1 BURDETT, WILLIAM VESEY; son of Mrs. George C. Burdett, who was herself unfavorably known as a persistent beggar; persistent begging-letter writer; is paralyzed; sometimes claiming relationship to person addressed, and recommendations without permission; also gives erroneous information. BURGER. See Wagner-Ludloff. 'BURNS, LUCY; alias Rose; alias Austin; Walsh; Halstead; Byrnes; Bronson. 1BYRNES, LUCY; alias Rose; alias Austin; Walsh; Halstead; Burns; Bronson. CAM, LADY" FLORENCE. See Baillie, Flor DOBRENZ, A. E., M. D., German physician; persistent begging-letter writer; has used the name of Gross. DRAGO, DE. See Dels. DRUMMOND, George. See Morgan, John. DUCE, ELIZA H., about 47. English; well educated; has worked at intervals in various capacities-seamstress, housekeeper, housemaid, etc.; has respectable relatives in England; borrows money, especially of Episcopal clergymen; drinks; has had much done for her, but apparently prefers to live on charity while pretending to desire work. DUFOUR, JOHN OTTO; alias Hemminger, Kammergeist; sometimes drops his first or middle name; also known as the "French missionary," but is not a minister; calls on clergymen and solicits their influence to secure him German pupils: is addicted to drink. DUNKINSON, F. H.; begs money for Mrs. Kronheim, as a friend of the family. DUNN. See McCann, Mrs. Mary Dunn. EDGAR, WILLIAM E. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. FIELD, ARTHUR. See Morgan, John. FINLAY, WM. EDGAR, or Wm. Lawrence; alias Barklie, Frank C.; Carter, Henry C.; Lawrence, W. Livingston; Livingston, Henry W.; Mason, Robert Lee; Van Rensselaer, Beekman; Williams, John W.; Ten Eyck, Walter Phelps, son of the late Richard W. Ten Eyck, of Albany, N. Y.; begging-letter writer; tells story of sickness and want; claims relationship to eminent persons; also house-beggar with story of lost pocketbook. Alias son FLEMING, CHARLES. Claims to hail from Maspeth, L. I.; has a crippled arm. Harry Stewart, of Bay Ridge. Fox, MRS. ELLEN, widow, and her Martin, aged 19; the son, a hunchback, works in ferry houses and on piers on the East River, but also writes begging letters, which he presents to persons at private houses; mother intemperate and generally unworthy. Fox. See McCann, Mrs. Mary Dunn. 1 FRANCO, ANTOINE, and Angelino ClemeNTS, his wife; man has been imprisoned for passing counterfeit money; woman writes begging letters. FREDERICK, PHILIP. See Parker, Joseph. GARDINER, MRS. A. M., swindler. GOLDSTEIN, BERNARD; street beggar; claims to speak five languages, to be a bookkeeper or a cloakmaker; but is drunken and generally worthless; family frequently dispossessed. GOULET, MISS PHYLLIS, trained nurse; tells false story of commission to hire a nurse and of her loss of money. GRAHAM, FRANK. See Morgan, John. 1 New name on this list. GROHT, MRS. LIZZIE F.; writes begging letters from Paterson, N. J. Woman has a bad record. GROSS. See Dobrenz. HAESELIN, CARL ALPHONSE; begging-letter writer, with a bad record of laziness and fraud. HAMILTON, JAMES. See Morgan, Wm. HAMILTON, JOHNSTON. See Morgan, Wm. HALFORD. See Hilford. HALL, GEO. FRANCIS. See Hilford. 1HALSTEAD, Lucy; alias Rose; alias Walsh ; Austin; Bronson; Burns; Byrnes. HARRINGTON, WM.; alias Wm. Livingston; young man, English, chemist; calls at houses and asks for money to pay railway fare of a blind brother to Peekskill or elsewhere; gives false addresses; manners very familiar, and plays the trick of using as a recommendation a name he finds on a card in the card basket of the lady on whom he calls. HEARN, HARRY. See Morgan, Wm. HENDERSON. See Henry. HENDRICKS. See Henry. HENNESSY. See Henry. HENRY, MISS, or Miss Louise or Eliza Henry, or Hendricks, or Miss Lucy Henderson, or Mrs. Hennessey; middle-aged; dresses in respectable black; tells story of her own sickness, and that she expects to go to a hospital, also of an invalid and deformed sister, and at times of an aged and blind mother. HILFORD; alias Hall, Geo. Francis; Hill, Halford; Rhodes, Frederick; young man, dark complexion, tall, slender, with husky voice, plausible manners; procures report of benevolent societies and visits their managers, claiming to have been sent from one to the other; usually applies for money or clothing to enable him to go to the Adirondacks, Catskills, or elsewhere, for the benefit of his health. HILL. See Hilford. See Baillie, HOPE, THOS. S. See Hunt, Thos. S. HUNT, THOS. S.; alias Alden, Baylies, Deas, Hope, Williams, etc., ad inf.; young, tall and slender; presents begging letters; usually signs same family name as party addressed, and waits for answer. Writing, neat and peculiar. JACKSON, CHAS. See Wilson, John. JOHNSON, ROBERT JOHN; states that he formerly begged for a church he was pastor of, and now asks for his own needs; has served a term in state prison for swindling, as he appropriated to his own use the money ostensibly raised for his church; has shown himself since his release unworthy of confidence. KAMMERGEIST. See Dufour. KELLEY. See Brower; see Wagner. 1 New name on this list. Kreiswirth, often called Reiswirth, Jacob; a Hebrew; claims to be a convert to Christianity; is a persistent relief seeker, but of very bad character. KRONHEIM, MRS. ANNA JOHNSON; intemperate; pretends to be in need; has 4 grown children able to earn their living. LANG, HENRY; ex-convict; claims to be a painter, but unable to join the union because he has been in prison; writes begging letters. LAWRENCE, W. LIVINGSTON. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. LIVINGSTON, HENRY W. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. LIVINGSTON, Wм. See Harrington, Wm. LOWENTHAL, GUSTAV. See Miller, Chas. P. LUDLOFF, LUDLOW, See Wagner-Ludloff. MCCANN, MRS. MARY DUNN; alias Dunn, Fox; chronic; persistent begging-letter writer; mendacious; husband lazy. MCCORMICK, MRS. MARY, alias Quinn; very untruthful and persistent applicant for charity. MCDADE, J. W., claims to have been mayor of San Francisco; borrows money in the name of a club. 1 MANISHOFF, or MARRISCHOF, or MORKISCHOF, MARK; claims to be a convert from Judaism; but he is entirely unreliable, though very plausible in manner and voluble in promises. MASON, ROBERT LEE. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. MATTHEWS, MARY. See Mayers. MAYERS, ANNA; alias Annie Myers; Mary Boman; Mary Ida Smith; Ann Williams; chronic; notorious case; begging-letter writer; usually encloses bogus rent bill; tells story of sickness of child and of husband; she therefore asks aid to pay her rent. MYERS, DAVID. See Bennett, Thomas M. MILLER (or MUELLER), CHAS. P., or Christian; alias Cohn, Charles; alias Lowenthal, Gustav; aged 40; height, 5 feet 4 inches; weight, 120 lbs.; has lost left leg; uses crutches at times, at times wears artificial leg; Hebrew extraction; dark eyes, black hair and beard; wears eyeglasses; claims to be civil engineer; begs for money to get to Chicago or Savannah, or to buy artificial leg. MOELLER. See Wagner-Ludloff. MORGAN, JOHN; alias Edgar C. Davenport; George Drummond; Arthur Field; Frank Graham; Robert Penn; George Smith; Edgar Charles Thornton; begging-letter writer telling false story of employment in London and of relative there. MORGAN, WM.; alias George Alexander; Harry Hearn; James Davis; Wm. Russell or Wm. Davis; Patrick O'Reilly; James Ward; James Watkins; James, or Johnston, Hamilton; chronic; says in his letter: 1 New name on this list. "' used to be the lamplighter in your street"; has no means to bury his child or wife; wants to put his sick wife in a hospital, and his children are starving. Always gives false address. MORRISCHOF. See Manishoff. MUELLER, CHAS. P. See Miller, Chas. P. MULHOLLAND, KATE, MRS.; alias Mrs. Kate (?) Anderson; alias Milholland; Mullins; Sheridan; now calls herself Miss Harriet Taylor; makes appeals in newspapers, but is intemperate, quarrelsome and thoroughly untruthful; has several children, the eldest of whom, Thomas, she has trained to be an accomplished liar. MULLINS, MRS. KATE (?). See Mulholland. MYERS, ANNIE. See Mayers. NICHOLAS, MRS. HELEN FULLER, age 45; inveterate begging-letter writer; pretends to desire pupils in foreign languages, but has repeatedly refused to give instruction after receiving the money for tuition. NOBLETT, THOS. J., English, an expelled freemason (1880); has been recommended by clergymen. NORMANN, M. See Wagner Ludloff. O'REILLY, PATRICK. See Morgan, Wm. PEARS ON, J. T. See Wilson, John. PENN, ROBERT. See Morgan, John. PILGRIM, F. E. and R. C. R., his wife; chronic beggars from churches which they join. POLLACK, HENRY JOSEPH, single, age 23; presented forged receipt for money loaned, and with which he was enabled to get a position. POWERS, ALICE; notorious character, street RALPH, THEODORE, and CLARA PERRY, his wife, with four children; family thoroughly pauperized and chronic beggars. REID, WM. See Wilson, John. REISWIRTH, See Kreiswirth. RHODES, FREDERICK. See Hilford, Fred'k. ROASE, CAPTAIN" WM. C.; medium sized, rather stout, prominent nose, dark mustache and hair; a fluent talker and gentlemanly in manners; sells sewing silk which is said to be poor in quality and short in quantity. ROBINSON, J. T. See Wilson, John. RODNEY, JACK. See Baron, Edward. ROGERS, HERBERT. See Bennett, Thos. M. ROSSIN. See Russell, Alla M. ROY, LUKE. See Baron, Edward. RUSSELL, ALLA M.; alias Dawson, Rossin, a former teacher of music in the Brooklyn public schools; at one time she asked for relief in behalf of her pupils, but is now soliciting help for herself and for her mother is plausible and voluble; is middle-aged and stout. RUSSELL, WM. See Morgan, Wm. 1 New name on this list. SCHNELL. See Wagner-Ludloff. 1 SMITH, MISS ANNIE R., 512 Quincy street, Brooklyn; begging-letter writer. SMITH, GEORGE. See Morgan, John. 1 SMITH, GEORGE C. SMITH, JENNIE; alias Wilson; signs herself Jannie; tells story of having had a father or a brother or sister in the employ of the person addressed, that the breadwinner of the family has just died leaving her to support her little brothers and sisters, and as she has no money was in danger of eviction. SMITH, MARY IDA. See Mayers, Anna. SMITH, RANDOLPH W. and NINA; refined appearance; man a journalist; persistent beggars. STARIN, ROY. See Baron, Edward. writer. STEIN, CLARA. See Dels. begging-letter STIELER, ADOLF, about 61; tells false story of his discharge because of loss of sight through accident in the laboratory in which he was employed. STURM, HENRY GEORGE and ANN G.; man begs, taking one or two of his children with him to excite sympathy; chronic case; woman untruthful and shares the man's life; pretend Protestantism or Roman Catholicism to suit their purpose. TAYLOR, J., JAS., or WM. See Wilson. THORNTON, EDGAR CHARLES. See Morgan, VANDERHOOF, EDWARD A. and MARY L. PALMER (Gordon), his wife; persons of refinement; man intemperate; woman persistent and ingenious begging-letter writer. VAN RENSSELAER, BEEKMAN. See Finlay, W. Edgar. 1 VON BONNHORST, ALBERT. WADGE, EDWIN HARVEY; alias Archer Davidson, Gray; age 61; pretends to be a Major of the English Army, 53d regiment, the Shropshires, in India; on the retired list, in receipt of pension which he assigns to his wife, who is in England, but begs for temporary loan; is a fraud and denounced by English societies. WAGNER-LUDLOFF, PAUL T.; alias Burger, Kelley, Ludloff, Ludlow, Moeller, Normann, Schnell, Winter; wife, Clementina, signs herself C. Ludlow, C. Ludloff, C. Moeller, C. Schnell; claims sometimes to be single, at other times to have a child 1 New name on this list. |