the time since. He expected to be sent to the country by the
Bowery Mission shortly. Looked shiftless but not dissipated.
No. 63.
Born in New York. American parents. About fifty years old. Married. Said
his people were dead. Had no regular trade. Did office work, but was
nearly always out of work. Said he was a Christian. He evidently
followed the missions and "got saved" every time he needed help. Never
worked in the country. Looked shiftless and inefficient.
No. 64.
Born in Brooklyn. English parents. Thirty years old. Married. Quarrelled
with his wife five years previously and left her. Painter by trade. Did
not belong to the Union. Had not worked all Winter. Said he had been all
around the world and had beaten his way wherever he went. Had been in
jail several times, for vagrancy and drunkness. Never worked in the
country. Looked like a tramp.
No. 65.
Born in Maine. American parents. Twenty-four years old. Single. Had
people in Maine from whom he expected help. Barber by trade. Came to New
York three weeks previously. Met some friends on the Bowery and lost all
his money. The Army was helping him. He had worked somewhat in the
country. Looked very stupid.
No. 66.
Born in Scotland. About sixty years old. Single. Had no people. Had no
trade. In this country for forty years. Out of work all Winter. The
Scotch Aid Society had been keeping him now for three weeks. He never
worked in the country. He looked like a regular vagrant.
No. 67.
Born in Boston. American parents. Twenty-four years old. Single. A
waiter. Had wandered a good deal, and beaten his way by freight trains.
Came to New York from the West one month previously. Had not worked
since, but had been aided by the missions and the Army. Evidently did
not like to work.
No. 68.
Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Irish parents. About thirty-two years old.
Single. Had no trade. Came to New York two weeks previously with some
money which he got from his people. He had sent home for more. Worked
somewhere in the country. Said he drank periodically and did not like to
work steadily. Looked very shiftless.
No. 69.
Born in Ireland. Twenty-eight years old. Single. Had lost track of his
people. Had been in this country eight years. Had no trade. Had had no
steady work all Winter. Drank a good deal. Never worked in the country.
Looked very wild.
No. 70.
Born in New Orleans. Spanish parents. About twenty years old. Single.
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