Article February 2, 1899 Issue

Miss Gould Saves a Life

The following is clipped from the news columns of the New York Times:—

An interesting story, in which Miss Helen Gould figures, came to light yesterday at St. John's Hospital, in Brooklyn. Albert Duncan, a young soldier in Company D, Second United States Infantry, was brought to the hospital October 3, suffering from fever. He gradually sank, and the hospital authorities became convinced that his death was only a question of time. They wrote to the young man's father, a farmer near Ashland, Ky., saying that if he would see his son alive he must come at once.

The farmer wrote back despondently that he had not money enough, but hoped to raise some and come to Brooklyn soon. Day after day passed by, and still the old father was unable to get money enough together to see his dying son. At last a Miss Andrews, a visitor at the hospital, wrote to Miss Gould asking her to investigate the case. As a result of her investigation, Miss Gould sent money to the Duncans, and the father, mother and little sister of the soldier, an eight-year-old girl named Minnie, started for Brooklyn on the first train. They reached the city Tuesday night.

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