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May 4, 1911
The Evening Standard
Ogden, Weber County, Utah
What is this article about?
Edward A. Brown, the 'millionaire tramp,' completed a journey through southern U.S. cities disguised as a vagrant to investigate conditions for the poor, advocating for better municipal support. He arrives in New York on May 4 and plans a European study.
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EXPERIENCE OF A TRAMP
Millionaire, Disguised as a Vagrant, Went Through South
New York, May 4.-Edward A. Brown of Denver, famed as the "millionaire tramp" because of his excursions in search of information as to how the other half lives, is in New York today at the end of his last excursion in overalls. He is through seeing the seamy side of life from the inside, he says, and henceforth will carry on by other means his work of impressing upon the cities the necessity of providing for the worthy poor.
Mr. Brown has seen the inside of prison walls in every section of the country, always on the sole charge of not having enough money to buy food or a bed. The need of municipal lodging houses and similar institutions is the same everywhere, he says. His final trip, just completed, was through southern cities.
"I had hitherto visited, as a homeless man, every section except the south," he said on his arrival here, "and I felt that my experience would be incomplete until I had made a circuit of that section. I started in as a tramp in Cleveland last fall. From there I went to Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, Mobile, Houston and Dallas. Most of the southern cities are without facilities for sheltering the penniless stranger. Everywhere, however, I found the people hospitable and deeply interested in helping the friendless."
Mr. Brown will sail next month for Europe to study the tramp problem in Germany.
Millionaire, Disguised as a Vagrant, Went Through South
New York, May 4.-Edward A. Brown of Denver, famed as the "millionaire tramp" because of his excursions in search of information as to how the other half lives, is in New York today at the end of his last excursion in overalls. He is through seeing the seamy side of life from the inside, he says, and henceforth will carry on by other means his work of impressing upon the cities the necessity of providing for the worthy poor.
Mr. Brown has seen the inside of prison walls in every section of the country, always on the sole charge of not having enough money to buy food or a bed. The need of municipal lodging houses and similar institutions is the same everywhere, he says. His final trip, just completed, was through southern cities.
"I had hitherto visited, as a homeless man, every section except the south," he said on his arrival here, "and I felt that my experience would be incomplete until I had made a circuit of that section. I started in as a tramp in Cleveland last fall. From there I went to Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, Mobile, Houston and Dallas. Most of the southern cities are without facilities for sheltering the penniless stranger. Everywhere, however, I found the people hospitable and deeply interested in helping the friendless."
Mr. Brown will sail next month for Europe to study the tramp problem in Germany.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Journey
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Misfortune
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Millionaire Tramp
Disguised Vagrant
Southern Excursion
Municipal Lodging
Tramp Problem
What entities or persons were involved?
Edward A. Brown
Where did it happen?
Southern Cities, New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Edward A. Brown
Location
Southern Cities, New York
Event Date
May 4
Story Details
Edward A. Brown, disguised as a tramp, traveled through southern cities to experience life among the poor, highlighting the need for municipal lodging houses. He plans to study the issue in Europe.