A BARNUM ALBINO DYING.
Joseph Lucasie Imported by Show-
man Fifty Years Ago.
Joseph Lucasie, who was one of the Albino family which the late showman P. T. Barnum imported from Belgium to his museum in New York city, over fifty years ago, is dying of dropsy at the general hospital. It was thought last night that he could not survive through today. His hair is white as wool and his eyes are pink.
In his show bills, Barnum advertised the Lucasie family, consisting of four members, as being the last of a famous tribe of Albinos of Madagascar. They were Joseph's father, mother and sister. Joseph was 9, and his sister 12 years old. All were musicians.
Joseph was taken suddenly ill Wednesday afternoon at his home, 1117 Norton street.
