The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-04-30
A TAlLoR.s UGLY RIDE.
He Packs Himself In . Box and Takes
Long Trip BY Freight.

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ne Packs Himself In . Box and Takes .
Long Trip by Freight.
An enterprising Austrian tailor named
Hermann Zeitung. is the hero Of remark
| able trip which ended in his being placed
b9hind the bars in the new Central Police
| station. His incarceration was directly
due to the rather abrupt ending of .
ride from Vienna to Paris securely
packed in big box labelled This side
up" with care" Fragile" and other
reminders to railway porters.
The tailor was born inVIenna and there
learned his trade. He at one time pros
pered, but for some time past business
has been so dull that several weeks ago he
found himself bankrupt. He was An
able cutter, and had invented a new
style of lady's riding dress, and thought
that by going to Paris he might be able
to make capital out Of his invention.
But how to get there. He had no
money, and walking was out Of the
question. He had heard Of the gentry
known in America as tramps, and how
they got from town to town riding free
OF charge on the trucks of a railway
carriage. There is much danger in this
mode of travel, and the little tailor, af-
ter long thought decided to travel as
freight. He accordingly ordered alarge
box, lined it we'll with straw, and got
into it supplied with beer. bread and
sausages. A trustworthy friend, former
ly in his employ, wrote the necessary
directions on the box, which was then
forwarded to the railway station for
Paris.
The tailor was thus conveyed by tho
Orient express across Austria, Bavaria,
Wurtemberg and Alsace, into France.
During nearly sixty hours he suffered
purgatOrial pains. for he was unable to
move. drink or sleep, and could only
squeeze few pieces of bread and meat
now and then into his mouth. Some
times he felt himself thrown violently
on hand-cars by porters while being
transferred from one carriage to anoth-
or; at others he was buried beneath a
pile Of boxes which threatened to crush
in his ribs or smash his skull at any mo-
ment.
At last, having undergone hours Of
Undesirable torture, he suddenly found
himself longer than usual out of a rail-
way van. Then he knew that he had
arrived at his destination. but the diff
Guilty was now to extricate himself from
his narrow wooden prison. He heard
voices and people about him every min
ute, and consultations were evidently
being held over him. Suddenly he be-
gan to sneeze and heard somebody NUT
ter an exclamation. Then he coughed
and he heard himself tapped overhead.
Suddenly the lid Of his case was lifted
of and out he jumped, to the amazement
If not CONSERVATION Of group of Gus
tom house officials.
The practical dOuaniers soon recover
ed from their very natural surprise, and
taking in the situation they promptly
made prisoner of the sartorial parcel
and marched him before their chief Off
Ger, who handed Zeitung over to the po-
lice. At the station the tailor coolly
remarked in German that he did not
care about the consequences of his &C
ton, as he was now in Paris. He also
promised the station superintendent to
repay him as soon as he could, but all
this did not save him from going to Jail.
1t is safe to say, however, that little
thing like that didn't bother him. and
when he left the Jail and embarked in
his enterprise, he finally attained the
success that he deserved Letter.