The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-28
~GHARLESTON
HIS TRAVELS FINALLY BRoUGH MT TO
AN END IN THIS CITK.

ne BEGAN RunntnE Away from nHenns &C the
AEe or = Years when H,s Father Lived In
Battle Creek. saich.-HHs Been All Over the
ssuth-Beat His way on Passenger Trains.
Francis Miner DAILY, 10 years old, who 10 wide
" known in Georgia, Florida, and South Caro-
lima rs the BOY Tramp Of Charleston was sent
to the Truant School by Magistrate Kudlich in
tho Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday.
Daily, the boys father, who was tho complain
ant, told the Magistrate tina this boy had pcr-
sisted in running away from homo ana wander
ing from city to city since he was 8 years old.
beating his way on passenger trains by riding
under the seats. AS he is under four feet In
height, this was not O difficult thing 10 do.
Martin DAILY is the father NJ four children, of
whom Francis Is tho oldest. He is an engineer
by trade. and shifted about the country doing
odd jobs here and there. For tho last two
weeks they have been living on the top floor nj
o James street. having como from Jacksonville
on the steamship Seminole.
When Frank was 5 years old tho family left
New York and moved to Toronto, Canada, and
later to Detroit and Battle Greek, Mich.
While IN the latter place, when DAILY returned
home one night. the boy said:
Say, Pop. l don't think that tho boys In this
town know how to celebrate the Fourth Of
July AS 1t ought to be celebrated. Why, II the
people here should hear a cannon they'd stick
their fingers In their cars and boiler oh, my
Those Battle Creek people arc dead slow. I
want to go to Detroit"
As the distance between Battle Crock and Do
troit is about 100 miles, DAILY thought nothing
Of the boys announcement. When he WINS miss
and sent word to the Detroit police, who tele.
gTaphed him a week later that they had found
NM N a IRa about }@"i ! your Roy gully M@i ti i'm ms P %ay n s"id the
lad to his father. who met him ut the station.
Say, I had the time of my life. Those people
have q slick time on the Fourth. Got enough OF
III Nit. Easiest thing. I just got under u
scat in a car and no one knew the din. When
l got there I met II couple of tramps, old tim
ers, an they took chr, Of mr.. 'Wo slept on the
dopTrsaeps. an had a time you bet,
but this time sat boldly In one OF the car seats.
When the conductor asked him for his ticket,
run away and was trying to get back home.
The conductor let him remain. Again no wao
From that time a mania for travelling seized
the boy, his father says, and about three weeks
ls1sc me- Turned ,bers W %p n aoS Sharl Sim r. s The C. sto AZ q
house he mapaGod to escape. and went to At
lanta, Ga, where he remained for some time.
elled through all the Southern States. visiting
nearly every city. All the conductors and train
search the trains for him, lie never travelled
In q freight. The tramps in tho different cities
took a great liking to him and would tel him
Y iN5 VI tLiClI cAptIlChttS uhlt uo NbGihONCu
himself to be ono of them.
He wrote his father one day from Fleming,
Ga, $50 miles from Charleston: I'm in F1em-
ing, but will be home as soon as l can get there.
l was on my way to Jacksonville, but was put
off here, and cant steal any more rides as the
ducks down here are on to me-" The boy
reached home not long after.
AS this had been going on for three years
DAILY decided to move to Appalachicola. whore
he has a wealthy brother, and ask him for as
s%istance. The. brother said he would pay their
car fares to this city, which offer DAILY accepted.
Fearing his son would again attempt TO run
away, he had him arrested when he got here, as
the boy had said to him:
81 want to skip to Florida again, Pop, where
Il isn't SO damn cold as 1t Is up here. an I want
TO see me uncle for just about two seconds. Say,
/ wouldn't do a thing to him."
DAILY told Magistrate Kudlichsthat he could
not manage the boy, as he was incorrigiblo,
and wouldn't attend school. His only desire
was to travel.
Say, Judge" the boy said in court. ':Iet mo
of this time az ! want to get square with me
uncle an give him fits for not helping me old
man."