The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26
In A CAVE In A CLIFF
GEORGE MALONEY, AGED EIGHT
LOCATES A BOLD BUT
YOUTHFUL BAND
EIGHT-YEAR-oLD BOYS TALE
Deserts His Home to Live I'm a Cave
With Lot of Youths Near His
own Age-Secret Passages to the
Underground Palace, and All
That Sort of Thing-BOy Seems to
Have Disappeared.

If George Maloney, an eight-year-old
boy, who seems to cherish ambitions to
become bold buccaneer knew how much
anxiety he Is causing his parents he
would probably desert the band of kin
| dred spirits with whom he has been asso-
| ciating for several days and return home.
George was never considered a bad boy
! but his parents, living at 293 Ravoux
street say he got to running about with
| older boys who put foolish notions in his
| mead. The result was that. George came
TO regard the home eonfine as extremely
! narrow for deeds of valor, such as the
vivid mind of an eight-year-old youngstcr
could depict, and ran away He disap-
peared last Wednesday afternoon. Since
then his parents have been searching the
city for him. His ten-year-old brother
met him on Seventh street Friday, but
| George declared he was thoroughly
cnamnred of the life of free rover and
| would not go home. The brother tried to
hold George until he coul1 call a police
man, but Georgia broke away and disap-
| peared down Cedar street.
While George was talking with his
brother he confided that he was living
| with a crowd of other runaway boys, In
cave, near the river. He said he liked
the life and that "de gang" got along to-
gether nicely. The cave was big and
dark, George said, but the Captain had
some candies that were lighted every
evening, so when the boys sought the
rendezvous they were not afraid. They
had plenty Of food, Georgia informed his
brother and no one to boss" them.
Every day the members of the crowd
| went out searching for something to do,
at which an odd penny might be earned,
for to procure food, and at night they sat
about telling stories Nc st of the boys
sold papers, George told his brother, and
| in this way there was generally money
enough on hand to supply food and drink.
| There was secret path to the cave,
George said, known only to trusted men,
bers of de gang and no outsiders were
| allowed in the cave His companions
were all youngsters about his own age,
George explained, though some Of the
| boys were older. Some of them had
| homes and had run away like George,
| just to satisfy the thirst for adventure,
| but other of the cave jewellers were urch-
| ms who never remembered having a
home. The older boys smoked cigarettes,
according to George, and one of them
Possessed q +corncob pipe, but George
said he did not smoke because he tried It
| one evening and 1T made him very sick.
| When 1t grew cold, George said, the en-
| trance to the cave would be walled up,
! all except hole for a steve pipe and
would be warm all winter. There was
1 plenty of coal to be found about the rail
road yards and the captain had already
| built a brick stove in the cave.
When the elder brother reported his IN
| terview with the Juvenile runaway, Geor-
| gie's parents; became alarmed and asked
| the police to search sfor the youngster.
Friday evening Patrolman Zacher went
| with Mr.. Malcney to search the caves in
| the Third street bluff, along the river
bank The 'se.trchers found a dozen
caves Some of which .t'pneared to have
been recently occupied, but in none. OF
| them could be found any trace. of the
| crowd of boys Georgia had told of. Yes
terday Mr. lNIalepeye continued the search,
| but Georgiek seems,Eto have completely
/ disappeared asrno' trace zof him WAS dis
| covered either about the streets nor In
| the vicinity of the caves. 81
| Mr.. Maloney says Gsorgie had no good
reason to run away. He goes 10 the Neill
school, is, a bright boy and has every
| comfort at home, his mother says. He
began selling papers "a short time ago
against the will of his parents, Mrs. Ma
|, loney says, and she thinks some of the
I associates whom he thus met have led
| him astray. >t.-