Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-22
YOUNG Wanderers CAUGHT
A SIxTEEN-YEAR-OLD WHEELING
BOY ARRESTED IN
WASHINGTON.
AND STARTED TOWARD HOME.
and Was Prepared to Meet Any
Indians or Robbers Who Might
Confront Him-Son of a Merchant,
and Student of the LinsIy.

The Washington Post yesterday con-
tanned the following description of the
detention in that city of a young
Wheeling boy:
The prospective journey of two
bright-eyed youngsters to Kalamazoo,
by way of Baltimore, was nipped in the
bud yesterday afternoon when Noble
Dauer, sixteen years old, of Wheeling,
w. Va, and Seymour Chunn, son of
Mrs. Ella Chunn. 207 Sixth street
Northeast, were halted by Constable
Vincent, of Hyattsville, and taken into
custody. Early in the day they left
the city by way of the Bladensburg
turnpike and were trudging YEARLY
in the vicinity of Hyattsville with two
satchels and a bundle when the con-
travellers. Dauer, who is the son of a
prominent merchant in the West Fir-
ginia city, wore a gray uniform and
cap, showing him to be a member of
the cadet corps of the Linsly Military
Institute. His companion, the ten
year-old Chunn boy, carried one of the
West Virginian's satchels, and being
of slighter build and considerably
shorter than his newly-made acquaint-
ance, found it more difficult to keep
the pace set by the latter. The con-
stable took in the situation at a glance
they had come from Washington. The
local detective department was mott
fed, and Detective Hartigan went to
bring the diminutive knights Grant
to the city.
Upon reaching police headquarters
the boys gave their porper names, and
Mrs. Chunn Vas notified. A young
man called about an hour later and
took Seymour to the home Of his
mother. The Dauer boy was fed and
sent to the First Precinct station,
where he was placed in a cell over
night. In the meantime his father,
John M. Dauer, was notified by tele-
graph that his son was in custody.
AT No. l station Dauer was searched
by Officer Houghlan and proved to be
a travelling arsenal. In his coat pocket
was a box containing a long-barreled
Colts revolver, loaded with five cart
ridges. The box also had a quantity
Of % calibre cartridges and more than
a dozen keys. In other pockets were
found two gold bracelets, a gold neck
lace with charm attached and a pair
OF earrings. The jeWelry proved to be
the property of Mrs. Chunn.
Dauer left home about two weeks
ago and has Travelled alomst 1000
miles since his departure. Before leav-
ing, he says, he took $40 from his
fathers store and otherwise fortified
himself against the buffeting he expect
ed to encounter while travelling. His
two satchels and the bundle were not
opened at headquarters, and it was
not learned just what they contained.
From Wheeling Dauer went to Gin
c%innati, then to Pittsburg, and finally
came to Washington to see the Ma
tional Capital he had read about in his
school books. He visited East Wash
ington yesterday morning and met
young Chunn on Sixth street. To the
latter he painted a beautiful imagin-
airy picture Of the joys of travel, and
persuaded the latter to go to Kala-
mazoo with him. He displayed the
revolver he had brought from home
with him, and told Seymour Chunn
the two would be a match for any II
who might interrupt their journey.
Not long afterward they babe adieu
TO several other youths and walked
out of the city. At Hyattsville their
dreams of new cities and unbeaten
paths vanished.
A special telegram to the Register
last night reads: Noble Dauer, a six
t~een-year-old cadet from the Linsly
Military Institute, who ran away and
was taken into custody near Hyatts-
vile, Nd, and subsequently brought
to Washington, was put aboard the
sos train of the B. & 0. tonight,
bound for Wheeling.
A local detective accompanied him