The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-20
A TAR-HEEL DEMOCRAT.
Aged Fourteen, Arrives in New York
With One Cent.
From the New York Times.


From the New York Times.
A bl'ight-eyed boy, neatly clad and
apparently about IA years old, entered
Tammany Hall at o'clock yesterday
afternoon and inquired of half a doz-
EN- men sitting in the outer room:
us Judge Lyman e. Warren here?"
No one present had ever heard of
Judge Warren" and all We're puzzled
by the question. Then the caller, who
was trife over four feet in hight.
said:
Maybe he amt Judge, but he's a
big New York lawyer, anyway. and
he's Tammany Hall man. 1 come
from Wilmington n. C. | saw him
down there last fall at the Orton
House. / took supper with him, and he
gave me IS, which I've got yet" and
the lad proudly produced bank book
on the Peoples Bank of Wilmington.
He told me to write ITO him if wanted
to come to New York, and he'd get me
a position, and maybe send me to COL
lege. | got a chance to come to New
York, but didn't have time to write
him.
I'm George Love Shepard of Will
mlngton. Sometimes they call me
'Skeeters
1t was learned that the Lyman e
Warren sought by the young traveller
was a member of the law firm of War
rem, Warren & O'Beime, at 81 Nassau
street. Young Shepard was taken
there by New York Times reporter.
He received cordial wlcome from MIR.
warren, who was greatly surprised
however, by his young friends visit.
Sitting in Mr.. Warren's private Office.
the little fellow told how ne reached
New York.
Ever since 1 talked with you last
fall" he said. "I've wanted to come
to New York. l was sitting in the
Dixie Cafe. in Wilmington, one day.
and said to some gentlemen there.
How | wish l could go to New York;
One of the gentlemen spoke up and
said: Well. you can go up with me-
This was Capt. Penwell of the three
masted schooner Emily F. Norton. |
told my brothers l was going, and they
said All right l sailed on Dec 5.
I'VE had terrible storms, and were
nearly wrecked. They threw lots of
the lumber overheard to save the boat,
and we lay off Cape Hatteras three
days in a terrific storm. Several times
they talked of running ashore. When
we reached Red Hook / wanted to
come to New York, burt they wouldn't
let me, and the captain locked me in
a cabin.
"Then, we went to Stamford, Conn. =.
where they unloaded the lumber.
was talking to some men there, and
the steward said to me. Shut up, or
I'll throw you overheard Then ne
kicked me and / ran away. got a
policeman to get my trunk off the
schooner. This was two days after
Christmas. We'd been more than
twenty days coming from Wilmington.
II made a speech before the Demo-
cratic Club at Stamford, and they took
up a collection for me and gave me
a dollar. Then / staid at the Hotel
Suburban and washed dishes and
worked for my board. Thursday the
police put me in the guardhouse. They
said l had no home. / think it was
because l am a Southern Democrat.
They offered to send me back to Will
mington, but l said, No; / want to go
to New York They got me a ticket
and 1 reached here this morning"
How much money have you got?"
asked Mr.. Warren, smiling.
"Oh. I've got money" said the lit
tie fellow. cheerfully; i've got cent.
l had cents when I got here"
MY, N.Y. said Ira d. Warren. zone
cent and alone in New York" and he
pulled out a five-dollar bill and handed
it to the little fellow.
The young traveller, after many
warnings from the Messrs. Warren,
started out to see New York.
Wen look out for you" said Ly-
man e. Warren. Come here early
in the morning and I'll get you a posi-
ton. Where's your trunk?''
ooh, that's down at the police sta
ton at Stamford"
We'll, we'll get that >the first thing
and find you a nice place to stay"
II saw this little fellow in hotel
down at Wilmington one day last
September" said Lyman T.. Warren.
He was expounding Democratic doc
trine to the Republican United States
district attorney and arguing consti-
tutional questions in a marvelously
brilliant way. / took a great fancy
TO him. / didn't expect him to come
to New York in this way or quite so
soon.
HE comes OF a splendid Southern
family. but impoverished by the war.
His father was a brave Confederate
officer serving In the Bloody Eight
zenith. North Carolina. Both his par
ents are dead, and he lives with an
old grandmother more than 80 years
old. He has an uncle who In one Of
the most famous physicians In North
Carolina. / shall see that the little
fellow has chance here In New