The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-07
FLED PORRDGE AND PRAYERS
RUNAWAYS TALK TO POLICE, BUT
QUAIL BEFORE SCHOOLMASTER.

Han-Caught by Police and Taken
Back to MIR. Evans's school on the Crag
There was an exciting break away
on Thursday night from the Rev. William
l.. Evsrss family school Of boys. which Is
situated on a rocky eminence In the hills
OF Yves chester near Scarsdale. and which
Mr. Evans calls st. David's Hall. Vivian
Daniels, whose sire 10 the comic opera star,
| and Mayhem Tower, whose folks live in
Brooklyn, were the boys who broke away.
The Daniels boy and the Tower boy, each OF
| whom 10 IA years old. hoped to make Brook
Ign before their fight from Mr.. Evanss
crag was discovered. They were disap-
pointed because Mr.. Evans, missing them
an hour after they had flown, simply stood
in his pajamas at his telephone and
got the wires working 80 effectively
that at West Mount Vernon they were
yanked from the train bearing them towaj
the city. Then they we're lodged In police
headquarters. Mount Vernon, until the Rev.
Mr. Evans could don his clothing and 60
10 get them.
According to the police. the boys said
that they had run away because it was a
case Of eating oatmeal morning, noon and
night and having to pray as often as they
ate. The boys said there would have to be
less preaching ana more grub" or they'd
try 1t again.
The hall stands on the edge Of beetling
rock In a solitude Of woods and rocky
ravines. Down at the foot OF the precipi-
tous slope that one has to scale to reach il
there IL a wild ravine through which the
Bronx River goes tumbling over rocks
ard makes about the only sound that ever
., h. unliIttIa the shOIlta OF
| the scholars above.
According to the police the boys said they
have been itching to get away Tor long
| time They sleep with older boys in rooms
crsg The older boys were alseep, or pro-
| tended TO be so. on Thursday night, so the
| Tower boy. who il the bigger Of the two,
stuck a pillow in his bed, dropped his shoes
| out Of the window and climbed around 70
| the window of the room Vivian occupied.
! piazza, picked up their shoes and were on
| This was shortly after Q o'clock. the time
| Mr.. Evans ruts his bows TO bed
Down at the foot Of the crag they struck
TO wait for the train at the Scarsdale station
and they knew enough not to 60 inside or
| buy tickets, because two boys made that
mistake sone time ago, accoroing 70 the
constabulary: So they waited IN the
aboard an empty car. but the conductor
found them and sent them to the smoker
sitter making them pay their fares.
In the meantime Mr.. Evans, who Is "a
vigorous in manner as he is in speech, made
| a round of inspection al 10 o'clock. When
| he poked at the forms in the boys beds he
| found them to be pillows. Then he went
| 70 the telephone and rang up the Scarsdale
| station. No boys had bought tickets, but
| the station man thought ne had seen two
climb aboard the train just as It had moved
out. There wasn't a minute to lose. Mr..
| Evans told him, so he licked Oh q message
| at Mr.. Evars's direction which reached
the West Mount Vernon station
When the ticket agent got this the train
was ju,t putting at the station. He yelled
aloa d ths tan. The boys, their
clothes plastered with mud. were giggling
ductor said they got on at Scarsdale.
what did we 40 It fori'' aaid Vivian.
the spokesman OF the two 'desperadocs.
according TO the police account, q they
waited At Headqu- -'ern Tor Mr. Evan. m a.. 20
| oatmeal for breakfast, oatmeal for dinner.
| oatmeal for supper and pray most OF the
| time between meals. For dinner We DO get
some meat and come thinss that are made
il, that ali, and We thought we'd give the
old man the sneak: Anyway we've given
him good hustle.
| Mr.. Evans was seen yesterday BY sun
reporter. who climbed to the Hall With
much exertion When told what the police
had aaid, Mr.. Evans was mad clean through.
| Going TO the door he gave a peculiar kind
| of whistle to the silent woods and In response
| there came climbing over the crags q lot
| of his pupils, among them the runaways;
did you tell those policemen you had
TOO much prayers herei' he said as the
| two boys stood before the reporter in the
library. first on one foot and then on the
| other.
| How often do ] make you prayf' in
| quired Mr. Evan. with darkenine brows.
only a few minutes a day. sir. piped
ibid you tell the Police you had to eat
sWe just said We had oatmeal tor break
.t's all iies,' said tho Rev. Mr.. Evans.
.lies. lies. lies. ] want you TO say that
mako ny boy; pray sa's ssa %n %1 ,s ssse
j have the best baker. the best grocer and
/ the hest butcher I can get. You heard
what the boys said. American boys arc
all liars. but they're telling the truth 70
That. rs S, Il ;sssa them ts s
They didn't even have . plan. caught
them In thrss minutes-three minutes.
This boy Vivian they couldn't keep. In
school At Fordham. The other boy they
s sIS. ."' wv s cir. Mayh.~s father has .
letter I intercepted from these had fell
/, lows telling him that they would raiss
money for him N he wanted 10 run away.
| That SHOVE VIVA; he's Ls~n rescued from.
They rough IL here and they like II. and
they stand i0o per cent vhen they enter
collage. ~ show you ho~ much SONS
~ them like IA
Mr. Evsns called into tho wilderness
| again for t~o Older boys and ssksd thssn
| " thsy liked u. They said they did and
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