The sun., 1903-12-10
ADVENTURES MADE TO ORDER.
SMALL RUNAWAY ENTERTAINS A
WESTCHESTER cor.
"Pm an Actors Chec-i.l-d: Pm Kidnapped
Heir: I'm = Deserted DOwieite," snd
SO OH Til the BlOtter Page Was Full
Told the Truth However, At Last.


Heir; I'm q Deserted DOwieite," and
so OH Till the BlOtter Page Was Full
Told the Truth However, at Last.
There's whole page Of things that are
not 80 on the blotter in the Westchester
police station. Sergt. Sennet didn't be
lieve them when he wrote them, but they
were related by twelve year old Victor
Sonnee, runaway, who drifted Into the
station about midnight on Tuesday night
and amused himself and the cops by tell
ing fairy stories. There was but chance
that the boy might tell the truth some
time, 30 the sergeant recorded the tales
according to police rules and regulations.
The only story that Victor neglected to
tell was the true one about his arithmetic
and geography. He lives at 400 West
Thirty-eighth street, and goes to q school
in West Thirty-Afth street. One Of the
questions in an examination the other day
was Name some OF the most important
islands"
Victor wrote "Glen Island and Coney
Island.- 90 his mark In geography was
only d, which Is not 80 good as F, and +
only means fair. In arithmetic Victor got
an answer In feet and inches for stunt IN
reducing gallons quarts and pints to gi!ls.
and that gave him another D.
He didn't want to 60 home with two D's.
90 he ran away to The Bronx, where hls
days with an old neighbor and friend OF
the family at Unionport and then ran away
again.
He struck the village Of Westchester.
cold, tired and hungry. The green lights
Of the police station appealed to him and
hn xav,f in To nd ia warm
Il am one OF Dowie's angel choir he
said for a starter, but Lie gave me the
slip and I've been sleeping in barns ever
since he went back to Zion.'
The sergeant wrote fast.
"Got that DOWN. asked the boy.
yep" said the sergeant.
4Weli, tain't so." calmly replied Victor.
Il was only fooling. Now this is straight
Il am an actors child. Mother acts, too.
and I'm the kid in the plays that reconoiles
the folks I've run away. Got that
down."
We'll, was only kiddin' again: Give
mes me so%sthipg m se eat and Ill tell the true
The sergeant shared his station, house
supper with the boy who. inspired by two
that he had been kidnapped and taker,
aboard a schooner that was going through
the Sound but that he had escaped by
jumping overheard and swimming to
Throgg's Neck.
Bully said the sergeant, as he finished
writing that. There's just about dozen
lines left OH this page. Give me one more
and then you'll have whole page to your
SELF
Sure" said the boy. -There's some
folks in Boston that want to get me because
I'm going TO have million dollars when In,
Of age. They stole me in New York and
was taking me to Boston when jumped out
a window on the train going sixty miles an
hour and landed in a creek and
Hold on" said the sergeant THAT just
finishes the page
"Well. that amt so either. so cut it on
there"
The boy wound up by saying that he
lived at 400 West Thirty eighth street,
which was really so. Detective Mcdonald
took him home and delivered him to his
parents. but didn't wait to sec what hap
pened
Victor was abed last night when reporters
called and couldn't be seen.
'Prnt anything you like. said his mother
1t won't be any worse than Victor could
tell himself If he was awake. He is going
to be q reporter"