Richmond planet., 1904-02-20

Roanoke by express and we paid So 20
for the sending of it.
IN THE INSANE ASYLUM AT BALTIMORE.
'Have you ever been in an insane
asylum ?" Yes, l have been in the in
sane asylum at Baltimore on Eastern
Avenue. L was there under the name of
Henry Williams.
Did they ever call you any other
name ~ Yes, they called me Ander-
son, Jackson and all kinds of names.
was there "a months and L ran away
from there. They used to put something
ON my head. 1t was right cold. They
put cuffs on me, fastened with straps" !"
He showed how these held his hands to
his waist in front of himself
Continuing he said, 1--WE took the
trunk to the depot. He had hold Of one
end and the other.
SENDING A TRUNK.
I'VE carried it to the depot and we
wanted to send it by express to Chris
tiansburg. Couldn't do 1t he said unless
we paid 81 90.
"If we got a ticket. we could carry it
then"
did you have any mon.y?"
Yes had little money, about 81. 90.
We then bought tickets and went to
Christiansburg.
what about Mrs Shields ?''
'Oh, this was before that happened.
This was the 18th of January and that
happened on-the 29th / think. 1t
was when came back to Roanoke.
WENT TO CHRIsTIANSBURG.
We went to Christiansburg aud stay
ed at Old Man Jack Howards We
stayed there a couple of days. looked
for my people. You see when / went
away left them all at Roanoke, and
when got back they had moved away
from there. We then went to Elkhorn
and then to Upland, where l found my
father. Both of us were together. Then
the old man told me where to find my
mother.
Both Of us went to Norfolk Junction.
Then 1 tried to get him to go down to
where my mother was.
He said he would go to Sandy Lake
and write me what day he went to
work, and then if wanted to come. /
could come.
TRAVELLING IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Then I went down to Algoma, search
ed all over Algoma. Then from there /
went to Gillian. found my mother in
Gillian. That was on the 18th. She
got me job in the mines.
j went to work on the 10Th and work
ed with my cousin in the mines, three
days before got the job that my mother
got for me.
I worked in the mines three nights
and days. Then / got to kicking about
working me night and day. They d
work man to death.
UNLOADING FREIGHT CAR.
went back to Christiansburg to get
my clothes. The conductor at Chris
tiansburg got me to go to Roanoke TO
help him unload freight off a local After
/ got through, { never saw him any
more. He left me there. The train
went down to the round house.
went to the Police Station house and
stayed over night. Then about o'clock
or about $50 / went on down the street
This was about the 29th of January. /
went over,the Shenandoah Valley Rail
road towards East End furnace, went
over then thinking that | might
strike a job in the iron works. They
weren't running and went on back to-
wards Davis Hall. l stayed there look
ing at the boys sleigh-riding.
WANDERING ABOUT IN ROANOKE.
l went back up Jefferson St., towards
the depot. / went down to the depot,
asked the time the next train would
come there. He told me there would be
no train p0ino Vast until oIc1oclx
Then 1 came on down by the planning
mill, and stopped there a while. Then
went over to Commerce St. ,and Salem