The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-04-03
\ GLOBE TROTTER.

On Tuesday Thos. A. GrcenIcc
'hc gIObe trOtter, was a visIto
at this office. He was acompains,
~ Chlcf Of Police X. Migues. VIII
had been showing the trotte,
T""fi"sies 70 the extent of a coup
, !" ~ square meals, etc.
IfFchler came here from New
orleans and SAYS he hopes OF be
, III taiNtSton III about ten days.
"hrh ana where his journey vii,
chn. re claims that he ia doing
'h'S glohe trott,ng business as a
i'S'ii' VI Il wager of S15, 900, and
th's ne further interest to him
OF substantial bonus OF x25 900
o'l'r'h ny th' Australian govern
ih'ht. me wager is conditioned
upon man making a successful
'fip around the world on foot,
crossing all the great continents
| except south America. He is to
| 90 Tins without funds, starting out
WIN one copper U. ). cent piece,
winch nc Is to still possess at the
end or his Journey. he is not III
lowed to beg nor steal his slsten-
ancc, nor shelter while on the trip
IN consequence of these cOndi, ions
hc has dressed in the garbs of ALI
lands and at time quite nearly in
none.
Al Morgan Cisy, ii seem, that
the people did not take to him
ana his story with any degree Of
sympathy. He was allowed to
90 real hungry till he found the
boarding house of Miss Edith
Maingault, who il a native of
France. She not only fed the hun
CRY, but contributed to his ward
robe from the cast-Off garments
OF membcrs of her family. Here,
ne fortunately fell into the hands
OF our genial Chief Of Police, who
would not stand for the trotters
gong hungry.
Greenlee, when aske ed his voca-
'lon, before he started this long
Windcd trot, said that he was a
"prize lighter. ] am a first cousin
OF Bob Fitzsimons. | have fol-
lowed the ring all my life. In fact,
| nave done nothing else. when
! reach Galveston my journey will
ne over. | will get my money
there. J expect to remain IMAM
erica. like the country and will
The New Orleans Evening Item
gave the following account of him.
Thos. a. Greenlee, Globe Trotter
oil Sidney, New South Wales, Aus
traiia, arrived in New Orleans O.
ver thc ties Of the Mississippi Val
ley I'd Wednesday morning.
'Feen. IS was somewhat the worse
70 "ssissippi Valley dust, but
- med cheerful affability
despI,c his evident fatigue.
~ have not stopped walking
since left Vicksburg," he told q
reporter. "Ihey dill not treat me
SO very well there, SO I did not
stay with them long.
~ expect to meet my moth .r and
sister here Friday. They will ar
rive over the Southern Pacific
from San Frshcisco, where they
left the steamer from Sydney"
Greenlee started from Sydney
June 1st 1915, together with three
companions, Jones, Bird and Nc
Closkey. "All three fell by the
wayside,' he says, sHecoming dis
gusted with rough ng it,"
Greenlee, who had a $4,000 wag-
er withmillionaire John Ruther-
ford, of Young, N. $. w., toremem-
Der her, hung on. In crossing Al
rica, he was set upon by some Kaf-
frs, three Of whom he killed in self
protection with his Mauser rifle.
On the tramp through Asia he had
a similar experience with some
Chinese laundrymen, two being left
for The Mongoiian coroners. He
was four days without food in the
MajOva desert of California, but
seems to have recovered whatever
flesh he lost through his fasting.
The trOtter arrived in Ney York
from ireland, crossed the north
ern states via Illinois and Montana,
to California, and then came east
ward again, touching st. Louis,
Memphis, Vicksburg and Baton
Rouge. He will leave New Or
leans for Panama some timetime
in April.
Green.ee was jailed once or
twice, but had no trouble getting
out as sOonls he could prove his
identity.
The globe tro.te is twenty-three
or tWenty-eOur years of age, weigh
ing about 18O lbs, has hazel eyes
sun tanned brown complexion, is
broad and strong looking. He
wears grey sweater, slOuch hat,
lark striped clothes, pleasant
smile and plenty OF dust and Gin
iers.
The globe trOtter Is a member
)f the Y. M. &. A. and the Modern
WOOdmen of America.
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