The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-06
BOYS LEFT HOME
TO COME OUT WEST
WITH A CAPITAL OF FIFTEEN
CENTS TWO LADS STARTED
FROM EAST AND LANDED
IN THIS STATE.

ANeafly d monCn ago, sept. 8, Da-
vid Seymour, jr.. and Johnnie Nc
Quade left their comfortable home in
N. T., and headed for the
west finally landing in this state.
They are IA and 16 years old respec-
David Seymour, the father of one
of the boys, has been on a search for
the lads for a week or more, and
finally found McQuade at Strandburg
in the northeastern part of the state.
Seymour brought the McQuade
boy here in the hope of finding his
own son, as he had written a card
to his father from this point on
Sept. 20, but he only remained a few
days and then started north. Mr..
Seymour had placed an advertise
ment in an Aberdeen paper describ-
ing his son, and the lad was found
at a boarding house, the proprietor of
which recognized him from the adj
vertisement. Young Seymour was
worrying on a street railway there for
$14 a month and his board.
On his arrival in this city MI. Sey-
mour hunted up Chief Shade and
laid the case before him and they
started to hunt up some trace of the
boy. A telephone call came from the
chief of police of Aberdeen yesterday
afternoon, stating that the Seymour
boy had been found at that place. Mr..
Seymour talked to his son over the
because he had been found, and told
his father that If they had not
caught him he would not have re-
turned home, but now that they had
him he was willing and ready to re-
turn. M. Seymour left on the ev-
ening train for Aberdeen with the
McQuade lad and together they will
start for Syracuse, and! place the
boys in their proper homes.
When Seymour and McQuade left
home they had Is cents between
them as working capital and it did
not last long. They adopted the sys-
TEN of beating their way on the
railroads and working whenever they
could. Their first job was near Buff
falo. where they worked on a farm
Cor several days, and then took up
their travels once more. The Nc
Quade lad said they had a good time
in travelling, and very seldom went
hungry even though they lacked
money at times. He said they would
stop at restaurants and would be CIV
en- the chance to wash dishes for
their meals and in this way made
pretty good progress.
They travelled west and finally
reached Sioux City, at which point
they decided to separate and meet at
Strandburg, in Grant county, where
McQuade has a cousin living. At that
point he wrote a card home, telling
where he was stopping. AS soon az
that card reached the McQuade home
Mr.. Seymour was notified and he
started west Immediately with the
result that both boys were picked up
and are now on their way home.
Mr.. Seymour is superintendent of
parks of the city Of Syracuse, and
the father of the McQuade boy is the
chief of the detective force of the
same city. Mr.. Seymour said that
there was no reason for the boys leav-
ing home, but the best he could figure
out was that they wanted. to see the
west, and started of with very little
preparation for making their way.
Mr.. Seymour expressed himself as
being we'll pleased with the efforts
of Chief Shade to help out in the
finding Of his son. This vas his first
trip west and he spoke very highly
of this city, its fine residences and
lawns. He said he was glad to see
the city making progress toward es-
tablishing parks, and emphasized the
remarks that In the years to come 1t
would never be regretted the amount
Of money that would be spent at the
present time.