The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-03
A Young Boy Locked up in a Car Rah-
cut Food or Drink Four Days
SAVED IN NICK OF TINE
he was senseless When The Door Of
the Car Was opened.-Had Eaten
Flour Found il Sack, and His
Only Drink Was Rain He Caught
Through the Cracks.

When freight handlers employed
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
| In the Communipaw yards at New;
York unlocked a car loaded with.
sacks Of flour Wednesday evening, an
unconscious boy fell through the op-.
en- doors to the ground.
The freight handlers carried the
boy to the police station and after
water had been poured between his
clenched teeth, ne opened his eyes
t-an( began to cry. A doctor said he
W suffering from thirst and starva-
ton.
For time the boys condition was
so serious that it was feared he
would die. His mouth and throat
were filed with dry flour, and his
tongue was swollen. The boy re-;
vived almost Immediately after wa
ter was given him, and begged and
pleaded for more, but under orders
from doctor only small quantity
was given him at time.
As his strength began returning
| the boy begged for food, declaring he
was starving. After more than an.
hour he vas strong enough to tell
his story.
tI have 30 idea how long 7 was
Old" he began, "and I live at No.
1884 East Forty-seyenth street,
Cleveland, Ohio. I was employed by
the Henkel Flour Company In CleYe-
land, and last Thursday I was sent
| to a car to check of the number OF
flour bags that were to be shipped.
was checking of the bags with the
door open, when suddenly a brake
man came along and shut the door
and locked 1t.
"I pounded ara screamed to be
let out, but the man did not come
back. + felt the car moving and
screamed until lost all power to
make a noise, and then pounded on
the door.
sI have no idea how long was
in the car. 7 got SO hungry was
weak. 7 broke into sack OF flour
and took great mouthfuls Of 1t. Then
I got thirsty and the more flour I ate
the more thirsty I got.
cit began to rain. could hear
the water falling e1 the car, and
took my handkerchief and stuck
it through q crack in the door. When'
the handkerchief got wet I would
drag it back and moisten my lips.
AS long as it rained I kept my hand
kerchief out of the crack.
sTo get my handkerchief back
through the crack in the door al
ways squeezed most Of the water
from it, but I managed to get few
drops. I did this all the time it
vas raining on Friday, Friday night
and Saturday, but the flour made
me thirstier, and I was so hungry l
had to eat something. When the
rain stopped I found my mouth and
throat so .parched that I couldn't
speak, much less cry out. I was sim
ply choking to death.
s3Whenever the train stopped l
would beat at the door, but some
how my car always was far away
from the station or where there was
sv-itchman or brakeman.
"I could see through the crack IN
the door when we got to stations.
At Baltimore I managed to attract
the attention of man and he stop
ned at my car. I tried to speak to
him but couldn't. was so thirsty,
and he passed on, thinking some cat
tie were in the car.
'I don't remember much after
that. I just lay down on the dour
sacks and got ready to die. I cant
remember anything more until l got
here"
The sreJ etyCyiuoremesntpg bee
The Jersey City police got into
communication with Cleveland, and
learned that young Golden had been
reported as missing from home. An
examination of the -four sacks show
ed that one Of them had been broken
open.
The boy was taken to the Oakland
avenue police station for the night
Doctors who examined him said ne
would recover, but that had he stay
ed in the carxanother day he would
have died from thirst. When he Is
strong enough re will be sent home.