The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-05-04
BOY HAD TERRIBLE
Time IN BOX CAR

NEW YORK Special When
freight handlers employed by the Bal
umore and Ohio Railroad i'm the Com
munipaw yards unlocked a car loaded
with sacks of flour Monday evening
an unconscious boy fell through the
open doors TO the ground.
The freight handlers carried the
boy to the police station, and after
water had been poured between his
clenched teeth he opened his eyes and
began TO cry. \ doctor said he was
suffering from thirst and starvation
For a time the boys condition was
50 serious that IL WAS feared he would
die. His mouth and throat were filled
with dry -four and his tongue was
swollen. The boy revived almost inn
mediately after water was given him.
and begged and pleaded for more.
but under orders from doctor only
small quantity was given him at a
time.
As his strength began returning the
boy begged for food. declaring he was
starving. After more than an hour he
was strong enough to tell his story.
Was Locked i'm Car.
Il am Hyman Golden. fifteen years
old he began. and 1 live at 2634
East Forty-seventh Street, Cleveland.
.. was employed by the Henkel
Flour Company in Cleveland, and last
Thursday l was sent to car to check
of the number of flour bags that
were to be shipped. l was checking
of the bags with the door open. when
suddenly a brakeman came along and
smut the door and locked it.
pounded and screamed to be let
out. but the man did not come back
l felt the car moving and screamed
uhIil ! lost all power to make a noise,
ana then | pounded on the door.
Il have no idea how long L was in
the car. l got so hungry 1 was weak
broke INTO sack of -four and took
great mouthfuls of it. Then | got
thirsty The more flour 1 ate the
more thirsty / got.
1t began to rain. could hear the
water falling off the car. and 1 took
my handkerchief and stuck IL through
crack in the door. When the hand
kerchief got wet 1 would drag it back
and mOisten my lips. AS long as il
rained / kept my handkerchief out of
the crack
ITO get my handkerchief back
through the crack in the door always
squeezed most Of the water from il.
but / managed TO get a few drops.
did this all the time it was raining
Friday night and Saturday but the
flour only made me the thirstier, and
was SO hungry l had to eat some
thing. When the rain stopped 1 found
my mouth and throat so parched
that I couldn't speak. much less cry
out. / was simpi. che P. : TO death.
No One E,NVv F..lit! Him.
Whenever the tram stopped
would beat at the door but somehow
my car always was far away from the
station or where there was a switch
man or brakeman.
Il could see through the crack in
the door when we got to stations. At
Baltimore / managed to attract the
attention Of man and he stopped at
my car. ! tried to speak to him. but
couldn't, / was SO thirsty and he
passed on, thinking some cattle were
i'm the car.
Il don't remember much after that.
] lust lay down on the flour sacks and
t't ready TO die. / can't remember
d-ythinS more until l got here"
The Jersey City police got into COM
muuication with Cleveland, and learn
ed that young Golden had been re-
ported missing from home. An exam
nation Of the -four sacks showed 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 he
would recover, but that had he STAYED
| in the car another day he would have
| died from thirst. When he is strong
enough he will be sent home.