Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-19
Went to Charlottesville, Va.
to Watch the Spring
Practice.
HIS MOTHER COLLAPSES
ON HEARING THE NEWS
Two-Day Search by Police, Boy
Scouts, Fort Myer Soldiers
and Relatives at End.
Special From a Star Correspondent.

Special From star Correspondent
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. March 1a-
Granville Dickey. the ten-year-old son
or Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond b. Dickev OF
ifoZ hlibourne place northwest Wash
lngton, VINO has been missing from his
nome since Monday afternoon, was found
here this morning. i'm company with q.
H. Brown, student at the University
OF Virginia. whom lie met here casually
for the first time shortly after his ar
rival Monday evening
The boy is well, and has been we'll
taken care of. He said he had come TO
Charlottesville to see the Washington
base ball team practice. and 10 see
Monticello the former home OF JEFF
ferson. near here. He will leave early
this afternoon. in company with young
Brown and possibly representative OF
the Boy Scouts organization at the uni
versity, and will be back in Washingt on
end safe and sound at home with his
parents by nightfal.
das Talk With His Father.
Granville had talk with his father on
the long distance telephone this morning
and assured him that he was all right A
representative of The Star, who is a
friend of Mr.. Dickeys. identified the boy
who told of his experiences here and OH
the way here, while Washington was be-
ing searched for him by cavalry from
Fort Myer, the police of the city, the
Boy Scouts organization and distracted
relatives and friends
Il left home," Granville said, .early
Monday afternoon and took the 4:35 train
from Union station for Charlottesville
Up at my house / guess they did not
Know just exactly what did do before 1
LETT, because L see they told the newspa-
per men that took along with me a copy
OF book on mythology and a Boy
Scouts manual, but / didn't take my
thology. l took an almanac with the base
ball records in it.
Wanted to See the Team.
Il see they said 1 didn't have any
money, but l did have a little / took
S1.45 out of my bank, as l know the way
to open it. With that I bought a half
fare ticket to Charlottesville. l wanted to
see the base ball team at practice. and I
| wanted to see Monticello
L thought | could get along here all
right by myself. | guess / didn't thin k
much about how | was going to get
| along. l guess father and mother won't {
| worry about me any more now, as they
know l am all right
He Stirred the City and Suburbs.
The search for Granville Dckey. after
stirring the city and countryside or
Washington and it's suburbs for two
days. came to an end about 10 o'clock
this morning with the receipt of a tele-
gram at the Dickey home 1902 Kilbourne
place northwest, of a message by tele-
graph from Mr. Brown, the University Of
Virginia student who is bringing him
home, saying:
Granville Dickey here safe and well.
No need to worry. Did not realize the
situation until l read the newspapers to-
day"
The message came by Western Union,
and Harry McKeldin, who is the wire
chief in that office, and personal friend
of Mr.. Dickey, Immediately started an
inquiry in Charlottesville to find out who
the signer, G. III. Brown. is. Mr.. Dickey
also placed himself i'm communica ton
with Mr.. Brown by telephone. and soon
had the pleasure of talking to him and to
Granville on the long distance.
Read of Him in Newspapers.
Granville told his father that when he
got to Charlottesville he used his own
name, and said he was looking for a Mr.
jules, d III Ills 1dtllST. he met
Mr. Brown. and the latter told the father
on the telephone today that he noticed
that all points of the story told by the
charge of him, being entertained by tho
lads brightness, and also being suspicious
of the story told. When Mr.. Brown
read the newspapers and saw the boys
picture he realized that he had run across
the much-wanted Granville, and he az
once communicated with his parents.
The news. of course. came as the mosc
welcome relief to the family and very
large group Of friends, who have BEEN
sorely wrought up for the last two days.
Mrs. piclSey. upon learning that her boy
had really been found suffered a break
down and is in seclusion today.
Great Relief to Searchers.
The news also came as a relief 10 thu
police and Boy Scout organizations. after
their thirty-sx-hour unremitting search.
and messages of congratulation began to
pour in on the family and friends assem-
bled at the home.
Preparations had been made at Fort
Myer to start out another troop of cav
airymen- to continue the hunt made by
Troop from the fort yesterday, when
the confirmation Of the finding of the
boy was received. These combinations
came thick and fast. Maj. Sylvester hav-
ing received one at police Headquarters
and telephoned it to the Dickey home.
Mr. Dickey was anxious that the police
should not humiliate the boy by actually
arresting him and bringing him home
under duress. and to all laughing inquiries
today as to what Granville might expect
in the woodshed of the Dickey home upon
his arrival, he returned the serious an.
swer:
well. you know the story of the Prod.
igal Son"
Saw Some Fine Pitching.
Mr.. Dickey's talk over the long -distancs
telephone to Charlottesville today with
Granville was confined to receiving an ao-
count of the practice Of the base bali
team. Granville told his father that hs
had seen some fne pitching. and tho
youngster was allowed to confine his re-
port OF his situation and experiences to-
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