Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-28
MENAUGH gets TRACE OF BROTHER
AFTER THIRTY EIGHT YEARS ELAPSE
Chief Engineer of Rapid Tran
sit Power Station Found"
BY Army Corporal


honolulu directory and decided Z.
call upon him TO see n the two wer
any relation. he probably did no
dream that he was going to find
man who had been lost for some 81
years, and when "Chier Menaugh go
the phone message saying the cor
poral was coming, he probably dil
not dream that he was going to b,
found. But that Is what happened
Living here IN Honolulu for the las
40 years has been man who had FOL
81 years lost entire trace of the onl,
brother he had, and that man Is H
x. Menaugh. He learned three o.
Tour days ago that his brother Is liv
ing. and that he Is a wealthy farmeI
1t Stone Bluff, Ind. The Indiana mar
was q boy Of some 13 or IA years
when the engineer last saw him, and
next summer the chief is going bach
70 renew q brotherhood long sundered
Cpl. Menaugh Of Cashier is my
own cousin" says the engineer, "and
90 soon as he saw me he shouted out
You are some relation Of mine, all
right, for you look Just like my dad.
We were not long In finding out we
belonged TO each other"
seems Like , Dream.
Yes" smiled Chief Menaugh, when
found BY representative Of the pa
per and asked as to the truth Of the
story. Its all true and II seems like
. dream. but this IL the way IL hap.
pened.P He wiped a BIT OF OIL from
his hand with q bunch Of cotton waste
and led the inquirer over to the shade
OF the porch where rocking chairs
leaned back and beckoned.
MY father died when was a year
old explained Menaugh. land sup
pose that Il the way II all began.
Mother was too poor to take care Of
me as she wanted to, and 30 / was
bound out to blacksmith's family
on condition that should be taught
the trade BY the blacksmith, whose
name was Th0ms.
This was IN the town Of Clemens
Vile, and grew UP from babyhood
with the blacksmith's family. When
] was about six years old. Thoms who
Ind cuntf1cteu q lot Of debts that
he was unable 70 pay for, took French
leave Of the town one night and skip
ped out for parts unknown.
W Days Of Bufftlo6oL
Il was taken along. Of course. for
] had come To be'a part Of the family,
and we Travelled Ell we came TO Gage
county. Nebraska, where we settled
down and began life anew. The coun-
try at that time was pretty much of a
wilderness. and there were Indians on
both sides Of as, with buffaloes roam
ing the prairies Just out Of town.
u stayed there until was ~ years
old continued the engineer, and It
was then that / got the first word
from my home. This was from
neighbor who happened to 90 back to
my home town and to run across peo-
pie who knew Of Thoms and asked
about him. This neighbor brought
back word to me that my mother had
died, and that my brother was living
with an aunt In CoIfax. Ind.
Before the aeighbor got back, how
ever. had been taken away from
Thoms and bound out 10 q second man
named Wilkinson. He was generally
very good to me. but at times became
very mean, and when I learned that
my brother who was year and Q half
older than !. was alive and with my
aunt / decided to 60 back.
Hung Pail on Fence.
1T was winter time" went on the,
chief. between Christmas and New
Years. / remember that 1t was very
cold One morning got up and took
the milk pail, IS was my custom, to
milk the cows. never. came back
with the milk. however. l hung the
pail on the fence and skipped out.
Il went first to Table Rock and
was warming my hands In a little gro
Gerry store, when a man came in for
some change. He couldn't get the
change, but he was told that he could
get Il over at the telegraph office.
Il pricked up my ears at the word
telegraph" says the engineer, for
/ had never seen one. Our school
teacher had told US about the iRstrn-
ment and 1t had always been wonder
to me. At once decided to myself
that here was my chance to see one,
so | followed the man who wanted
change.
Two Dollars and . Pass.
Fortunately, as Menaugh explains, |
the operator was very kind. and took
the boy In by the fire to explain things
as soon as he learned what he wanted.
AS result of that explanation the
small boy was given 81 by the opera
tor. and also . pass by hog train to
Kansas City.
Concerning that ride on the hog
train the engineer laughs. Il didn't
Know what train was like" he says,
and the first thing did was to crawl |
n with the hogs. where the men found
ne after awhile and took me to the !
;aboose.
People we've friendly to the wander
ng lad at Kansas City, but after he |
eft there he saw a great many hard
hips in the two months that he was
,eating his way back to see his !
BROTHER. He slept in hay mows, pig
,ens and at times on the ground be.
ween two fires he had built. AT In
a brakeman caught him
nd took all the money that had been
,iyeu him at Kansas City. He even
49, fho noclketknife that | cut my i