Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-25
Weary Willie" Falls orr
Rods and Registers at
Hotel Tulsa.
is SOME PRESS AGENT


neNitt rIi,t,u t- ,.
THE MuIi,n,ir, 'r,.,,|' IT, "'r ~, worm
he register at Hotel TuIsa As ho s,t
at his desk in room 31g he ln,Lc5
the part
"A newspaper man" he oueried
fatter he had permitted the entrance
Of reporter with a curt "all rirnt'
yesterday afternoon Your story win
make the two hundred cIeyentI, 'sir.a
] left Philadelphia " ~" ''''''
And then with tho pre,tost ~
frankness, the least of reserve and no
braggadocio he told sometime of his
experience
lie is a tramp for the sake of L,iny
a tramp, not because il has become -
lrcccssity Since he left phundoInbin
five months ago he has moi sneut a."
dime for transrortion Tbe ux,,.,' ~
good hotel in the bip tnu,ns mas
been too much for him. If has COST
him not few dollars as ne has, Lccn
registered at few like IotoI -,
Sale at Chicago
As he turned in his chair t,o. sI,o,o
Of soft shirt under a cIcor sbirt Of
tracted tbe ottentinr 40 ~ ~ SUI. az
That" he said lis NV "ther vrVIbtiT SIM,
mooyhed it from n feIIo,Y -, . por
sons And he tucked il back rnGc,
the stiff cuff of the outer garment
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I,olI,S ""'"'"pV Is over ihcre oh the
," ~, ne auuSd indicating with his
''Tll'o' ~ ~ snow YOU it,
of bIue n,neI ,',,'. ,.,,pl'p W'"pP'u III It piece
tents thrown on he'd Tboro n,o,,
three newly laundcrod collars n,,' NM
ber of newspaper clipninrs turn ~,
three letters a pair Of gloves and a
memorandum book. The tramn fool,
an inventory of the articles
Il do all my laundry work-those
collars are the gift of n man in Ntn.-
kogee" he explained. II hit him on
the street ana he invited me down tn
his bachelor ouorters w W. w." ii3 u ~
our supper together. Those are n n"r'
tion of the 21O clippings have rath-
cred. The gloves / use when on the
! tramp. Smell 'cm. Like tho ramn
aren't they? That book is for talSinr
orders for my work"
And then he explained for tbe first
| time that he was hound fnr tbo o.,
Francisco far and was writirc
book.
I'm finish my book bv the tira
| reach Frisco" he said mo IFS NOT
an autobiography of myself NOR I. n
! a sociological study. | had rather call
! it technical work. II will treat tron,n.
| ing from a scientific point Of viow
take orders for it along tho v,,v
! four bits to my fellow craftsmen S,.d
a dollar to all else
Not Insane.
"No / am not crazy." he renlied to
the point blank statement from his
! interviewer 81 had done ve,a- MIA
! bumming before the present trin r.,
J not millionaire either but Won l,noy,
II have enough and that maons nil
! lions among tramns tbat is ,,.h,'
register The Millionaire Tra,,m -
Gould vou give me - Looet gtor,.
about conditions" yentured tba no.
porter.
81 could not" he replied "a Iot NJ
buns are turning crooks could
| have picked nm tysoot,, ri,,a ,2u'I
dollars in rewards botween borf ana ND
/ st. Louis It would have been easv
| As soon as they get vour ronfidonno
| they come right across No nnndi
tons are bad"
The tramp spoke exemnIarv Enc
| lish. With only n few, avcontio,i. n
! the nature of what ba uvo,Id to,.,''
trade names. that is. the slang of no
road, his speech was anvtbirg l,rt
what one would eXpect from n roo,,Io,,
| bum. It aroused the .usnirion ~ tba
reporter but when Fret toId tbo rost
of his story if was nIuain tbat he ,,' ivn,
only an unusual man soelinos ~, W.
usual mode Of amusing himself
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