The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-27
JUST ONE DAY ON The ROAD
Fifteen Year Old Boys Make Mistake Of
Their Lives When They Seek Food at
Home of Kenosha Truant Officer
Parents Happy at Capture.

A Ground the world" trip of thres
Marinette lads of tender age, was
brought to sudden ending in Kenosha
this morning when two of them made
the mistake of humping into the home
of truant officer, Joseph Scholey. Now
the three boys are in the city lookup
waiting for their parents to come down
from Marinette and take them back
under the parental roof.
The trio at that saw considerable of
the world In the twelve hours that thew
were moving. Harold Bennett, aged
fifteen; Glenn McCrory, aged fourteen;
and Clarence Hackett, aged fifteen, all
members of we'll known families M at
the state line city just naturally tired
Of Marinette. They had read how
Uncle Ike" Stephenson, the real lead
er of Marinette, had gone away from
home as boy and had built up NAM
moth fortune and they decided that if
Stephenson could do it they were in line
to get away with it to. Not one of
them had any money, but they had an
abundance or courage and when a south
bound freight pulled out of Marinette
On Tuesday noon they were riding the
bumpers. They got into Milwaukee
early Tuesday evening and slept in
box car until this gaoraiav. Thov had
plidned TO remain in milwaukee. but
when they awoke Just about the time
the sun came up they found that the
box car had shifted its bearings and
instead of seeing the lake front of
Milwaukee they were in the Yards at
Kenosha. Young Bennett ard Young
McCrory went scouting for provender
They made several places on the west
side without getting food and then
they struck the home of Truant Officer
Joseph M. Scholey. They declared that
they were from Michigan looking for
work and after feeding item Mrs.
Scholey started them to work in the
garden and called the police depart
ment. Officer Rock went ND with the
wagon and brought the boys to the
station. One of them was so small that
his head just reached above the rail
about the entrance to the desk of the
chief, but he was plucky for every
inch of his heighth He declared that
he had started out to see the world and
that he wanted to see it. Neither of
the boys mentioned the fact that YOUNG
Hackett was a member of the party.
but an hour after they had been sent
down to the basement of the city hall
to await the coming of the parents
from Marinette, Young Hackett was
walking up and down in front of the
city hall looking for means of com
munication with his pals. He was
picked up by Sergeant Meissner. Hac-
kett told a hard luck story and declar-
ed that his home up at Marinette was
not what a real boy would demand.
The officers at Marinette were mott
fed and they advised the local police
that the parents of the boys were
prominent and that they had already
started state wide search for them.
The parents of Young Bennett are now
on the way to Kenosha with orders to
bring back the three runawavs.
The boys were given good break
fast at the city lookup and while they
hated to admit it there was every evi-
dence that they had secret JOY that
they were going to end the world tour
and return to the family home.