Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-30

10 p. NJ. I went 30 a drug stor,
ana bought Q pair of tortoise shell rim
glasses to disguise myself and l alst
bought black mustache, whirh l die
not wear. i wore the glasses on th,
train to Chicago and In Chicago.
Il got to Chicago about 8 o'clocl
the next morning. got of at EnglewooC
station and hired a taxicab and rod,
to the Cooper Carlton Hotel. where
remained one night. l left on the day
OF June 2. | then went to the Kenmore
Hotel and stayed four days. / then
went to An address on Kenmore avenue
and rented a room for So week.
then secured a position on June IA.
worked on the 14th and 18th peddllng
a moth eXterminator and disinfectant.
L made about sat sold at ten cents
a package. then secured a position
at the main office of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. sold the lady where
was rooming my black leather suitcase
for 81. Meanwhile had bought more
clothing, which cost me $40. Also $40
for a monogrnmcd watch chain. I also
bought n pair Of black patent leather
shoes and the pair Of shoes I am now
wearing"
The boy then gives a detailed list OF
the wages he had received and HIS cx :
penditnrcs. lie told of borrowing 80
from his landlady and giving her S5 he
owed for room rent, she letting the
other 81 go over until next day.
Slipped Away in the Night
"On the night of July 3 waited
until all had retired. then took the suit
case, a vest and an overCoat from the
room next TO mine. which the landlady
used as n storage room. left the house
i Il. -, hoo al
in a taxiCnb At T:15 the next morn
ing left for Danville. III. ! got TO
Danville, but don't remember what
time. I spent 50 80 there at q hotel
one night and ! then went to an ad-
dress on North Hazel street and sold
nv brown suit which l wore when I
left Philadelphia. the ovcrcoat, vest
and my black leather suitcase. l had
already sold the brown suitcase In Chi
cago for So. l got S12 10 for the things
I sold in Danville. l left Danville late
in the afternoon and got to Mount
Carmel, H., some time after I o clock
on July 0. where I sold my cane, gloves,
a shirt and my black patent leather
shoes and my brown shoes. | sold all
my hose but two pair. for which / got
1925. I left for Cairo. H.. at 10
?. NJ. and got there about o'clock.
When got there l sold the shirt which
wore when leaving Philadelphia and
my other two pair of hose. waited
there until July 10 for steamboat TO
New Orleans, but none came. On this
day met Anthony DGlhia, who
wanted some one to go with him to
Memphis. Tenn. decided to go with
him and gave the man from whom
was renting my room one of my ties for
payment.
''On Monday, July II, we left for
Memphis In rowboat. On the second
day down I caught the fever and had
II for two days. We got to Memphis
on July IS at IL O'Clock. / sold my
monogramed watch chain and shoes for
So, and then got q room on Beal ave-
nue. in a hotel run by colored people.
"On July 81 I sent a special delivery
letter to the House of Detention In
Philadelphia and told them l would
surrender myself. and on Friday, July
%, as l went to the Western Union
Office for the second time to see if word
had come from Philadelphia, was ar
rested at 5 o'clock, or thereabouts, and
taken to the police station jail at
Memphis. "