The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
BOY, 2, WANDERS SAFELY
OVER 45-BLOCK COURSE
Masters Traffic Hazards
Calmly as Frantic Neigh
borS, Police Search.

yet 5, and perhaps he needed it.
But Earl isn't going to run away
again. Not after having seen forty
five blocks of the city, over which
his little feet carried him Wednes-
day afternoon.
And now that it's all over, Earrs
quite happy and, as the youngsters
in the neighborhood say, is getting
kick out of it,"
While the little fellow laughs, the
neighborhood is getting back TO nor.
NAL, after a very exciting evening.
An evening so filled with excitement
that few there were in the vicinity
of the C. II. Causey home, 2S01 Shell
by St, who thought of the evening
meal until long after Earl had fallen
asleep on the Causey davenport.
Cone Is Reward
When Earl was returned to a very
frantic mother and an equally
frantic father a little after Z,
Wednesday night, he held in one
little palm two pennies, while the
other hand clutched what remained
OF an ice cream cone. Candy in his
pocket was the rest Of his reward
for an afternoon of wandering.
1t vas four hours after he ran
away from home that two big police
men gave him back to the vel
coming arms of father, a mother,
grandmother and the aunt, in
whose care he had been left while
his mother attended a funeral
Wednesday afternoon.
And the first thing the little
wanderer did was to "raZZ" the
policemen. because they had not
taken him for longer ride in the
police car.
We'll get you in the patrol
wagon next time" the blue coated
gentlemen told him. only to be taken
aback with the -"Thatn be fine"
answer of the little fellow.
Left With Aunt
When Mrs. Causey left the house
to attend the funeral. she left Earl in
care of his aunt. Miss Villa Mae
White, is, at the Causey-White
home.
The outdoors appealed to Earl.
and, wearing a gray hat, gray coat
and tweed suit, he went to the
porch to play. He wandered a
block away, i'm defiance OF his
aunt, only to be returned by her.
But a few minutes later he was
gone again. the aunt believed hid
ing in the neighbOrhoOd.
When Mrs. Irene Miller. 1855 Shell
by St. looked from a car window
at Cottage Grove Aye. she saw Earl,
his hands behid him. walking back
ward down the street. She reported
this to Mrs. Elizabeth White. the
grandmother. n few minutes later.
Then the search was on. and children
and adults in the nenghborhood
Joined in.
1t was Mrs. White who found the
trail. In the 200 block, Virginia
Ave, she learned from an autOmO-
bile salesman that he had found a
boy leaning against a pole. my
mothers down there" the boy,
standing i'm the rain, had told him.
The salesman gave him some pen-
MES and he walked away. later
buying candy at drug store.
At a filling station at East st. and
Virginia Ave, a filing station attend
ant told Mrs. White that a boy,
answering Earl's description, had
chatted with him and then walked
away. Then Mrs. White, in despara-
ton, went to police headquarters.
She learned that police had joined
the search. She went home.
To Confectionery
1t was at the Belt crossing, 21OO
block s. East St. that Earl was
picked up by a pedestrian, whom he
told he was lost. Earl was taken to
the w. II. Dragoo confectionery
store.
Guess he belongs in the neigh
borhood," the finder told Dragoo
leaving Earl in his custody. An ice
cream cone appeased Earl while
Dragoo called police.
Earl had covered about fOrty-five
blocks in his four-hour escapade.
He had crossed numerous streets,
through traffic. had crossed bridges,
waited at the Belt crossing while
the poles went down to LET a
choo-choO pass; waited at Pleas
ant Run Blvd, and at Fountain
Square to 'lct chimes go by; re-
traned his stems when he found n
street crossing flooded. and finally
had reached the Belt tracks again,
where he was found.
II saw Garfield Park-I wasn't
lost. I would have been home if
daylight had lasted longer" Earl told
his parents as his soaked shoes
and clothing were removed.
Then he fell asleep-without his
supper