Show HIKER AGED DEPARTS IN HASTE IM E FUND ST ll HERE Somewhere between Salt Lako Lake and Chicago o Thomas Kelly 80 Is hotfooting hotfooting hot foot ing It eastward rd bent on keeping an appointment with himself In the Windy city next September the po police police po- po lice believe e Meanwhile a no fund of or several dollars raised by thu tho police for tho relief o or of tho the el elderly erly pedestrian lies In the safo safe at police pollee Kellys Kelly's disappearance created quite n. n stir among police officials when it became known yester yesterday ay that ho he had hadlett left lett tho the city Jail Thursday morning While Police Chief Joseph K E. Burbidge Bur- Bur bidge Capt Mark M M. I. I Woods oo pauper clerk cIerI and scores of or patrolmen and charitably minded citizens were raisIng raising raising rais rais- ing funds un necessary to provide the aged ed hiker with railroad fare rare to his destination Kell Kelly legged It out of or town to b by way of or tho the state road rond I Tuesday night Kelly presented presente l him him- self soU at al the desk sergeants sergeant's wicket and requested a meal and a nights night s lodging ing lie He explained that he was walkIng walking walk walk- Ing InS from Sacramento CaL Cat which place ho left lert D December 8 S. 8 Home according to Kelly was on Fillmore street y Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago o. o I Police Start Iund Their sympathies s aroused b by the apparent apparent apparent ap ap- ap- ap parent of or the a aged ed man members members members mem mem- bers of or tho the afternoon on shift shUt at police pollee headquarters decided to raise a fund rund unIt und so send nil him into Chicago by rail This action started Tuesday afternoon A considerable sum stun was raised Tho The count county pauper clerk was interested and signified a willingness to help Private PriVate Private vate citizens stopped at police pollee headquarters headquarters head head- quarters and contributed several dollars dollars dol dol- ol- ol lars to the tho worthy cause But nut Kelly apparently sincere in his statement that a meal nn and bed would put him on his feet reet did not wait walt for charity charlt to consummate Its designs Ho Ito wanted to get gel homo in a hurr hurry So Thurs Thursday ar morning ho requested his release Lon Leave Leave-is Quietly As he was book booked cd as ns a lod lodger ct Jailor Joseph W. W Bush followed the usual procedure In such cases and opened the tho steel doors Routine requires no report re report report re- re port of or such discharges and police officials of- of of officials know nothing of or Kellys Kelly's departure de departure departure de- de until unlit yesterday when Chief sent for tho the object of or charIt charity charity char char- It ity to arrange the tho details of or his journe jour journey jour jour- ne ney homo Word old came camo back that Kelly had quit the more moro than forty eight hours before and was no doubt running up ull mileage on his hike eastward The fund raised for Kellys Kelly's relief relict will bo be return returned cd to the contributors according accord accord- log Ins to Chief Those who made anonymous contributions are aro re requested requested requested re- re quested to mn-ko mn their identity known to thief Chief so that their porIon porion por- por ion lon ma may be bo returned |