Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-07-14 | Page 5 | Making an Early Start

MAKING AN EARLY START Black Boy From Pocatello Lands at the Police Station and Tells His Experience A bright little colored boy 10 years old who said his name was Albert Thomas and that he had run away from his home In Pocatello attracted not a little attention nt police headquarters head-quarters yesterday where ht was beIng be-ing held as a sort of guest of honor pending the completion of arrangements arrange-ments for sending him home While he had become thoroughly homesick and was feeling decidedly blu he had an answer for every question put to him and some or tin answers were worthy of a place In the average collection col-lection of Smart Sayings of the Little Ones He said he left Pocatello Sunday Sun-day morning In a box car in company with five or six white hoys of aboat his own age What became of the white boys was asked him They got off at the first station and went back home Why didnt you go back with thorn I didnt have sense onousli he re ylltd 1 with an nlr of deep dltgusl nt ills own folly Further questioning rcvculcd the fact that the most Important objects of his affection which he left bfjmd were his widowed mother his thc sisters and two fishing boalr When asked If It wasnt the hardest of all to leave the fishing boats he replied Innocently In-nocently Naw they were the hardest to bring His Idea In corning to Bait Lake he said was to get a Job ruling racehorses race-horses and he was very much offended when It was suggested teat he was too small to ride In races J rode a hor o once at bucked he said as though that ought to settle set-tle It