Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-06 | Page 5 | Ice Box Prison Victim Rallies

ICE BOX PRISON VICTIM RALLIES V FYeed from the refigerator box that almost proved hia tomb, Paul Whitaker, 20, SM Fourth avenue, re- I 111 '" IK jvlved his feeble 'strength Friday I with his first food in nearly a week. Attracted by the muffled sounds of kicks from inside the ice box of a refrigerator car. railroad employes at Nampa, Idaho, rescued the young man from his prison, according to an Associated Press dispatch. Tk. w l : i Mr. Whitaker mother, Mrs. Frank Long, with whom Paul lived Until he left here for parts unknown month ago, prayed Friday that failure of Nampa hospital authorities authori-ties to communicate with her meant her son was thought to be out of danger. "I haven't heard from Paul since he left early in July to look for a job," Mrs. Long said. "He had been out of work since he lost his job at a smelter in March, but had been it pArt Of til tlfT1ff Us WBV MO ' run down when he left here I hated to see him go." At Nampa Paul reported he had ought employment at the mines and smelters of Montana until, discouraged, dis-couraged, he decided to stare home and climbed into the refrigerator car at Butte last Sunday. The next day I got awfully sick," Paul told his rescuers, "and when I got better I was too weak to climb out of the Ice bunker. I must have been unconscious a lot of the time and J. lost all track of the days. "I had just about given up all hope when I felt ttie car stop and heard men's voices. I kicked the car as hard as I could and yelled, and somebody came." Paul will be returned to Salt Lake City as soon as he is strong enough. 1