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Show SHIPPED HIMSELF BY EXPRESS. But Beore He Reached His Destination Destina-tion He was Obliged to Call Out. Shipped from here as merchandise in a common wooden box a man giving giv-ing the name of Banks A Myers, succeeded suc-ceeded in reaching Fort Worth, Tex, before he was discovered by officials of the American Express company at Jhat place Myers' presence in the box was learned only when, almost overcome by the heat and the strain of his long trip, he was forced to make It known. The box, with Myers? Inside, wa3 sent to the express "office by a man giving tho name of John Trask, with directions to send it C O. D. to Galveston. Gal-veston. Myers is being held at Fort Worth until the matter can be investigated. The police beliee that Myers and Trask are the same man. |