Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-15 | Page 1 | Former Champ Found Hungry in Brooklyn

Vv FORMER CHAMP CHAMPIN FOUND HUNGRY IN mm BROOKLYN BROOKLYN Edward Payson Weston of Public Pu Public lic Charge NEW YORK Aug Au lEy H-By H The AssocIated led Pr Press Press-A s-A s A the tired thed old man with slightly wobbly Ie legs sad travesties of ot the tho- strong limbs that bore him him- not so 80 long lone ac ago proudly from Crom coast to coast was re recognized og- og by the Brooklyn police toila toda today as Edward Payson Fayson Weston Wenton miss miss- missIng missing miss Inc Ing from Philadelphia since sine Tues Tues- Tuesday Tues Tues- Tuesday Tuesday day Yes he responded to the po- po po policeman's question Im Edward Payson Weston world champion walker i And Jhen hen his mind un unable un- un unable able to focus moro morn than than- thana a moment momento o on ly any any topic he talked r rumbling rumbling- ly h ot of other things Ho He was very tired and his hll h eye eyo lighted momen- momen momentarily tartly as the policeman of food HE TIE WAS WS lIe He went to the nearest st police station without protest Food was placed before him and he ate vo- vo voraciously vo voraciously lapsing then Into a of Imperviousness to to all around aroundhim aroundhim him lIi His mind apparently travelling backward along alone the th years and questioners rs co could ld learn little front from him ot or his most recent adventure IId Yes Tea he be said laid again though no noone ono one had asked him that I X am Edward Payson Weston the the world the world Continued 1 On Page gc Seven Senn 00 FAMOUS WALKER FEARS POVERTY Continued from Page Pop One champion walker and he hc smiled slumped there thero on a hard chair chat I In the bare baro room smiled perhaps in memory of or the feats he had ha accomplished and the honors he be had won PHYSICIAN SURPRiSED A physician examined him and ani Why hes he's In in fine tine physical con con- condition condition Ago Age As has ha done Its lis work but all 0 Ing for that t he ha hes he's In re- re remarkable shape The Th old walker walker-he walker h Is ig 88 8 t mumbled something Inaudible and anda ama a flicker Clicker of emotion that might have been pride passed over his face The police gathered fathered that he had come corn most of the way front from Philadelphia In an automobile that he be had sl slept pt on doorsteps doorstep for tor tour four nights running and that twice he bad been drenched by rain I I No- No Notification Notification of his discovery was sent sento to Westons Weston's Weston niece niec Mrs Mr Irs Anna OHagan with whom the th old man has been living living- Mrs Mr OHagan had expressed the opinion before betor her bel uncle was found that he h had gone lone awa away be- be because because cause he was unable to bear the thought that he h all bla savings gone one was forced to live liva on her slender Income and might ml ht even become a public charge