NEWS: Runaways Found, Being Brought Home, 1921, Bell Co. --------------------------- Submitted by Mary Lou Husdon Date: 3 Oct 2003 --------------------------- Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY Jan. 26, 1921 Two Runaway Boys, Found in Tennessee, Being Brought Home Parents of Clyde Engle and William Shorter, who ran away last Thursday and whose whereabouts the last three days has been a mystery, were notified by the chief of police at Sweetwater, Tenn., this morning that the two boys had been apprehended there and were being held awaiting advises. W.M.Shorter, father of one of the boys was in Knoxville at the time the message was received, searching for the runaways, and on being notified by Mrs. Shorter they were in Sweetwater he left immediately for that place to bring the boys home. The two boys, together with Wade Campbell left home last Thursday on a Southern freight train, planning to see what life outside of Middlesboro is like. The Campbell boy satisfied himself after getting as far as Knoxville that John Howard Payne was right when he said "There is no place like home," and came back wiser than when he departed. The other boys continued the journey, ostensibly for Georgia and the coast, where they hoped to view the Atlantic in all its majesty and pristine glory, only to be thwarted by the hand of the law which is not supposed to have a "heart," but proves a great regulator of social ills. The boys will return with Mr. Shorter on Thursday morning's Southern train. ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **************************************************************************