Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Dallas Hogman - 1940
From the Bi-State weekly Friday July 5, 1940
12 YEAR-OLD BOY'S SHORT RIDE ENDS IN 122-MILE TRIP
What started out as a short ride for a twelve year old negro boy from Norfolk last Monday ended in a trip of 122 miles to the Delmar yard, where he was picked up by Chief Arthur L. Godfrey of the Maryland police, along the tracks here Saturday morning, tired and hungry. The boy, Dallas Hogman, told the officer that on Monday he hopped aboard a passing truck near his home, intending to take a short ride down the street.
Chief Godfrey stated that the boy told him he hid under the cover in the truck and unknowingly crossed the Chesapeake Bay on the ferry. At Cape Charles he got off the truck and decided to take a train back home.
He hopped a northbound freight and when it arrived in Painter, Va., he jumped off, not knowing where he was he hopped another northbound freight and ended up in the south yard here. Seeing the town he walked along the track, where he was picked up.
He was lodged in the Delmar jail and Sheriff Marvin B. Gordy of Salisbury was notified. When he arrived to get the boy, he was so sleepy that they lifted him from the jail cot and had him standing on his feet before he opened his eyes. He was taken to the County Jail and fed and Norfolk authorities were notified.
12 YEAR-OLD BOY'S SHORT RIDE ENDS IN 122-MILE TRIP
What started out as a short ride for a twelve year old negro boy from Norfolk last Monday ended in a trip of 122 miles to the Delmar yard, where he was picked up by Chief Arthur L. Godfrey of the Maryland police, along the tracks here Saturday morning, tired and hungry. The boy, Dallas Hogman, told the officer that on Monday he hopped aboard a passing truck near his home, intending to take a short ride down the street.
Chief Godfrey stated that the boy told him he hid under the cover in the truck and unknowingly crossed the Chesapeake Bay on the ferry. At Cape Charles he got off the truck and decided to take a train back home.
He hopped a northbound freight and when it arrived in Painter, Va., he jumped off, not knowing where he was he hopped another northbound freight and ended up in the south yard here. Seeing the town he walked along the track, where he was picked up.
He was lodged in the Delmar jail and Sheriff Marvin B. Gordy of Salisbury was notified. When he arrived to get the boy, he was so sleepy that they lifted him from the jail cot and had him standing on his feet before he opened his eyes. He was taken to the County Jail and fed and Norfolk authorities were notified.
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