Clarence Warne
About noon yesterday A.S. Lash, B.& O. car inspector, was walking along the "Y" east of the Union depot when he heard a noise in a box car. The car door was locked and as Mr. Lash approached he could hear the yelling of some one inside the car. he asked: "Who's there," and a voice called out, "I'm here, I'm locked in and can't get out". The door was opened by Mr. Lash and a boy bout 15 years of age with tear-stained face stepped out. The boy gave his name as Clarence Warne and said that he lived in the south part of the city, but it was subsequently learned that his home is on East Third Street. He claimed to Mr. Lash that while the car was on the Bloom Street siding two white men and a negro, had put him into the car after taking 40 cents from him and had then locked the car door. He claimed that this was done Tuesday evening and that he had been in the car since that time and was hungry and thirsty. After refreshing himself the boy started off for home.
From The Richland Semi-Weekly News, May 11, 1897