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Dallas Youth Ships Himself Home Hidden in Large Prescott Box
William Green Baker 18 of Dallas was nailed into a dry goods box and shipped by rail from Prescott Arizona to Dallas. The box weighed 220 pounds and was valued at 150 dollars. He rode in the express car from Wednesday noon until Saturday afternoon before being discovered in Barstow. Baker claimed no criminal intent, saying he hoped to return home due to poverty and joblessness. The box was consigned to G A Wood of Dallas. Grover A Wood and Mrs Mattie Baker are locals related to the case.
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William Green Baker
Dallas
Barstow
Prescott
Aziz
Bwo
Knights of the Road
Young Baker
American Railway Express Company
Waybill
HT. A
HT. A. Wood” To “G. A. Wood
Santa Fe Avenue
Texas
B. B. Neeley
Express Company Messenger
W. E. Baty
Dan Waggoner
el Paso
Bie Spring
Pecos
Grover A. Wood
Mattie Baker