11.25.2006

My Favorite Headline

Steam Train Maury, 5-Time Hobo King, Is Dead at 89

Steam Train Maury, who started life as Maurice W. Graham until a train whistle’s timeless lament compelled him to hop a freight to freedom and, much later, fame, as the first and only Grand Patriarch of the Hobos, died on Nov. 18 in Napoleon, Ohio, near Toledo


Source: Douglas Martin, NY Times


How many of us can say we've had such illustrious titles?


No comments: