After receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science in 1893, #20 branded himself an outlaw of the Brotherhood of Militant Slackers. Ranch hand, vaudeville star, Pinkerton man, railroad baron, philanthropist, he walked out of the halls of infamy and into the dark realm of myths, lore and tales. Once thought to be the long-lost brother of Sherlock Holmes, #20 proved to be a true visionary (or savvy marketeer?) by creating the New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City for the turn-of-the-century celebration. On his way to Washington, D.C. to claim a second Presidential award, #20's private railway car disappeared from the tracks of America. In 1954, Franklin Giminer believed he'd discovered the legendary residential car among the mountainous remains of a Navajo city, but time only served to prove him wrong in his findings.

It wasn't until the week before Labor Day in 1997 that the next confirmed sighting of #20 was reported. Wearing a pair of cutoff khaki pants, a grungy t-shirt, a Shriner's fez and a stained tie in a lose knot around his neck,

Here at the end of another century and the impending millennium, his present whereabouts are unknown.