, 1885-05-26
NOT AN APPARATlON.
The Dead Returns to Life and is
Seen Here.
Seth D. GambelI, Supposed to Have
Been Murdered,
Turns up in Cheyenne on Saturday
Last.

What This is not my son2 He is
dead long since" exclaimed an elderly
man Saturday noon, as he accosted a
young man of about 80 years of age, on
Hill street.
But such was the fact. Seth d. Gam
bell had reappeared, and the first man he
met in Cheyenne was his father, A. D..
Gambell.
The facts connected with the supposed
murder of Seth Gamble are familiar to all
people of this section. How, in July
1884, he suddenly disappeared, the find
ing ofthe dead body about Dec. l, 1884,
near Muskrat canyon, secreted in a small
ravine that makes its way through the
foothills. The rayine was located in a
very retired and secluded spot, surrounded
by a dense growth of u~nderbrush, and
great care and caution had been used in
secreting the body OF the dead man.
Previous to this Mr.. A. d. Gambell had
used every endeavor to find his lost son,
and continued the search day after day,
sparing neither time nor money to find
him, either dead or alive, and completely
exhausted all his means in the search,
and called upon friends for aid in order
that nothing should be left unturned or
undone, in recovering his lost son.
As soon as the body was discovered
near Muskrat canyon, a telegram was
sent to the coroner of this county, and
that official arrived on the scene on Dec.
6. and Immediately held an inquest over
the remains. Although decomposed, and
numerous bones were found missing, the
height, size and age was found to cores
pond with that of the missing man. The
great mark of Identification was found by
a mark or scar upon the left foot, the
flesh being whole upon that member, the
Jury found hat the man had been riding
a horse, and had come to his death by
three gun shots, fired by parties to the
jury unknown.
Thus the matter rested and the father of
the supposed dead man had been busily at
work tracing stories and securing evidence
and was ready to place the case before the
grind jury at the present term of court.
In conversation last evening. the old gem
tleman said ''he was extremely gratiied
that his son was alive and not foully muir
dered, and it would save grave suspicious
being thrown upon certain parties, by an
examination of the grand jury"
The son, or Seth D. Gamble, as the
story goes. was married but a short time,
when he and his wife did not thoroughly
agree upon any matters OF a matrimonial
nature At this time, July 1884,
he was running a saloon
at Hartville. but as business was some
what dull he started out to obtain work
upon a ranch. Before leaving he made a
contract with George Hawk to board his
wife until after her expected illness, and
at once proceeded in search of work on
Running water. At this time his brother
in-law. Edward Mosely, kept a tent saloon
on Running Water, and seeing Gamble
leaving this place for Fort Laramie at
once started and told Hawk that Gamble
was leaving the country in order to beat
Hawk out of the wife's board. Hawk be-
came alarmed, and as Gamble had a good
horse and saddle, swore out an attach
ment and took the horse and outfit.
Young Gamble became discouraged and
started out, going from one place to an
other, riding on freight wagons. and
passed through Cheyenne during the lat
ter part of July. From here he went to
Evans, Col. to Denver, Kansas City, Ne
braska and other portions of the country,
working his way as best he could.
Some tine ago he desired to return to
Wyoming and locate in the new oil fields
near Rawlins, and determined to stop over
in Cheyenne and inform his father Of his
whereabouts and where he was going.
During all the time he was absent he
never heard anything in regard to the
matter, and although he attended y con-
Vention OF cowboys IN Kansas, and saw
many people from this section, not a word
was said to him in regard to the matter,
according to his own statement.
He was as badly surprised as his father
when the situation was made known to
him, and for the first time knew there was
a reward of $500 standing for the arrest
of his supposed murderers.
The story throughout is a sad one, and
has within it food sufficient for a romance
Of the most startling character. The
father is happy at last, having for the
past ten months searched in vain for traces
Of the supposed murderers and spent what
little money he had in trying to ferret out
the crime. Then he meets his son on the
streets in a healthy condition, and ''alrs
well that ends WE'LL