The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-03
BEARS PROBABLY ATE HER
TIE SKELETON OF ANNIE FREDERYCKi
FOUND ON WILKEsBARRE MONTANA

Five Weeks AGO Eight Hundred Perseus
Searched for Her. Some or Then fos
Thirty.six Hours--she " as the Daus htes
OF - Miner who Roaned Over the Nous
tain Day After Day TO riaa Her-0nl,
Her Bones Found to Tell the story.
wLKEsBARnE. AUG. "A little over a month
ago the whole country read about the dis.
appearance of Annie Frederick's from hsI
homo In Laueel Run. The village Of Lauro;
kun is Mt the foot Of tho Wiikesbarre Noun
tain. 1t is a mountain OF dense forest and GOV.
ers an area OF hundreds OF miles. Portions Of
II have never been explored.
Bears and other wild animals are numerous
When little Annie was frat missed from hsi
homo The supposition was that she had wan.
dercd into the woods and got lost A search.
ing party was at once organized. For three
days they searched the mountain. but could
find no trace OF the missing girl.
Then tho father heard that band OF gypsies
had camped on the outskirts OF tho mountain
and that 1t was possible that they had kid.
Mapped Annie. Tho Gypsles had taken their
departure two days before. A posse was or.
ganized and tho gypsies were PURSUED on
horse ark. They were overtaken and
fheir wagons wore searched. but Fred.
ericks's little daughter was not among them.
When the posse returned without the girl Mr..
Fredericks determined to mako another
search OF the mountain. He organized q bia
party. mostly his neighbors. and said he would
give everv man 50 for each day spent In the
woods. He mortgaxed his little homo In order
to raise funds.
Tho members OF the party. however. refused
to take a cent from the grief.stricken father.
As most IL those COMPOSING the searching
on S easy unas1
co d n I'm n.A N fvnf haN IN -Aek
Accordingly. at 8 o'clock on bright Sabbath
ind the girl Each carried his own provisions.
os' va tie Sss %
mounta in was traVsrsed. "' '''' 'A'' " '"'
Just before dusk the advance guard Of the
IF. s1 nsb aSs haa mo ,iS
children wnite.i at tie foot OF the mountain for
news: Strseslers from the searching party
.h. ssms story t. 's They hsd seen q heard
not return until Monday night. Everybody
gave up the search but he father
H sna aay e often tho he
tracks Of a bear, and then no would think that
+ his little girl svsr Got in their way she Ens
Yesss!ssy morning tn There ss was tneok at tn.
door OF me ,fredericEs cottage. Tho father
"Your ' Child has boon found" said Aaron
What: found ?" replied the father as he
No. she Is dead" replied Porter.
snd he fell back In swoon. After he was re-
yiyed he accompanied Porter TO the mountain.
the morning ho came acr ,ss little skeleton.
He at once came to the CONCLUSION that IL
VA. taf sssa' $hs s.d h
were found some distance away. ono stock.
ing still chung to the right foot. A little chain
piiiiul.
The remains OF the little one were placed In
The place where the skeleton was found Is
seven miles from the Fredericks homo.
She wandered aimlessy about and
then was either killed BY bears
or died OF starvation. II she starved to death
bears or wild cats made way with her flesh. As
thef" wa, nothing but the dry bones left whom
found.