, 1892-09-15

he COAl1ueO WIN the steamer Doc
tor Monday Morning Seen with
His Coat Off-Land and Water
Searched Today.
Low tide prevented the searching parties
in quest of Olney from leaving this morn
ing until nearly 10 O'Clock. Volunteers
were not plentiful.
! The general intention was to hunt
through the timber on Priests point and
around the head of tho lagoon in hopes of
finding the missing man. This part Of the
search was based upon the theory that he
had attempted to cross the ravine and had
met with a serious accident.
The first boat to leave for the point CON
tained Alex Drysdale, Joseph Chilberg, S
P. Wiman and H. A. Percival. 1t was
quickly followed by J. P. Moore, J. R.
Mitchell and F. H. Martin in double-oar
boat.
r. 9. Browns steam launch was brought
out at 10 O'Clock, and at 1O:3O steamed
away with Chas. Hartman, Alvin Lent, w.
NJ. Martin and Mr.. Brown, the owner, who
acted as Engineer.
John James, Charlie Moore, Charles Lin
coin and A. G. Myers also arranged to ioin
the searching party on Priests point,
James secured a bag of provisions and
started out to do some earnest hunting
The launch had been secured for the pur-
pose of skirting along the shore to Doffle-
myers point, thence across to the western
shore of Budd S inlet and back to the city,
in hopes of finding either the missing oar
or Olney's hat,
In conversation with TRIBUNE reporter
Twin tod fofA Lo
theory that Olney had fallen into the
water while trying to remove his coat as
was his custom, when heated by the exer-
ton of rowing.
Lent is greatly attached to Olney They
have been almost inseparable companions
for the past ten months. Last winter when
Lent was suffering faom temporary fail
ure Of eyesight, Olney would sit up with
him of evenings and read to him. He made
practice of this for Several months. Lent
spoke feelingly of Olney's unselfshness and
superior quality of mind and character.
Plans were discussed this morning for
dredging the basin of the bay with a long
wire armed with hooks. The use of a sea
telescope was recommended for searching
the bottom. Both processes are tedious
The departure of the searching parties pre-
vented those interested from reaching CON
clusiOns upon what to do next. 1t was an
nounced, however, that if nothing was
found today that would indicate the fate
of Olney the bottom of the bay would be
searched.
Some light was thrown upon the mystery
this afternoon by the story related to
TRIBUNE representative by w. e. Rogers,
employed in j. O. HOrr's Office, at the
draw bridge. Mr.. Rogers saw a man,
seated IN an outrigger, pass under the
bridge, going north, shOryly before o'clock
Monday morning. He was IN his shirt
sleeves. Two oOaUa WE'RE rolled up iu the
g. .s.a.A.. Il 81 Ia. a. ..sH
man sat. The man was of medium build and
had dark mustache. Rogers noted these
particulars closely, 3cause in going under
the bridge the man erred in steering the
boat and collided with the steamer Doctor,
lying at HOrr's dock. The Outrigger was
driven in between the steamer and the
piling. After he had disengaged the boat
and resumed his journey it was noticed
that he worked loosely at the oars, as if
half exhausted. A. W. Wilson, who was
working on the north end of the dock no.
ticed the same man. Wilson was of the
opinion that after the boatman
passed the end of HOrr's dock he turned to
the left, but he did not watch how far the
man went in that direction. The tide was
about half way in at the time, and the
atmosphere was filled with smoke.
Drysdale, Wiman, Chilberg and others
who went to Priests point in the morning,
returned at tl2:45 with the information that
they had searched in the timber and along
the lagoon, but did not find anything.
Up to O'Clock this afternoon nearly all
of the searchers who went out in row
boats had returned but with no news.
Browns steam launch was still cruising
along thel bays and inlets Of the western
shore.
The steam launch arrived at the boat
house landing at 80 o'clock, when it was
learned that the trip along the shore had
been fruitless. Both shore lines
were examined as far down as
Doflemyer's point. A general consultation
of Olney's friends will be held tonight to
plan for the search tomorrow.