The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Arden II. Humphrey Returns to His
Home.

l
! Home.
I The Rutland Herald of Wednes-
:, day says;
Arden II. Humphrey, who disap-
peared from the Brattleboro insane
asy lum, where he was employed as a
fam hand, June %, 1889, returned
to his parents home in this city yes.
'terday. He says that he has been in
British Columbia for the past four
years and that he knew nothing of the
efforts that have been made to find
him.
At the time of Humphreys disap-
pearance his parents lived on farm
in Baltimore, small town in the
southern part of Windsor county.
Wis father is Brainerd Humphrey and
is at present night watchman for the
Howe Scale company. The family
live on Gibson avenue, in the south
part of the city.
Young Humphrey, in 1889, about
% years old, went out of the farmers
sa..steis az the rear of the Brattle-
.Ooro asylum about 80 in the eve
ling. From that time until yester-
LAY not a word has been heard from
him, and his family and friends were
convinced that he was dead. His
father expended all his means in a
fruitless search for trace of his
missing son, and public interest rose
: to such height that, in response to
a petition largely signed by citizens
lof Rutland and other places, the joiut
; Legislative committee on the insane
last year held an investigation in re-
: gard to the matter. The report of
t The committee failed to corroborate
f any Of the sensational stories that bad
Ibcen circulated in regard to the asy-
Ilum and recommended that the mat
Ter be dropped. One of these Stories
WIS to the effect that Humphrey had
been killed by an insane patient, and
another was that he had been strip
,Fped and ho.ged .or some misd.mean-
Tor by the keepers and that the Shame
had driven him away, perhaps to sui
I. eide.
Y The eiltire state was finally letter
\ esled in the matter Hundreds OF
e columns in regard to the disappear.
ance were published in the newspa.
pcrs and the sympathy of everyone
WAS manifested for the family
! Brainerd Humphrey circulated a pc
\ t!ion to the governor and legislator,
asking hat commission be createC
to investigate the matter, and it wa
finally referred to the committee OF
insane. The result of their action
was as stated above.
mphrev was seen at hi
by a Herald reporte
.,... He did not care to tai
t JlicatiOu, but acknOW
..: lanifest sorrow, his fool
wing his parents an
..- -a ch trouble aud anxiety
a . he had wanted to q
West, and as soon as he had earne
sufficient money, after leaving HON,
i he started. He went directly I
British Columbia and for the pa,
four summers has worked up and dow
that coast numbering. He has bee
on Vancouver island part of ii
- tune, and expresses great admiratio
- for the country of the far northwest
| iiS % tHNt Ihc SeH'i' 'i buolhCoS wv
8 preston is being felt there, thong
not 81 seriously as i'll the Unite
States, The numbering business
now very dull.
It Humphrey says that during II
5 past season he has thought more tha
:. he had b.fore of the possible anxiet
Il that his absence would create, and
:. last made up his mind to return
Vermont, which, he SAYS, has alway
II had n warm place in his heart.
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