Arizona republican., 1893-07-15
NO TRACE. The Father of Young Korn Returns, The Boy was Last Seen at the GiIa Bridge. From that Point He Wandered Into the Unknown. A Suspicion that He was Murdered by Indians for a Valuable
 Shotgun.

James Korn, who went to Maricopa on Tuesday night to begin search for his lost son, returned yesterday morn. ing with little hope of ever again sec ing him alive. On arriving at Marico- pa he made inquiry of the station agent and officials there concerning the ar rival of the boy nearly month ago, and received from them directions as to the best method of prosecuting his search. He heard again only what Agent Holder had written him and learned that the boy on his arrival had l his baggage sent to Phoenix by train and immediately set out on foot.
 Mir. Korn had determined to walk back as far at least as to the Gila River bridge but in the mean time he learned that the boy had reached the bridge all right, had stopped at Stewards station and had left by the railroad track for Kyrene, nine miles away. No body saw him afterward and close scrutiny oi almost every foot of ground and the friendly shade of every mes- quite along the road failed to solve the mystery of his disappearance, though it is almost absolutely certain that his liieless,body is on or under the ground somewhere along that nine miles.
 The only reasonable theory of his disappearance is that he was mur dered, quite likely by Indians. MT. Korn was told at Stewards that when the boy arrived there he was neatly dressed in black, wore a Derby hat and carried fine shotgun. Nothing else would have been SO likely to excite the cupidity of Indians as the gun. A journey over that stretch of the desert could be made more safely by trav- eler with his pockets full of gold than with an attractive frearm. The In. dians are all Pima except now and then refugee or renegade from come other tribe and their friendship for the whites is traditional, yet there are two instances known and many suspected of white men murdered by Indians in that locality and in the one case the murder was committed for pure love of murder.
 About seven years ago 8 traveller met two Indians near Casa Blanco and spoke to them. After they had passed one of them turned and shot him in the back and they went on. He crawled to a deserted adobe not far away. That af' ternoon tesmster, perhaps the only one in a week, came by the adobe and attracted by the groans of the wounded man, went in.
 He was brought to the agency at Sacaton where he died the next day, He had lived long enough to relate the circumstance of the shooting and give a description of the Indians. who were easily recognized as couple of well. known Blackwater Pimas.
 The tribe was induced with great difficulty 10 give the murderers up and they were tried at Florence aud the one who did the shooting was convicted and hanged. The other, Miguel, has figured in the Maricopa county courts.
 The shooting of Clancy by Pima near the Maricopa Wells for his money the arrest of the Indian and his subse. quent escape from jail here is well re- mem bered. Those Indians are no more friendly than they were then SO that i, is likely that young korn met his death at their hands.
 The case is to be more thoroughly in- ypst ipotad