The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-04
BAUER STILL LIVES
WICHITA NAN SUPPOSED TO BE
DEAD TURNS UP IN TEXAS.
He Started in Search Of Stolen Team
Twenty-Five Years Ago aud Was
Given Up for Dead-Deputy Sher-
ifs Who Acted as Pail Bearers
Very Much Surprised.

To say that Deputy Sherius w. W. nays
and Charles Simmons were surprised yes
terdsy upon the receipt of letter places
it too mild They we're astonished, anu
the following facts will show the reason
of their astonishment:
In 1871 there came to this county with
several other settlers a German hanleo
W. H. Bauer Mr.. Bauer took claim IN
Rockford township, and being single
man. worked he majority Of his time Tor
Henry Stein OF that township. Many OF
the readers will not recogDizs Mr. Slein
by the name of Henry. as he Is universally
called '.Yauk" Bauer was elected consis-
bic of I'll at township ia the spring OF 49,,
aud WAS afterwards appointed deputy
sheriff under John Meagher. who was then
sheriff of Srdgwick county.
Mr. Bauer did not remove 20 Wichita
but acted rs the deputy III The southern
portion of the county. He still Continued
| working for Stein. aud WAS so engaged on
May ). 1892, when d tvid Warwick reported
| 20 him that lie (Warwick) bad his team OF
| horses stolen Oh the night previous. aud
| requested Bausr TO go in search OF the
| tenn and thieves
| Bauer left that day in pursuit Of the
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| claim was a valuable one, aud besides this
| Mr.. Stein was said to be owing him con
siderable money for his work.
| Time PASSED GU, and yet the constaoie OF
Rockford township did not return. his
| friends became Certain that lie had breu
foully dealt with, and searching party
WAS sent To try and discover his where
abouts In this party was w W.
Hays, Charley Simmons. 1ank Owens.
David Warwick, William Smith ana 11hn
| Mragher The party found thetrail taken
by Bauer and followed IL TO the territory,
| whIcH at that lille was the rendezvous oi
| horse thieves and other outlaws
At Caldwell the searching purity found
that Bauer had made the scquaintance of
two strangers who said they were going
to Fort Sill, Indian Territory, and the
| three left Caldwell ON the morning of May
7th. Tue searching party followed the
| three men o Skeleton creek, which AT
that time was stage station or tue stage
line running between Wichita aud Fort
Sill. Here the three had stopped aud
| made some small purchases of the man In
charge, who also kept small stock oil
| ZOO Is In addition TO his eating house.
B,uer Was riding a valuable horse ut the
time aud was known To he AS brave rs \
lion. He was powerful buiit man ahu
the party ascertaiued that lie was on the
trail of the team Of Mr.. WarwIck's and
they 1cit Certain tuHt NC Ia" ScLiS "SiooS
the man and been killed. or that the TWO
strange men in his company had over
come and killing him. toik his horse
and fled This last View was conflI med
when the searching party came u the
next stage station and learned hat neither
Bauer or the two strangers had PASSED
that point
| After continuing the search as far as the
Washita Indian agency and learning noth-
ing of the missing man they returned home
and gave him up as dead. The myst,ri
|, Gus DISAPPEARANCE of Constable Is tuer was
published in the EAGLE at the time auC
! the name became a familiar one TO ali ths
old settlers.
Ab,ut this time spirituaiism was run.
mug very high in Wlch Ia. and medium
. by the name of George Search was making
: some remarkable demonstrations Dutlut
: one OF these seances Search Claimed
that he had seen the spirit Q
". II. Bauer, and that the spirit Informed
him tnat the body of the missing consta
Bile was on All island in the Arkansas r Yer
ne II -rby, what was then called T.
Paso, in this country. The story was no
generally accepted as tru-. but finally.
commit er was formed to visit tue place
named by the medium and strange To saI
a BODY was founded in decomposed state
1t WAS impossible TO stale positively
whose corpse II Was, but being on tn
road, aud IN the direction taken BY Con
stable Bauer il was generally nccepte'
! that il was his remains, aud they wer
buried accordingly by his friends. At tn
funeral, which wns largely attended OF
account OF the great Interest taken D.
every settler in the county. Charley Sim
! mors aud W. ". Hays acted ms pail
bearers. His claim was taken 10y anothr
settler and his affairs were left In tn
I hands Of Yank Stein, a highly respects
( gentleman OF Rockford township.
a This being the situation and general,
= | accepted theory OF the mysterious Dist
pearsucs of Mr.. Bauer. tue surprise OF
p w. Hays aud Charl-y Simmons Can bette
r be imagined than expressed upon receiv:n
the 70 lowing letter yesterday:
q PORT LAvACA, Texas, Oct. 80, 1894
, | To the sheriff at wicht1, Kan
DEAR SIR write you these few line
!, | of inquiry | sm "A stranger TO you, but
assure YOU ! am not a stranger IN you
d ! county am one OF the first settlers tina
. came to Spring Greek IN 1871. Tnere Wa
with ME at the time Tank Slein, Freilit
1 ger. Friedelin, G-rt-s. Joseph and job
holland Will You do me the favor b
s tnding ont whether stein Is still alive.
tie j. dead ple.se let me know whether b
left me my amount of money. ! will sen
, | YOU the power To collect IL. II lauk Stei
is dead you can find IL out Dy sskin
Nix FecheDheimer. Please let me know
If Jun Steele is still in Wichit-. Ner
| truly. w. Ii BAt EH
!. Mr.. Simmons answered the letter ye-,e
i, day aud asked for full particulars Of b
n Disappearance, aud also gave linn the ii
formation asked.
:, That Cons able Bauer Is stlll among a
/! living will be 81 prise to every old -e'
: tier in .Sedgwick county, and the mJsier
: hanging about the Gaze viii ntouo;ecl
: be male clear within a few days.