Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-06-15
HEART PARENTS.
Beautiful Little Jack Downing Dis
appeared Yesterday Evening.
Hundreds Of People Have Since Been
Hunting for Him Without
Success.

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peared yesterday afternoon and no trace
of him has since been discovered.
1t seems that he went out walking with
his mother in the early part of the after
noon. They wandered up the main ar
royo along the Tesuque road and above
the old powder house Mrs. Downing sat
down. Meanwhile the little boy amused
himself picking flowers and hunting
pretty pebbles. Soon the mother arose
and called SACK" but received no an
swer. She then spent an hour in fruit
less search for her child, and becoming
alarmed, fastened home and related the
story to her husband.
Mr.. Downing Immediately started up
the trail confident that he would soon ind
his missing boy. But he was sadly dis
appointed. After walking several miles
without success he hurried into town and
gave the alarm. Supt. Chester, OF the
water works, was one of the first persons
notified of the facts and he at once sent
ten men out on the trail and rode rapidly
to the penitentiary to secure the dogs.
Then he personally went on the search
and was out all night.
HOUNDS GIVEN THE SCENT.
The hounds were brought in as soon as
possible by Barney Spears, given the
scent of one of the boys shoes and some
of his clothing, and taken to the place
where the little one was last seen about
o'clock in the evening, playing in the
sandy arroyo this side of Mrs. Mugler's
residence with the boys of Marcos Cas-
tillo. The dogs promptly started on
trail and refused to leave it, but, after it
was discovered that they were following
the track of man, they were called back.
Meanwhile about thirty people we're
already out in the hills hunting and this
number steadily increased as the heavy
hours dragged on.
About o'clock in the evening a rep
resentative of the NEW MEXICAN called
on the foreman of the alleged fire de-
partment and suggested that the fire bell
be rung for the purpose of calling the
people together while there were two
hours of daylight. Mr.. Ashdown refused
to act on the suggestion, but about 8
O'Clock Mr.. Chester insisted that the bell
be rung and Charley Parsons dared to
trespass upon the pretended private
property of the fire department to the
extent Of pulling the rope and sounding
the alarm. Shortly before this the alarm
notes of the bugle had been sounded at
Fort Marcy and the soldiers were turning
out by command of Col. Pearson.
LINE MILE LONG.
At o'clock nearly all the soldiers at
the post under the leadership of Lieuts
Stottler and Stokes and fully 500 citizens
started out in search of the missing
child A line was formed mile long
the men being five yards apart, and this
deployed and moved northward up the hills
arroyos and gulches. A scope of country
fully five miles square, including every
rock and bush, was thus carefully exam.
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do, b1vuA un horseback. But the quest
unhappily proved unavailing.
| Among those who were out all night
were Engineer j. NJ. Howells, H. B. Her
sey with his hounds, Major Baker and his
son, Lincoln, G. E. Chester, j. ". Akers
Deputy Collector c. l.. Betterton, Deputy
Sheriffs Tucker and Beaver, James D
Hughes, Hon. E. A. Fiske and Postmaster
Gable.
City Clerk A. P. Hill and Charles Bro
sier rode out to Tesuque early in the
evening and gave the alarm there. They
returned at o'clock this morning and
report that, when they left, fully 500 peo,
pie, including men, women and children
we're out securing the hills for the lost
lad. The governor of the TesuqIe pueblo
and nearly ali his Indians went out on the
hunt last night and early this morning.
SEARCH RENEWED THIS MORNING.
The search was renewed with desperate
energy this morning, but much more
apprehension was felt than last night
The volunteer searching party, consisting
of about 100 soldiers and citizens, formed
in front of the Palace hotel at O'Clock
and Immediately moved out into the hills
in the same manner as last night. The
soldiers were led by Lieuts. Stottler and
Stokes and the citizens by Messrs. j. W
Akers and w. Z. Griffin.
HaLdbills Offering a reward of 800 fol
the recovery of the child were circulated
this morning. When last seen little Jack
wore a red jacket and straw hat.
It is estimated that since the reward
was published at least 500 men and boys
have gone out hu1ting on their own hook
A number of persons have gone out will
teams.
LATER ACTION.
At O'Clock most of the searchers from
the city returned, and Mr.. Akers sale
they had unquestionably found the boy''
tracks on the hillside about two miller
northwest of St. GATHERINGS Indian school
Accordingly, some experienced trailer
we're sent for, among them Antonio
Chavez, and party started out about
O'Clock to follow this trail. At this hou
also the fire bell was sounded by mum
Der of citizens and after great thronl
of people had assembled Sheriff Gun
bingham addressed the crowd and called
earnestly upon every man to return tt
the foothills and continue the search
This suggestion is being generally com
piled with.
There are many theories advanced ovel
the possible whereabouts of the child, bu
it is a sub ject that will not bear much
speculation. The little fellow is missing
and there is no trace of him save the one
Just above noted. His mother is vel
nigh crazed with grief; his father is ir
the field on horseback securing the csun
try, and, in the meantime, If the child il
not in the hands of strangers, he Is posi-
bly, dead or dying from thirst and fright
| LATER.
Ala p. m. no tidings had been hearG
of the child, though every available horse
in town, many vehicles and hundreds Of
people we're out securing the foot hills
At this hour Major Up. Baker and young
Mr.. Kilbourne returned to the city after
having been all over the ground second
time without finding any trace Of the
missing little one.
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