The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-02
LOST TO HIS FRIENDS
Sudden and Strange Disappearance OF
{. B HOSiOrd of This City.
VAIN SEARCH IN THE HILLS
He Dropped Out of Sight Friday
and Scores of People Have
Been Hunting for Him.
But Without success.

appeared beyond any trdclhS uP ~
hour as completely as though the eaI--i
had swallowed him. or as enough car
ried away by an invisible balloon.
No man in Anaconda - better KNOWN
TO the people or has more acqualhtdlce7
than the missing man, Yet among lheHl
all reliable information as 10 how anu
when he was last seen Is very scarce
All sorts of rumors are being foated,
but the case IS wrapped in the deePe"'
mystery. Conclusions which men jump
at when one disappears are set VI
n,urht. MIR. Hosford was strictly tenn
perate in his habits; he was never
known TO drink. His accounts with the
Electric Light e. Power company anu
;he Water company are all correct 10
nanny and not penny Is missing. HIS
domestic relations were happy. ana ne
was one of the moSt concerned OF Hleti'
TIE only SOLUTION which Is credpOeu y
tn4t h became deranSed during rle
day and has wandered away in some
unaccountable manner, and is either IN
the hills or somewhere in Butte. rms
solution Is founded upon the fact that
on Tuesday n. ght he suffered .nsensely
from a severe headache. Home rem
dies were applied, and by morning ne
was 50 much relieved that ne came 20
his office about $50 o'clock Friday
morning and worked as usual until IL
O'Clock HIS work Of that morning is
done perfectly. and in his customary
way. About II o'clock he left the once
saying that he was going 10 look lot
a wood 5 lwyer % Gu, some wood at rs
house lie WAS AZ that time wearing a
heavy ulster uvercJat, black sack
coat and vest. pants Of dark material.
but of dlfferJn; pattern from the coax
and vest. lie wore fedora nat white
shirt, linen stdndup collar ana laceu
shoes. lie weighs 175 to $50 pounds, IS
about , feet : inches in height; mas a
heavy mustache, light in color; his hair
Is Light, and he is slightly bald on the
crown. His complexion IS fair, inclined
to be rudy; his eyes are blue. lie had
on his person lady's gold watch ana
a diamond ring. When in usual spirits
he is jovial in manner and of very
CHEEKY disposition.
After leaving the Office, as stated,
about II o'clock Friday morning, he
was sen at the Office Of DcN.n"
O'Brien about l O'Clock, and afterward
at the corner Of Main and Commercial
near the Montana Dressed Meat compa-
nys block. About or O'Clock ne
passed own Commercial street 10 The
new city hall building and went south
on Chestnut street go Park, and from
that time on np one has been found
who can say positively that they saw
the missing man. In this walk, as de-
Stflptu, he - Idttu ny llith W Ait ~
him and spoke TO him, Messrs. Hamil-
ton, Mahan, Eardley, Walker and Al
len.
From that time on the matter is con-
lecture and the information furnished
is that OF men who did not know Mr.
Hosford but say that they saw man
answering his description walking on
the b.. A. x p. track, near the silica
mines; another saw such man on the
road to Lost creek; another near stuart
Every clew has been given attention
and explored as far as practicable. No
less than so men were engaged in the
search yesterday. Among them We're
IL men mounted and a number more,
who drove horses to all points Of the
compass in the fru.tless search
Manager c. X. Holmes drove to
Georgetown on Friday night on the
possibility that Mr.. Hosford had gone
there 10 look at a mine i'm which they
were jointly Interested. He was out all
night. and to-day explored cue from
the valley going as far as Bielenherg' 3
ranch.
Murray Miles and others drove to
Warm Springs calling on all the ranch
ers en- route and notifying the railroad
men.
{. \. Johnson was out all Friday
night and all day yesterday at Stuart
and other points.
MT. McGinty, from the upper works.
and Harry Nell have been untiring in
their efforts. securing the fields and all
byways for signs Of the man without
success.
The entire police force have been I'm
the service for two nights and all
places where man could be hidden
have been looked into.
The disappearance. SO strange and
mysterious. is the sensation Of the year.
Not since the Butte explosion has there
..gH Al
All business yesterday was the finding
Of Nlr. Hosfnrd. and news OF tho search
was passed from mouth To mouth. In
consequence. there were hundreds of
rumors absolutely without foundation.
and were based on some ones spccula-
ton.
The widest excitement prevailed
about o'clock in the afternoon, when
circumstantial evidence made IL APP
pear that the man was found. Ii oc-
CURED in this way: Some men had a
field glass and were scanning the
mountains for signs OF the wanderer
AS the glass swept the big Hill nearest
TO the city, they caught in range a man
To the naked eye he was only a black
speck on the snow. The figure stopped
and walked distance and then walked
another step. With one accord they
declared the doinEs were those of a
man Of unbalanced mind. \ party OF
three set out AT once for the spot. As
they climbed the hill a hundred meg
watched their progress. They became
three black specks moving up the hill
TO the hundred watching came more
and a thousand stood on the corners
straining their eyes 10 watch the
climbers. Al length they reached IN,
spot and stopped for a parley and foul
men started down the hill \ short way
was gone when one OF the men wa.
seen to start and run down the hill. the
others following close behind.
The thousands of watchers becam,
wild at once-it must be Hosford. tn,
poor fellow who was out IL his mind
and was running away from his rescu
ers The seeming pursuit was Thrilling
and a hundred or more ran TO assist th'