The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-09
At HOME ONCE MORE
MIR. Hosfcri Restored Yesterday to
the Care of His Family.
HIS MIND SEEMS A BLANK
The story Of His Wandering Mr..
Holmes Tells of the Narrow
Chance by Which lie Found
His missing FRIEND.

c r. Holmes returned yesterday
from Omaha having in charge T.. D.
Hosford. The case is generally iamlliar
to the Anaconda public. Mr.. hosIoId
disappeared from Anaconda week
ago last Friday under circumstances
which led his family ana friends 10
believe him insane. For some hours
he was believed to be wandering N me
hills and searching parties Travelled
the mountains in search OF MN.
on sunday trace was found of the
missing man. going south via the
Union Pacific train. {. X. tonnes
who had been tireless in his EFFORTS 10
find Hosford. discovered mis- Tran anu
he kept il until he came upon the lost
man wandering about the streets Oh
Omaha. Mr.. Holmes learned az Foca-
fello that Hosford had purchaSeu
ticket for Omaha, and the ucku- agent
reported that he did not seem To know
where he was going. but that he pick
ed on Omaha at random.
While MIR Holmes was en- route he
notified railroad officials TO keep slght
of Hosford \ conductor replied that
he was on his train, and few hours
later that Hosford had left the train
at Columbus. Neb The police i'm that
city We're at once notified but they
could find no track of him there
Il am satisfied" said Mr.. Holmes
last evening. that Hosford never
stopped at Columbus No one saw
him there, although the polio" and
railroad men We're all on the lookout
for him. ] stopped OF at Columbus
and made inquiry in person. and IN
tervievcd the conductors Of all branch
line trains. bat no one had seen him.
Il thought then that perhaps he had
l. II, sa IA n
side of Columbus, so i went there ana
followed the same line Of action, talk
inC with railroad men and existing the
police.
by this time | reached the conclu-
sion that he had gone on to omaha, as
he first intended. and | believe this Is
the case. The conductor who thought
he had left the train at Columbus told
me- when shown Hosford's picture,
that he was not the man he had been
watching, ard he described clothing al
together different from Mr.. Hosford's.
AT Omaha / saw the chief Of police.
and left him To- ro 90 printing office
20 get circulars printed. on my way TO
the printing establishment passing near
church, I saw the figure of a man
who looked like IIosfurd. but il did not
seem possible. / passed on, but was 50
impressed by the idea that il might be
he, that ] turned back and walked NJ
10 MN. III IlttNl l''il eN'l'llAlN Si''f' -
from one side Of the walk To the other
in an aimless sort Of a way. His face
was more like that of dead man than
of the living. | do not believe he had
taken n meal since he left home, up 10
that time. / approached him and SAID
What are you doing here. Hostord!
He looked at me with vacant stare
and ] spoke to him several times before
he seemed To know me at all Then he
said, How do you do, c. r., which ne
always called me. lie paid scarcely any
attention to what | said TO him-did
not appear to hear.
Il took him by the arm and we went
20 DR.. Lee, who examined him, after
had stated the case as clearly as posi-
BILE Hosford had had trouble with his
head for many days, and had taker
sometimes "A box of capsules day. III
his efforts to get relief. The doctor
said il was no wonder he was crazy
but he could not diagnose the case, not
knowing anything about his previous
condition.
"Hosford was i'm a plastic state OF
mind He would do whatever he was
told he gave the doctor his watch
chain. and s. 20. all the money he hac
i'm his pockets. When ! found him ht
had SO 2o in his pockets. l took charge
of the $50.
"Hosford was dazod and ne is so still
He has not said q word. except in an
sv.er t. questions since ] met him. HI
had had his musta,U, shaved or anC
his head shaved. and joe told NO 90 va!
because he had l,ada.N.. 80 st.n com
plains 81 his head and rubs his forehead
continually
when we rcorh,d Anaconda tn,
train stopped NJ the round house. an,
we drove up town in q cutter. 10 hi
home. Hu-furd did not recognize m,
brother. hut D., Jfd know his wife. ~