The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-31

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hound TRIED what Ne'Sh""r'S 9S"-
patty Means In Aroostooh County,
WAsnHuRN, Me-, May 23.-1ho search fog
Aegon Learned. ioto of woshbGrn, ARGOS.
''ok county nus u'rn 'o"'"'enccu a"o" w"
thc btis IN. dotc were friends and neIchbors
' - ~. ,aa.,n,a,s, -, Crnd.v
I rode into mn ISOLATED clearing a few p,lics
obnvr NVnshburn %yiIlnvc. H. wns hero that
Learned was last seen except by the eyes Of
lis oompai ion, Bennett. III" men rested for
a few hours that September day In '"J Mt the
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house or Pioneer bhni'l liz i"rNins' ana
then, sl,ouldcrinG their guns, plunged away
NV, -" ,a unr,.cos pnnn",, on baor
among tn" partridRes' Bennett came oack
place H an hour m,r or 20 from r"r LS SIm. TO- t mmo, No
Tc..,ns,.. md Bennett, saying that his com
pant'n might have made a detour and gone
home. started away for Washburn village.
Al about sunset Mr. Perkins near" a als-
tAht report OF firearms away IN tho ulrec,lon
his house. Following the shot came falns
shouts ns though ,Io ,crso, were some mica
away way Fl rircnrm, were then discharged a.
perkIns's place. but there was no answer.
At s~o'clock that night Bennett and one Of
Learned brothers arrived ut the Perkins
place, The brother was greatly worried and
We're grieyousiy alarmed. 4 little party was
made up in the Perkins. clearing and went
h hsi inoin into N SsS S %aTk w" camc b 5riGs guns ana
The next day the search was resumed and
S %a'lGh tGa Hl hunt Hu has ', %fS" rS pTEsffaSfflS since RSsr =
tembcr Interest il just as intense AZ ever, ana
thew stop. cross their Icgs' and mutually re-
vert TO a discussion Of the Learned mystery,
i man, a WIN kindly yr man h'" anG a E good " ci ttfIMRers yet
his prominence was hardly such as would in.
6 an's the so ns srea at an 9To 9 nrdin.r Of b 5t%s snd %Inf ~
no other section Of Maine except in unco wen.
on the cooperative plan be possible. Every
faint and vague clue is eagerly grasl ed at.
Ie Iast snH STSy;a1 ! fG s,n4.b a5iy tS %sn Sod Id b ss
the Information @ furnished BY a Portland
epns9I,ed before BY the M searebers, "1 but 'e fen
suits had been very Unsatisfactory. The gem
e9al imprsssi"n up that wny; gained from
are hu%bux,; Yet ready ,yoiuntssrs were
S"q two S'o old l1 1SnSa.@ camps s'a and as Ps'f for b. t iasS
a real Aroostonk Jungle. Therefore even
though the Portland seer kindly limited l,er-
the body OF of even reN a megathe Sg%rnn or ps a pleiio.
fore the reader may balance for himself what
chance poor Aaron Leonard has. lying beside
if we accept the mediums tragic murder
theory-buricd under n brush pile. still his
fr! % so %fS fqi' Rdarp aad p ter eSS me- bills o.
this hunt with $4,000 said Town Clerk
clue. Yet the people are not discouraged.
but ever since the first Of May. or as soon as
have fHS hesn rn ns1in,'i oh the search 1pi | and ali pH VILE.
out desire or expectation OF payment"
and townsmanf Such expedients as have been
, Tss9r'e Ior to- ,G SIsG men On >, some " ind days sc,u last fqa
woods. Day after day the hint proceeded.
kins clearing held nearly every day 80 many
claim that every square yard Of ground foS
times several hundred men have formed In
and swept the woods. Then moving
though " the th,ekets I anS h iunsle som Ioo IdoS
into every sag hollow. poking every 7
s susPri'% wisb ,he shnatis an of si@aciiSr the s1S woods 0d, re-
Hunting thus is hungry work. Toiiins
age woodsman a. sp Voracio ,nst n n nreatnr rne ,s aH anv
streams. Food comes hard In those new
Aroostook cIearinCs. Yet the settlers wives
have baked and tniled to feed the ,nn,tjtndS
and the scant supply of hay has been cbesr.
fully doIed out to the hungry horses. rhrre's
no doubt that many people have given more
han they can afford. '''' i"' A''" ""s
II won't try to figure how many bours
my wife has worked 10 feed the people who
anne here To hunt for Door AARON" sarS
Daniel r.. Perkins. s'H. WAS n pooS
neighbor, though, and we WERE oniv TOO sIoT
20 do our share "' wv k'""
After it seemed as though nil the re,ior
i%slistir mediums wers ip mS k,safcher 1 splr,tS
,uggestions we're followed out unavaiiineIy
some mediums furnished on"e- NV iIrEty:
wrote out directions. and ali ranafS.d LIT
lie spent nearly nil his csnit,l l. 10 IT. "nu
brother The mvsterr 10 IN numtlnH ior
10 sorely that he hnds IL imnossth,o 70 ,nnua
he region where he / it.vns H. hn easo
Missing man to lie ' h"'os 'ne podS OF tho .
Over how many hundred mj,es ., roroh