Fergus County argus., 1899-12-06
THE LOST
IS FOUND
George Thompson Returns Home
After Long Wanderings In
sane and Haggard.
"A TALE OF AWFUL SUFFERING
Beaten and Robbed, His Assailant
Had Net the Courage to
Kill Him.
"A TALE OF AWFUL SUFFERING
speeinI pl.nnleh 10 the Standard.

Special Dispatch To the Standard.
Buzcmuu, Dec. 2.-AItcr ? weary days
aud nights of wandering uimlcrsly ON the
luce oI the earth, insane aud outcas', pur-
sued by murdcrcrs aud believing every
mans hand 10 bc against lin, George
! Thompson raped on the dooro' li- house
near Spring Hill this morning, iurta little
after dawn. la his bands hc cauicdHnold
| pair ot shoes, his musiuohc was eat oil
short and bis tae" was covered with n
| short, ,tuhhy brard, eyiioptly trimmed
with au Old pair Of shears. With hag.
surd 0ury and ioarigl nishtoucl oSpr"s.
| sion on his couu'ruaure be- aekud ii hr
cuuld got ~ meal. Iii, family w'lcomod
him humo but be- dill not rrym to under.
stuud H..
Aryrp r'ulljug Ola h"urly brHE'ust he
got up arl lu.d . qulrirr ou The table and
started for tlm door, He vile aud rhiD.
drcu loa,'d him ta siuyuul tDll him be
wa. among hi"ud-. Ilrrmtbcd;
II Lw.w / bad irirnd4somcwborc. | told
them lad Ir.ruIH."
llr returned 20 bis chair and rolap-pd
into Il s,mi cuuscioU. condition. His
brother then went tD u5Nu uHd brought
out pr, Safely, Nl,,Auminrd the lo s,lost
mau and asked him urmbor ol qIostions.
. Ttr doctor, un his returu to town, gave
! the ipl'owins account ,o thp SuUdard r.
. porter:
! very sensitive bri-r wa, found at th"
base uI tlu brain plirr, wlru t,prhcd,
would make tIr man tuGubr aud shifE.
Ia reply tpqHcstiou- ms IN uhnr Go had
been, tAn !olp~iua raDlliu4 story yaasnar-
5 rated intcr-pprzcd with Iap.,s into sriui.
cuuzriuusuos-.
ou coming h"Un fr"m E,znuau on Mon.
day evening, Soy, 20. Ou r1rhrd 20 place
uoHJ ihu lIoumrn pfd 'Eruvun1,s where
there wu, sour Dr!,h, Nhoua iuau ,pfar.
out uul caught ono ui bis hpr-py ly the
1cnd nrd -tupp,d him. lhuaP,ua threw
oH h.- cont and r~pul tp G;Ni, and
, Will ,h'va- yelling D." loomau iu )"t his
horse ap another uau gpt into the harh
OF tb" wagon and strlr', him ON The back
OF the hrnd, and he thrn became uucoa.
sciuu-. Tho man who stopped ,bc horses,
he said was a hrsc man with lilht
-luuch hat, smooth fdr, u'I Wuro dark
clothes,
Wien Thompson r-laai consciousness
hc had hr.u dragged into d. Uuun's mead.
I. on about ,5 yard. away !rum the road.
3 The duct,r asked blm how hr 'rlt then,
and he replied: 81 folt porlccDly easy in my
. mind; it WAS "A -cp-r oi rest This, nc.
1 ErorIinc to medical op,ui"u, i- exactly the
s feeling one would have after Icing made
unconscious by blow. aud uu one except
. person who had been in that state could
have described it so accurately Cuntinu-
ing the story, Thompson said that when he
came to there was a small man with
large one, who said: Kill him; dead men
J, tell no tales" and then the big man hit
him on the back OF the head. Here the
I story becomes disconnected. but he tells Of
strange places and towns and appeals for
; help TO strangers who only laughed ut him.
lie has evidently Travelled Oh the cars and
1 il is believed he was carried to some place
by the men who he claims robbed and half
4 murdered him. lie could not remember
where he lived and was always asking Tor n
a town with big elevators. lie finally got to
Logan last night, which was the first place
. he recognize !, and he walked home appar-
emily not knowing exactly where he was
e going or to whom. In his sleep, OF which
y he has apparently had but little lately, he
a starts up and cries for help and trembles
like IA leaf and tears How down his cheeks.
: During his two weeks absensc he has aged
, wonderfully. lie was footsore ard wore
p clothes which he did not have when he dis.
appeared so mysteriously. 1t seems in
{ credible that he could have wandered
Z around in the valley with half the country
u searching for him all this time. but he had
l. evidently been on n long journey and had
hard usage. At times his mind has cleared
A and NJ others lie is MS mad Ms March
hare. After few days OF quiet 1t is
{ thought he will he able TO tell the true
: stcry Of his wanderiugs.