The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-27
IN Boz1M MAN.
Disappearance of George NJ. Thompson
Still a Mystery.


Still n Mystery.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Bozeman, Nov. 25--The mysterious
disappearance of George NJ. Thompson
is as much puzzle as it was the be-
ginning of the week. He has disap-
peared as completely as though the
earth had opened up and swallowed
him. Searching parties have been out
every day hunting in the vicinity of
the East Gallatin bridge, about three
miles from town, at the place where
the brake of his wagon was supposed
to have been set. The large pools of
the East Gallatin have been dragged,
and the brush closely searched, but
no sign of the missing man can be
found. The strange part of the whole
matter is that no sign of blood, en-
cept one little spot on the wagon, was
found. Subsequent developments have
shown that Thompson had his ranch
mortgaged for about $4,000 and that
merchants and others in the valley
Three or four suits in attachment were
brought against him the last few days
by some of the leading business houses
Of the city, amounting to about 81, 000
1t is the opinion of most people that
Thompson, feeling that he could not
pay his debts, and not having the
courage to say so, skipped out. 9th
ers believe that a man, who was seen
in the wagon with him when he left
town on Monday night, murdered him
for the money he was supposed to have
on his person. Mrs. Thompson was in
delicate health at the time of her hus-
bands disappearance and has been SO
much worried over it since that it is
thought it will cause her death very
soon If her husband is not found dead
or alive. Many rumors and theories
are advanced by his friends and ac-
quaintances as to the cause OF his dis
appearance, and the first thing a far
mer does on coming to town is to ask
Has Thompson been found yet?'
Some people who have known Thomp-
son for a number of years say that a
few years ago his mind became I'M
hinged while he was working in the
mountains and that he was found after
he had wandered around for several
days by searching party and was
unable to give any definite account of
himself. He recovered in a little while
from this touch of insanity, and there
are a great many of his friends who
think the disease has attacked him
again, anu lUdI lie Will DG louiu SUM-
err or later, if he has not died from
starvation.
The Livingston football team played
a very weak game on Saturday after
noon. The Agricultural College Sec
ond eleven commenced to score three
minutes after the game began, and it
seemed about the easiest thing in the
world for them to run around their
opponents and make point. Prob
ably the strongest point the Livings-
ton eleven exhibited was the lack Of
practice. Captain Evans was the best
player from the windy city, and had
they all been as good as he the score
would have been a little different.
They were slow at passing the ball,
tackled too high and were apparently
ignorant of many well known princi-
pies of the art of playing football. The
Bozeman boys, on the contrary, play
ed very strong game and worked
we'll together. and only missed one
goal kick. The visitors were shown the
sights of the city ana the various de-
partments of the college, and outside
of their overwhelming defeat, spent a
very enjoyable day.
The following is list of the teams: