The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-03
INSANE AND AN OUTCAST
Thompson's Twelve Weary Days
of Wandering.
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED
Almost Murdered by Two Unknown
Msn-Like Tramp Begged for
Meal at His Own House.
A Disconnected Story.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Bozeman, Dec. 2.-After IL weary
days and nights of wandering aimless-
ly on the face of the earth, insane and
outcast, pursued by murderers and be-
lieving every mans hand TO be against
him, George Thompson raped on the
door of his house near Spring Hill this
morning, just a little after dawn. In
his hands he carried an old pair of
shoes, his inustache was cut off close
and his face was covered with a short,
an old pair of shears. With haggard,
weary and fearful frightened expression
on his countenance he asked if he could
get NEAL His family welcomed him
home, but he did not seem to under
stand it.
After ,partaking of hearty breakfast
he got up and laid quarter on the ta-
BILE and. started for the door. His wife
and children begged him to stay and
told him he was among friends. He re-
marked: .- N
'I knew had friends somewhere 7
told them I had friends
He returned to his chair and relapsed
into semi-conscious condition. His
brother then went to town and brought
out DR.. Safely, who examined the long
lost man and asked him a number of
questions. The doctor, on his return to
town. gave the following account to
the Standard reporter:
A very sensitive bruise was found at
the base ofn%tiie brain which, when
tonched, would make the man tremble
and shirk. IN reply to questions as to
where he had been, the following ram
bling story was narrated. interspersed
with lapSeS into semi i-consciouSness:
On coming home from Bozeman on
Monday evening. Nov. 20, he reached
place near the Hoffman and Tracy
ranches where there was some brush.
when man .spranss out and caught
one of his horses by the head and stop
ped him. Thompson threw off his coat
and prepared to fight, and while he was
yelling to man to let his horses go, an
other man got into the back of the wa
gon and struck him on the back of the
head and he Their became unconscious.
The man who STOPPED the horses. he
said, was. a large man with a light
slouch hat, smooth face, and wore dark
clothes.
When Thompson regained conscious
ness he had been dragged into Hoff-
mans meadow about rs yards away
from the road. The doctor asked
him how he felt then, and he re-
piled: 81 felt perfectly easy in my mind;
1t was sense Of rest" This. according
to medical opinion, is exactly the feel
ing ane would have after being made
unconscious by a blow and no one eX-
cept person who had been in that
state could have described 1t so accur-
ately.Z Continuing the story, Thompson
said that when he came to, there was
a small man with a large one, who
said: xiii him; dead men tell no
tales and then the big man hit him
on the back of the head Here the
story becomes disconnected, but he tells
of strange places and towns and ap-
peals for help to strangers who only
laughed at him. He has evidently travel
ed on the cars, and it is believed he
was carried TO some place by the men
who he claims robbed and half mur-
dered him. He could not remember
where he lived and was always asking
ly got to Logan last night. which was
the first place he recognized and he
walked home apparently not knowing
exactly where he was going or to
whom. In his sleep, of which he has |
apparently had but little lately he |
starts up and cries for help and trem-
bles like leaf and tears flow dcwn |
his cheeks. During his two weeks alb |
sence he has aged wonderfully. He |
was foot sore and wore clothes which |
he did not have when he disappeared |
so mysteriously. 1t seems incredible |
that ne could have wandered around in |
the valley with half the country |
for him all this time, but he |
had evidently been on a long journey |
has cleared and at others he is as mad |
as March hare. After a few days of |
quiet it is thought he will be able to
tell the true story of his wanderings.