Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-28
WILLIAM WALDO.
He Disappeared Years Ago From
MagdaIena, New Mexico.

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An application was made in the pro.
bate court yesterday for the appoint
ment Of an administrator for the es
tate OF William Waldo, as told In the
later additions OF The Star. William
Waldo Is now legally dead, since he
has been more than eight years miss
ing and no word has come from hin
in that time. II a man Is not heard
from in seven years and no evidence
comes that he is alive. the law pre-
sumes him to be dead.
William Waldo. miner, disappeared
in the early part Of May. 1898. On the
afternoon Of a day in May he started
with his pack train Of a horse and two
burros from Magdalena. New Mexico
on the trail to Silverton. Colorado
The supposition is that he was muir
dered In the night for the purpose o.
robbery. No one has ever reported
that he saw william Waldo since that
May afternoon when he took the trail
out of the little southern New Mex
leo town.
SEARCHED IN VAIN.
The most careful search was made
for the lost miner. Waldo had veal
thy and influential relatives. His
brother David is a well known horse
man, who lives in Kansas City. His
father Or. David Waldo. was rich IN
land south OF Kansas City. His cous
in, Judge Henry l.. Waldo. was attor
ney for the Santa Fe road in New
Mexico. and had the means OF makinl
q careful search for the lost man. A
party OF Waldo's friends and relatives
went to New Mexico to search fol
him. David Waldo spent many weeks
In the mountains looking for his broth
or. He hired scouts. cattlemen and
miners to make search. but II was
useless. Not a sign of the lost mans
trail was ever found, not ven n CAM
FIRE; not wen a remnant of his pack
William Waldo was reared in hide
p%endence, Missouri. He went to col
lege with his cousin, William r. John
son OF Johnson e. Lucas, attorneys
On his return he was made librarian
Of the Independence library. About
1875 he went to New Mexico on n cat
tie deal, and remained there. He CAV,
up the cattle business TO go prospect
ing for mineral, and the life so pleas
ed him that he did nothing else after
that. He was a happy-go-lucky man
who always had plenty of money ant
TO worries. He became n typical min
err, generous, kind hearted and liberal
He eve quarreled. He had no en-
emies. No one could have killed hin
out OF revenge, for he never harmed
any one. Mexicans and Indians wer,
his friends. He went among them
fearless and alone, and they did hin
no harm. All the old miners knew
him and those that are left in Color
ado and New Mexico still remember
n speak OF him.
LIKED THE LIFE HE LIVED.
Waldo would be lost In the noun
tains for several months at a time
when he was a young man. and no one
would hear from him. He read Z
great deal, and amused himself on his
lonesome trips with a small library
which he always carried in his pack
During the last few years before hc
disappeared he seemed to feel a great
or Interest than before in his family
and relations, especially the children
and every year or two he would PAY
them a visit, going from one house
TO the other and staying a few DAYS
In each family. He was very popular
among his relations and they always
made him welcome, Then he would
become uneasy and restless and Ions
for his isolated life, and OF a sudden
he would pack his satchel and go west
again.
A letter written by Waldo about May
Z, 1893, was the last word heard from
him. II was written from Magdalena
New Mexico, and told that he was go
Ing back to Missouri and would start
on the trail for Silyerton, Colorado
the next day. Waldo's home was In
Silverton, where he had a partner
Josiah Watson; but the Colorado elm
ate was so severe that Waldo usually
spent the winters prospecting in New