Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
the OLIVER CASE.
The Mystery Of the Disappearance
Remains Unchanged.
DYE AND MOORE TALK.

situation at Camp Whltcomb In regard
to the disappearance of George Oliver
Is unchanged. Circumstances give
stronger evidence that Oliver will new.
or be found alive. Thos. Votaw. a saw
mill man from the Chilli country. ar
rived in the city last night. Mr.. votaw
was seen by Citizen reporter this
morning in regard to the story publish
ed In the morning paper.
They got that story all wrong
says Mr.. Votaw. Il do not run the Es-
cobosa saw mill and did not stop at
Esccbosa as | came To town. My mill
is about three miles from Escobosa. |
picked up considerable information
about a crazy man, who was supposed
leads 10 Escobosa, but ! think that the
natives with whom ! talked. got their
Information from Messrs. Cooper and
Dye. who have since learned made a
trip to Escobosa to investigate a story
told by Manuel Crespin.
"A native continued Mr. Votaw,
named Felix Crespin. a relative to the
1Crespin that told the story the other
day. rode with me down the canyon
! as far as Tijeras. He told good story
but think his story is like that told by
Crespin No. |. II had no foundation.
He probably heard about divers dis.
listen to him. My opinion Is that OIL.
ver's body Is in half a mile Of Camp
Whitcomb and II 1t has not been rade
away with will be found"
Mr.. Votaw left this morning on his
return to his saw mill in the Manzano
mountains.
A week ago Monday evening a party
of citizens. of their own accord. de-
fraying the expenses of the trip with
money from their own pockets. left the
city to make search for Oliver. who
disappeared early the morning prev
appearance and wanted somebody to
ious. The wagon carrying this party
Of men arrived at Whitcomb about ~
o'clock that night. On Tuesday morn.
ing another party under similar cir.
cumstances. arrived at Whitcomb ard
! Joined In the search for the missing
nan. The combined parties of search
ers made ten men. They started out
early In the morning and walked until
late In the afternoon. They had prac.
tically nothing to eat. Climbing noun
tains for six or seven hours Is quite
tiresome. None OF the men in the
searching party were used to such
lard walking, consequently they gave
up the search and returned to the city
for supplies.
A native came to town with plaus-
ible story. A couple Of citizens. at
their own expense, made a two days
drive in the mountains to investigate.
They found no clue and the thanks
they get is public criticism.
Some say that Dye and Cooper got
their search for the half crazed man.
where they reste,. up and had a fine
time. This story Is being vehemently
denied on the street today by Mr.. Dye
who says that they got as far as Es'
cobosa where they thoroughly investi,
gated the Manuel Crespin story. and
after satisfying themselves that the
tale he told was absolutely unrelia.
BILE. they gave the country Whereabouts
ard around Whitcomb Springs a good
faithful search. but failed to secure
any trace of him.
Equally hard stories are being cir.
oulated about the others who also went
out to mountains to do some search
ing, but these stories are also denied.
and Attorney Horton Moore says the
trip clone cost him SIT Of his own
money. The searching he and party
did was Systematically carried out,
and he was more than anxious to find
the missing man. dead or alive, for he
had bofriended him on several occa-
sions and he felt 1t his duty to use ev-
cry exertion TO clear up. II possible,
the mystery surrounding divers dis
appearance.
Il personally know that Oliver was
in no condition to tramp the mountains
without assistance" said Mr.. Moore,
"and | am confident now, since sever
al searching parties have failed to find
any trace of him. that sooner or later
his dead body will be found in one of
the many prospect holes that abound
in the Sandia and Manzano range Of
mountains