Arizona republican., 1903-07-09
NELSON AND LINDSAY
Further Particulars of Their Perilous
 hodntain Trip

Justice J. H. Robertson received let ter yesterday morning from Carl Nell son. written at Stanton the day before. verifying in every way the story print ed in yesterday mornings Republican describing the terrible sufferings of himself and John Lindsey for the want of water. and with some further de- tails.
 MT. Nelson writes that while it is true that he was pra actically insane and stark naked when found, being much younger man than Lindsey. he recuper- ated faster when he was rescued and l is now practically assured of complete | recovery, though he is still very weak and has to be careful what he eats. He says that at o'clock Sunday night | he decided that it was useless for him to try to go further without water. He must find some sort of relief in that | immediate vicinity or perish. He began | looking around and prospecting for water and the more unbalanced his mind became the more he shed his raj ment and dug in the sand with his torn and lacerated fingers in the hope or finding some moisture, however small. with which to relieve his awful thirst. He stayed in that immediate vicinity till he was rescued Monday afternoon about o'clock by the deputy sheriff and his searching party. Previous to their arrival. however, in his more | lucid moments he had come to the con- clusion that he was about ready to cash in. He only had one chip left and that was his gun. He determined to cherish hope as long as he could in any way control his mind and then as a last resort end his suffering with a bullet.
 MT. Nelson says that only for Lind sey's cool head and indomitable perse- verance both would now be dead. Mir. Lindsey, who is an older man. has had a wide experience on the plains and in the Colorado mountains. He determin- ed not to shoot himself, but preserve his reason as long as possible and de- vote every particle of his waning strength to an effort to save himself. After he left Nelson and after he could no longer walk, he crawled on hands and knees over four miles to the road and was stretched at full length across 1t when the freighter found him. It is doubtful if even he knows how long he lay there before he was found, but when he was found he could only talk in a whisper
 His condition is still quite critical. as he can keep nothing on his stomach but brandy and milk, his strength is al
 a low ebb and his age is against his rapid recovery. MT. Nelson says it will be weeks before he recovers and it is
 doubtful if he will ever be as strong again as he was before.
 The people of Stanton. he says, are 5 very kind to them and are doing al 0 l.1,a @t nar ,bx ioio ir
 attendance. Mir. Nelson says that h'
 ate a lot of pills and some medicin'
 that Lindsey had, as we'll as som'
 syrup they had on their pack burro |. In fact. they ate anything and every
 thing they could find that had moistur,
 in it, but that aggregated very little
 In explanation of why they continues :. without water, Mir. Nelson says the.
 were told it was only five miles to tn ;. next watering place. and they woul'
 doubtless have made it easy enougl
 had they not lost. their way.
 Justice Robertson said yesterday tha I. Nelson has a wife and one child in Sa
 Francisco, and that MT. Lindsey wa , the husband of his sister. who die
 some years ago. Both are known here
 having lived with Judge Robertson a
 various times. About two weeks az they left here, going to Congress o - the train, and iron! there to Octave " They wanted a little outing in the hill
 and thought they would take it afte s the manner of the prospector He re ,s ceived a letter from them Tuesda,
 written at Stanton on Saturday, jus
 before they left on their disastrou e, journey. telling him not to forward an ,e more mail. as they were coming hom