Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-11-28
LOST IN WOODS.
}. I. Roberts, Dover, Has
Rough Experience.
Passed Four Days Alone and
Lost, While on Hunting Trip.
round by Two Of Big Crowd Of
Searchers at Onawa.

Dover. Me, Nov 27.-(speciaD.-
james ]. Roberts. tine well-known
Dover shoe dealer, whose absence has
been the cause OF so much worry to
his family and to ;he leople of Dov.,
and Foxcroft. in general was found,
Saturday afternoon, 1T Edgerleys lllm-
Der camps near Long pond. not a great
ways from the Canadian Pacific trestle
at onawa Mr.. Roberts was found by
Judge c. W. Brown of Dover and DIR.
E. L. Flynt OF Fort Kent, who were
among the searchers
Mr.. Roberts had baen absent since
Wednesday morning AMI the members
of his family had siver him up for
Uead ana did not eT,lect to ever See
MN alive again. On last Monday, he IN
company with George Folsom, Il dental
student employed AT the office of DR..
c. +. Holt. left tn" twin towns for
few days hunting. intending to max"
their hea iquarters at the Roberts COT
tage (which is situated on the north
shore OF Sebec Lake. not a great ways
from the small settlement called Bow
erbant
They hunted during the days of Mon
day and Tuesday with nothing out of
the ordinary happening. ON Wednesday
morning. they left camp for fore
Moons hunting. They went about one
mile from the camp and there separat-
ed. each saying that he would be back
at the camp at noon time.
Folsom hunted during the forenoon
but with poor success and it was some
after the noon hour when he found his
way back to the camp. Roberts was
not there and there We're no indications
that he had been there since leaving in
the morning.
Folsom thought it nothing out of the
ordinary. as it was possible that Mr..
Roberts hal secured deer and was
making his way back to camp with it.
He did not show up that night and it
was not until the Eext day at noon
that Folsom began to worry about his
companion. He then reported the mat
ter to some other hunters who were in
TIE vicinity and a search for Roberts
was begun. They searched all Thursday
afternoon and Thursday night but no
signs Of ilirl We're found.
On Friday afternoon. his relatives at
Dover and Foxcroft We're notified and
a large number OF searchers from here
went to the lake region to help in the
search. They hunted high and low all
day Friday and through Friday night
but no: a single sign Of him could be
found.
Amonr the searchnrs were DR.. Flynt
and Judge Brown. On Saturday morn
IN ho. 10. a1 .,f an yliuhf
pond arriving there soon after nool.
At the I2dsarley camp they found the
missing man, who had built 4 rousing
fire in the fire place and was making
himself as comfortable its possible. un-
der the circumstances. The camp has
not been used very recently but Mr..
Roberts was fortunate enough to find
some canned goods which tho lumber
men had left and he managed to live
on them for - hours.
According to his story il was pure
case of got lost" He left the camp
as is stated in the foregoing Wednes-
dav morning and after leaving Folsom
became turned about and was unable
TO find his way back 20 camp. The re
suit was that he spent the night. which
was extremely cold, in the woods with
no shelter. Thursday afternoon ne came
upon the old lumber camp but he was
without any knowledge of his exact
Whereabouts. Friday morning. he
thought that perhaps he could find his
way back u his camp and so started
only to bring up during the afternoon
az his exact starting point. the o:d
lumber camp. He hal made up his
mind that he would wal: until some-
thing showed up before he made an
other attempt to ind his way out and
it was merely by luck that he was
found by Messrs Brown and Flynt.
Mr. Roberts was none the worse for
his experience othc: .han having a bad
cold caused by laying in the woods on
Wednesday evening. Tho people Of the
twin towns had been greatly exercised
over the affair and, Saturday MORN
ing. both Of tho large wCOlcn mills shut
down in order that The employees could
Join in the search. Steamers that hal
been hauled up for the winter were
again launched in The lake and every
one tried to do something towards To-
eating the body of the supposed dead