Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-28
IT IS HOPED THAT
 GRINDELL IS ALIVE
LETTER FROM E. p. GRINDELL WOULD INDICATE THAT
 HE IS HOPEFUL.

Douglas, Ariz.. Sept 27-(Specisl.)-
 A letter which has been received by William Fairall of the Copper Queen smelter from E. P. Grindell in dicates that there is reason to believe that Professor Grindell. principal of the Douglas schools. is alive. This information will be received in Drug las with much pleasure, and at the same time will encourage Mir Grin dell to continue his search for his missing brother and the party which accompanied him with the expressed intention of exploring TiburOn island. The letter is as follows:
 "Caborca. Sonora. Mex, Sep+. 20.
 MT. William Fairall Douglas. Ariz
 Dear MT. Fairall-I arrived here this morning. I made inquiries all along the road, at Nogales. at Santa Ana, where the boys left the railroad, and at Altar. At Altar l met MT. Campbell. who saw the boys outfit. He says they had no tin stove with them, and so does everybody e.se who saw them, and there was the sThole town out here at Caborca 70 see them pack up and get away. Fellows who helped them pack say they are sure they had no stove of any kind. also learn that these stoves are not to be had in this part of the country. This Mir. Campbell l spoke of above says he knows Mir. Miller and Olander very we'll They are the men who went down in a boat from Yuma and San Jorge bay last January and have never been heard from. and that they had such tin stove as the natives de scribe, so it may ba that il was their handsthat were fastened on the stake.
 The boys left here with two horses and five burros. They evidently packed three of the burros and had provisions enough to last them about six weeks. They went to Poso Serna, where they secured a Papago guide (twenty miles). l met a Papago Indian here today, who just came in from Poso Serna and says that the boys went to Libertad and sent the guide back. and finding that they could get no boats at Libertad, went back to Port Lobos and then headed for Santa Ana. where they left the railroad. He did not say whether or not they were going to Tiburon, but all the people here ad- vised them not to go to Tiburon, as they did not have big enough party.
 "A Mexican came in today and says that he saw the boys in Santa Ana about July 80 or August l. They were in a store buying some potatoes and provisions. He says he is sure it was them and described them perfectly. He says he was here at Caborca when they left and remembered them all very well He said to them: You have got back from Tiburon, l see. He did not state what the boys said, but said they had a drink there, any way. He is sure it was them, and they were evidently buying grub to go into the hills again It might be possible that the boys had found a mine and wanted to go back and pros pect it-at least, that is believed by many here to be the case, but I don't think the boys would come into postofice and not write or send some word to us. l don't really believe it was them.
 Without something new turns up, am going down to Serna Wells in day or two and see the guide that went with them, and then maybe go on to Libertad, and if they really started back for Santa Ana I will trail them up There is wonderful mining excitement here and on the coast at the present time, and it extends into the Seri country. Mining men are going in all directions, all after placer mines, and there is lots of water in the country now.
 "So the boys may be all right yet, and it is quite evident that they did not take a boat at Libertad, and it was not their party whose hands were found"