The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-24
BLOODHOUND ON
TRAIL Of BULLOCK
Animal, However, Does Not
Solve the Mysterious Dis
appearance.
INVESTIGATION SHOWS
A WOMAN in THE CASE
Missing Man Before Disappear
ing Thought Her Fickle
and So Stated.

While tho Bullock mystery is stiIl as
far from solution as II has been at any
time since tho sudden disappearance OF
the quarryman on "wednesday morning
last. good deal OF light has been thrown
upon the movements OF the man since the
hour when he dropped out OF sight,
Not only have all human agencies been
employed to nnd some trace OF the
wandcrer. but q bloodhound has been
brought into requlsition in the hope that
no might havo left scent where he left
no sign to indicate the direction he had
taken and the destination no had In
mind. But the Efforts OF the hound were
as futile as the efforts OF his masters
and friends and relatives, rs well as the
official Investigators arc left without a
cluo. and wholly undetermined as TO tho
next step In the effort to disentangle the
criss- cross threads OF the most puzZling
local mystery OF recent times.
II is known, however beyond doubt
today that there is a woman In tho case
and that IT was love, illness and a
naturally pessimistlc disposition that
combined to lead Bullock TO thoughts OF
self f-dcstruction This much Is stated
positively by John Brown, a quarryman
OF Psrley's canyon. who has long been
q personal friend of the missing man, and
who has from the hour OF his disappear
nnoe been the most indefatigable worker
in the general search TO find "A trace OF
him.
WO1udu LII luC S0SS-
Tho woman on whom Bullock. 1t Is said.
had fastened his affections lived ut BARK
Icy station. Parleys canyon. she is
said to be a comcy lass, and Is also
said TO have reciprocated the anection
which Bullock layished upon her. But IL
is Known that there are other men who
went wooing up In the canyon where
Bullock hopes were conferred rms fact
finally drove him to sort or jealous
desperation. which he voiced freely TO his
friend. Brown, declaring to him on one
occasion that women were all tickle, mat
he would never go 10 Barkley again, and
that he was done with hopes OF marital
happiness forever,
Victim of Rheumatism.
Added TO this. Bullock was sick man;
the pangs OF rheumatism adding pnysicaI
agones TO the heartburnln6s which dis
appointed lovo had visited upon him lt
is asserted. too, that he was ambitious TO
accumulate n round sum OF money In
short order and that an adverse fate mad
arisen TO baffle him In this laudable hope.
To this multiplicity of Ills. real and I'M
aglnary add the fact that Bullock was
or an extremely gloomy disposition, and 1t
Is not difficult TO reach n conclusion as To
the state OF his mind just prior to his dis
appearance
An Interesting Chapter.
John Browns tireless hunt for his lost
friend stands out an Interesting chapter
In the history of the mystery The climb
ing of mountains. the exploration OF can
yons the dragging of watercourses, the
continuous ploddlng on and on, with little
food and no rest. and, finally. the adoption
OF that desperate resort OF mnn-hunters,
the placing OF bloodhound on tho track
OF the hapless fugitive. fleeing from the
demon OF unrest which lodged his ram
bling footsteps-thcse were the features of
the persistent search OF that determined
man
Tracks Are Discovered.
1t was on Thursday that Brown, having
made q pretty thorough exploration of the
natural hooks and hiding places In and
about Parleys canyon. discovered few
indIStnct man tracks near small creek
Finding II impossible to follow them more
than o few feet he secured the blood
hound, and in half an hour the animal had
taken the trail and was securing the rough
country, with the never-tlring Brown at
his heels AT nearly every point OF the
course traversed the tracks were invisible.
but occasionally, as creek or small wa
tercourse was reached, they were plainly
visible in the soft, moist earth of the
bank II almost seemed at times that the
fugitive was only a short distance ahead
of the pursuing man and dog. and that he
was endeavoring to outwit and escape
them, for the trail followed crossed and
recrossed the creeks many times, with no
apparent cause If this really were the
purpose OF Bullock, he finally succeeded
Ing friends hope rose highest. on account
OF the excited actions of the dog. the ami
NAL stopped short at brookslde and was
unable again to pick up the trail. Bullock
had folled both dog and man.
Slept in a Cabin.
Succeeding Investigations made by
Brown disclosed the fact that the much
wanted man had slept the previous night
In a deserted cabin high up in the can
yon. 1t was easy TO trace his course from
hero to a point near the old Brigham
Young woollen mill where on Thursday
the hound was put upon the trail. This
point Ia about half mile above the peni-
tentiary and probably @ mile from the
home of the Bullocks.
After leaving the vicinity OF the can
yon, Bullock is now believed. by Brown
and by his relatives. to have travelled to
the Jordan river and down that stream
perhaps, to within q mile OF its mouth
But whether he found spot suited to
his suicidal purpose and ended his trou-
eles there, Is still the unsolyed and ap-
parently unsolyable question.
Mysteriously Inscribed Hat.
Brown, in tho course of his inyestleo-
tions. learned on Monday that the dey
following the finding of the mystcrionsly
inscribed hat on the river bank by Mike
GerVln. a man closely answering the de- |
scription Of Bullock was seen near the |
Short Limo work yards. on North Ninth |
West. The men who saw the stranger
observed him closely ana were moro than
ever convinced that he was Bullock when |
Brown exhibited to them a vest belonging |
10 his friend. the material OF which they |
wore when seen. This additionally com
pIlcatcs matters to some extent and the |
searchcrs are more at sea than ever
Will Canvass the Section.
Today a thorough canvass OF the sec
tlon lylne 10 the northwest of the city |
Will be made to ascertain II any cther
persons have the man doscrlhol -.