Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-12
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] Vas Located by Tribune at
Devils Lake, But He Is
Gone Again
Reached Lake Monday Night
Via Jamestown and Leeds
LEFT Tuesday |
Had Money But "Acted Queer
His Present Where
aboutS Unknown

VI @. H. Beal is alive. AT least he
was Tuesday morning
He was then located at Devils
Lake, but where he is now is as great
a mystery as was his first disappear
ance. .:sl.s.s
Wednesday morning the Tribune
received message from the Devils
Lake Journal saying Beal had regis
tered at the sevilla hotel in that city
Monday night, but had left for parts
unknown Tuesday morning.
Being wired by this paper for fur
Their particulars with a request that
an effort be made to locate the place
he went to the following reply was
received by the Tribune Wednesday,
night:
Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. IL (Spe-
cial-O. H. Beal, the missing man
from Bismarck, arrived here Monday
night 1on local, freight train which
he had boarded at Leeds. When the
train stopped in the west yards he
left the train in company with a
travelling man and they walkel into
the city, distance of about mile.
When questioned regarding Beal,
the travelling man stated that during
the walk Beal had not spoken to
Thin, he appeared to be in deep
thought. Arriving at the Sevilla ho-
tel, Beal registered, giving his name
and place of residence He retired
to his room and in the morning had
breakfast and after paying his bill,
departed. -@s
1t" has been impossible to learn
which direction he took. It is be-
lieyed that he went east on the Great
Northern train No, 2, which was late
that day and arrived here at about
II a. m. Ticket Agent Donovan re-
members having seen man answer
ing sBeal's description, but cannot
remember where he bought a ticket
to or what train eh took.
Beal acted queer about the hotel,
but did nothing out of the way He
had money to pay his bills and had
all the appearances Of prosperous
business man. Nothing can be learn
ed of the man since he Left the hotel
Tuesday morning a
Upon receipt of the first message
many persons refused to believe that
the Beal mentioned was the Bis
marekef, but the above details
prove beyond question that the two
men are Identical:
The Tribute is further informed
that Beal left the city Sunday night
on No. 2 and went to Jamestown
from which point he went north to
Leeds and from there to Devils
Lake as fated. At Jamestown he
secured some NEEDED supplies in the
way of wearing apparel and this is
all that is known of lis movements.
Those who, know the man best are
convinced that his brain has become
affected and in that condition he
took some money, which he !
undoubtedly had concealed and took |
his departure without saying Word. |
A few days ago BeaI told oscar
Ward he was thinking seriously OF
going out to California in I. sborf {
be that he isheadiRgshatway hrdlu
time to see his brother and it may
be that he is heading THAT way, hav-
ng in his poor mental coifidftion tax
N rather roundabout way ST get
Ing there, though he could EASILY
make ltl the trip west over the Great
Northern. Others again believe ffe Il
would naturally try to get back to
he old home In Maine and is now
reading that way.