Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-02
SEE SILENT
q NEAR PALMS
RANcHER SURE YOUTH ATE At
HIS HOME
AUTO PARTIES scoUR DISTRICT
FOR cLEWs
Young Man Answering Description of
Missing Boy Asks for Glass of
Water at Eight Differ.
ent Houses

All yesterday afternoon and evening the
family and friends of Chester D. Silent
secured the country in the neighborhood
Of the Palms, where the missing boy was
reported seen by ranchers. Young Silent
is the Stanford student, son of Judge
Charles D. Silent of Los Angeles and
brother of the well known Los Angeles
real estate man, Edward D. Silent. He
disappeared from the university in mys-
terious way twelve days ago and has not
been located yet.
| Yesterday morning H. M. Hoke, a
rancher, who lives one mile west of the
| Keating ranch, which is near the Palms,
| telephoned to Mr.. Silent that a young
man answering the description of the
student had been seen at the ranches in
| his neighborhood.
| Thinking the young fellow had come
down from San Francisco on the boat
and was wandering around the country
between Los Angeles and the Palms, Mr..
Silet notified the police department. Capt.
Auble detailed Officers Ingraham and
Carroll to take up the search These two
men secured an automobile and, accom-
panied by the friends and relatives of
the Silents. who went out in automobiles
and in other vehicles to aid in the
SEARCH they started out.
Answers Description
The young man seen by H. M. HolSe
answered the description of the missing
student. He had the peculiar cast of the
eye characteristic of the Silent boy and
he wore the customary college togs, such
as corduroy trousers with leather cuffs
turned up at the bottom and college
hat. At Stanford the junior and senior
men wear corduroy trousers.
Hoke says he saw the young fellow Sat
urday about $3.50 in the morning. He was
coming out of an old adobe house across
from Hoke's ranch The boy approached
Hoke's house and asked for something to
eat Several times while he was eating
he asked for water. When he finished
the meal he went off to some of the
other ranch houses, asking for drink
at each place. The detectives traced his
movements from one ranch house to an
other and estimate he must have taken
eight glasses of water.
The young fellow was then seen to re-
turn to the adobe house. He crawled
into the underbrush that surrounded the
place and Hoke thought he had laid down
to go to sleep. This was the last time
the boy was4seen in that neighborhood.
Family Heartbroken
No further word was received yester-
day afternoon from the father. who is in
Palo Alto carrying on the search in that
vicinity. The family are heart-broken
over the failure to find the young man
yesterday afternoon, as they were con-
fident from the description given by Hoke
the boy had come down toward his home
and was wandering about the country
between the coast and the city.
A large party is being organized to take
up the search today, and at daylight the
policemen will start again. All the valley
between Los Angeles and the coast OF
Venice and Santa Monica is to be secured,
as well as the Santa Monica canyon and
surrounding territory. If he is anywhere
in that part of the country he will very
likely be found today.
The following telegram was received
from Judge Silent yesterday morning by
Edward D. Silent: Man and woman
claim seeing Chester Sunday In noun
tains back of here. Was without coat OF
hat. Apparently sane. Are positive from
picture was he. Other circumstances raise