The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-04
OEMEhTED GIRL
LOST IN HILLS
Deputy Sheriffs Make FruitIeSS
Search in Vicinity of
Granite
WILL CONTINUE EFFORTS
WANDERER APPEARS AT SEW
ERAL FARM HOUSES.

Search is being made for a beautiful
demented girl, who is supposed to be
wandering in the wilds in the vicin-
ity of Granite, twelve miles southeast
of Salt Lake. Deputy Sheriffs Joe
Sharp and T. L. Irvine went to Gran
lite yesterday TO look for the unfortu
nate girl. After long search, they
returned to town, having been unable
to find her. but will resume the hunt
today. They will be assisted by other
men. 1t is planned to scour the hills,
and, if the girl is still anywhere near
Granite, to find her and take her to
some place where she will receive the
care and attention her condition re-
quires.
The first seen of the girl was on
last Saturday, when she appeared at
TrOut's farm and asked for something
to eat. She was given some bread and
butter, after which she went away. She
was next seen at NJ. H. Walker
farm. From there she apparently wan
dered toward the foothills at the edge
of the farm Several children who at
tend the Granite school remember hav-
ing seen the girl walking aimlessly
through the sage brush. One child de-
clared that she hear dthe girl scream
anu was 81 mat oii0 ION
home.
Make Energetic Search.
These stories concerning the unfortu-
nate girl rapidly spread through the
neighborhOod and plying men and wo-
men began to wonder what could have
become of her. 1t was feared that
she might have become lost in the wilds
near Granite or have persisted from ex-
posture or starvation. The anxiety con-
corning her fate grew so great that
some che informed the sheriff of the
matter. and Deputy Sheriffs Sharp and
Irvine went sent out to search for the
strange wandered.
The deputy sheriffs questioned every
body who had seen the wanderer. get
ting a good description of her. When
they were convinced that she was ac-
tually a creature of flesh and blood and
not a figure created by some persons
imagination, they commenced an ener-
getic search for her. Among the sage
brush bordering the Walker farm they
found tin bucket, containing some
ounce preserves and several slices of
bread and butter, part of which had
been eaten. On the bottom of the
bucket were the initials. 1T. J. H
They could find no footprints or other
traces and were at last forced to give
up the hunt for the day.
Today they are determined to find
the girl if she is alive or her body
if she is dead.
MIR. Trout Has d Theory.
The girl is about IS years old. She
was bareheaded when seen and was
clad in a white waist and a black
skirt
1t is said that Mr.. Trout believed
that he knew where the Wanderer had
come from. The deputy sheriffs called
at his farm to question him, but learned
that he had come to Salt Lake.
They intend to get what information
they can from Trout today. On the
suppOsition that Trout knew something
about the girl. the theory was ad
Vanccd yesterday that she was the de-
mented member of some family living
near Granite and that she has wan
dered back to her home. There was
nothing on which to base this theory
except the report that Trout had formed
some opinion concerning where the girl
had come from.
Residents of Granite are unwilling to
consider such a theory, unless it is
backed by something more substantial.
They urge that the girl should be
found if she is in the hills and that
if she is not in the hills the authori-
ties should learn where she has gone.