Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-01
.HUNTRESS LOST
IN AFRlC WILDS;
ANGELENOS SAD
COUNTESS ST. PIERRE FAILS
TO CLAIM MONEY HERE
DARING UOMAN'S GUIDE FEARS
SHE HAS HAD MiSHAP
Woman Who Arranged a Wild Boar
Hunt in Mexico Believed to Have
Met with Fatal Accident in
Dark Continent

LOsT--A real countess; 6uder will please
communicate with Charles A. Montgomery
of Sawtelle.
~ ONE months ago Countess G.. de
Meherenc de st. Pierre of st. Bri-
~ enne, France, deposited with Chas.
A. Montgomery, former government
scout, friend of Roosevelt, $500 which
was to be used to defray the expenses
of a hunting trip in the widest parts
of Mexico The money was placed in a
bank. in Los Angeles and the coming
of the countess awaited with great in
terest. After months of delay in which
no word of the countess has been re-
cetVed, the young woman's father was
communicated with, and the answer
received last week by the former gov
ernment scout furnished the informa-
ton that the countess is lost some-
where in the wilds of Africa.
Countess de st. Pierre is renowned
the world over for her exploits in the
held and forest. She is the Diana of
the twentieth century.
5Iays Much Game
More large game has perhaps fallen
to the unerring aim of her rifle than to
any other woman. Her entire time and
the resources of her ancestral estate
have been devoted to the pursuit of
the wild. Her last visit to California,
which was not quite year ago, she
passed in shooting wild boars in the
delta of the Colorado. At that time
Capt. Charles A. Montgomery, for thir-
ty-four years government scout, to
whom she had a letter of introduction
from President Roosevelt, acted as her
guide.
On that hunting trip, as on all her
others thn aS la
dress for the sake of convenience. 1t
is in this costume that she is depicted
in the engraving which accompanies
this article. This picture was taken
shortly after her trip in search of wild
boar on the Colorado year ago
After that expedition the countess
became much attached to Montgomery
and declared that on any future trips
which she might make Montgomery
should be the guide.
Wanted Unknown Country
True to her word, several months ago
Montgomery received a letter from
Countess st. Pierre saying that she
| desired to make a trip into the Wild.
| est part of Mexico. She said that
there would be a number of French
| journalists in the party. Her only stip-
which she expected Montgomery to lead
them should be the widest known. She
professed preference for Yucatan, parts
of which no white man has ever yet
traversed. In the letter was a draft
for $780, "Please put this draft in a
bank In Los Angeles, and wait till yoG
hear from me-" wrote the countess.
Montgomery dutiful1y deposited the
draft in the bank and waited for the
coming of the countess. Months went
by and still no countess; neither did
he receive letter from her. Finally,
lon, he IA 4 -s-=s
father
Last week he received p letter from
the countess parents. I'VE do not
know where she is,' read the letter.
''the last we heard of her wss froa
the head waters of the Nile. We fear
for her safety"
After receiving this letter Mont~
gomery scratched his head and won-
dered what he would do with the $500.
After mature deliberation he decided
to let the money remain in the bank
and wait for news of the countess.
Hears No Word of Her
"I cannot imagine what has hap
pened to her." said Monte Montgom-
cry yesterday. "She is long overdue
and 1 have been making preparations
for the Mexican trip. I shall be deeply
grieved if anything has happened to
her"
Monte Montgomery is the last of
the old Indian scouts. He is ga years
of age and has long white curls which
reach far down his shoulders. When
not on some hunting expedition he lives
at his home, not far from Sawtelle, but
most of the time he is to be found
leading some band of intrepid hunters
through the wilds of California or Mex
leo, On several occasions he has acted
as guide for President Roosevelt.
Besides being a huntress Of excep-
tional ability and daring, Countess st.
Pierre is an author. Many of her
adventures in the search for big game
have been placed by her In book form
and have found ready sale. There is
hardly portion of the globe in which
big game are to be found that the
countess has not visited and come back
with the trophies of her rifle. When In
Los Angeles she always makes the
Hotel Alexandria her home.