The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-06-16
Volunteer Brigade of More Than
100 Citizens Beats Bushes
in Golden Gate
Mother of Missing Child Hunts
in Darkness Until She
Falls Exhausted
Little Cyril Robinson Disappears
Saturday and Quest of Police
Proves FruitIeSS

Organized into a volunteer brigade,
more than 100 residents of the pam
handle district and the pupils of the
Grattan primary school, under the
leadership of the police, searched all
of Saturday night and yesterday in
Golden Gate park for little Cyril Rob-
inson, lad OF 10, who has been miss
ing from his home since Saturday
noon.
Out of love for the lad, VINO was a
favorite about the park, and out of
sympathy for his devoted mother, the
neighbors of the family and the school
mates of the boy hunted along every
road. trail and byway without sue
cess
All night Saturday Mrs. n. z. Lewis,
the boys widowed mother, tramped
through the shrubbery of the park.
calling the name of her son. Worn out
and III through worry and physical
fatigue, she has been placed under the
care Of a physician, and others have
taken W the search
He is my only son. saLdMrs. Lewis
-
rest until / hear he has been found 1
fear though and the tears choked her
voice. that I shah never see him alive
aeain. He would not have remained
away unless he had come TO harm"
GOES TO BALL GAME
Little Cyril left his home at SAG Fred
erick street shortly after noon Satnr-
day 10 witness a baseball game in the
park He was accompanied by Milton
Valentine, a child Of S. After a while
he left his companion. stating that he
was going 10 the stadium From that
time TO this no trace has been found OF
him Whether he lost his way or fell
into one of the lakes is merely mat
ter Of conjecture
When he failed to return home that
evening his mother, with two of her
neighbors. went out in search Of him.
remaining out the entire night, but
their efforts were unrewarded. Then
il was that the residents of the district
and the school children came to the
assistance Of the anxious parent. divid-
ing themselves into squads and canvass
ing the entire Richmond district from
First to Fortieth avenue. as well as
the park and the panhandle. Permis-
sion viii be asked of the park commits
sioners today to drag the lakes on the
theoE that he might have stopped to
play On the banks and fallen into the
water
LAD Is NERVOUS
The boy is Of a very nervous dispo-
sition and because of frequent illness
has been kept from school for several
weeks at a time. IT was only recently
that he recovered from a particularly
severe attack and was cheerfully
greeted by his classmates. He had few
friends outside Of the Grattan school
and was familiar only with the streets
Of the neighborhood.
George Mcmahon, the boys uncle, his
only relative besides his mother, is a
detective sergeant in the police depart
ment. At his instigation police were
detailed yesterday TO round up num-
erous gypsy camps on the outskirts Of
The city, but without result.
When he left home young Robinson
was dressed in navy blue knee trousers
under black overails. black sweater
brown tweed coat and brown cordu-
roy cap. He has light blue eyes light
hair and a scar under his chin and on
the left side OF his forehead He is
Of rather slight build and small for
his age