Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-03
BELIEVED THAT
FRANK MURPHY
HAS persisted
SEARCHERS LOOKING FOR RE-
MAINS ON THE DESERT NEAR
STONE CABIN.

According to reports received in
Tonopah yesterday, the desert has
claimed another victim and it is
now believed that somewhere out
on the wastes between Stone Cabin
and Georges Canyon, the remains
of Frank Murphy will be found
Murphy, who is well known in
Tonopah, having been employed
here as a bartender for the last
six years, left Tonopah last Monday
night with Dr. E. K. Smith for the
Georges Canyon district, where the
latter is heavily interested. Muir
ply started to drive the team back
to this city Wednesday and has not
been heard fro msince The news
of the accident was brought in yes
terday in the form of letter from
H. J. Wildegrube, which was di-
rected to Chief of Police Ed NAL
| ley. The letter follows:
STONE CABIN, August 2.-Mr.
Ed Malley, Tonopah, Nevada: We
have lost a man out here and it is
likely that he has persisted. Last
Monday DR.. E. X. Smith and Frank
Murphy left Tonopah for Georges
Canyon and Murphy stated back
for Tonopah on Wednesday, but as
he did not show up Cal Wilson, the
party from whom they had the
team. came out yesterday and
found the team, but Murphy was
not to be found. Wilson arrived
at camp about 6 p. m. and imme-
diately Charley Fancher, Walter
Fancher. DR.. Smith, Cal Wilson and
myself started to search for Muir
ply. We kept up our hunt until
midnight and | went down to Stone
Cabin after some saddle horses.
Some of the Clifford boys are going
back with ME this morning. You
perhaps know this Murphy. He at
times tended bar at the Nevada
Club. If you will see Charley En-
quist he can tell you all about
him. There are five of us on the
hunt and the Clifford boys will
join us, We will notify you should
we find Murphy or his body. 1t
is likely that he is lost or persisted.
Respectfully yours,
H. J. WILDEGRUBE.
Murphy was subject to fainting
spells and it is feared that while
driving along in the heat of the
day, he tainted and fell out of the
wagon and persisted by the road
.side. He had been employed at
the Nevada club and several other
thirst emporiums in this city, and
had wide acquaintance here
From what could be learned it is
) sister at Covington, Kentucky.
A telephone message to Salisbury
Wash last evening resulted in nc
new details, for it had not been
reported there if the searching par
ties had found the remains, or had
come across any evidence that the
missing man had reached any OF
+ the nearby camps.
; Cal Wilson. who is mentioned in
, the letter as the owner of the team
I grew anxious about the horses. for
they We're supposed to have been
: returned here during the latter part
. of last week. He started out from
{ Tonopah Monday morning and took
a short cut to Georges Canyon
There he was informed that Muir.
ply had departed Wednesday, and
, he Immediately started to hunt fol
! him. At Four Mile Springs. foul
, miles from Stone Cabin. he founf
& the team of horses still hitched :,
> the wagon. Wilson returned to thu
| Canyon and gave the alarm. ant
I the search started. The region
around Four Mile Springs is a lon,
one. Nobody lives there and tn,
road is Travelled but little The dis