The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-01-20

vi lHuldHS nrSt met, but this rumOr
has never been confirmed, although
the authorities located % head of
dead horses in gulch just over the
Idaho divide and in Nevada territory.
Apparently these horses were not dis
eased nor did they starve. The men
who killed them had a motive, but
what this was still remains unsolved.
The finding of the horses and the
causes for their death is still as great
mystery in Cassia county as it
ever was.
Youth is Killed
But greater still is the mystery
that surrounds the sudden death of
Frank Dopp, an 1S-year-old lad of
Rock Creek. Rumor again plays
prominent part in the death of this
boy, if he is dead. He was a great
friend of the Bannock Indians who
have disappeared. They all lived in
Rock Creek, where they apparently
were the greatest of friends. The
boy often accompanied the Indians
when they hunted or during their
trips over the range to herd horses.
1t was from one of these trips that
young Dopp failed to return Search
ing parties were sent out after him
but he could not be found. About |
the same time the Indians disap-
peared.
The grandmother of the Dopp boy |
was a faithful believer of spiritual
ism. AS the story goes she called |
the entire Dopp family together one |
evening for seance. For several |
hours the family engaged in prayer.
Finally the grandmother called ont
to Frank Dopp, the missing boy. The
prayer had been directed along this
channel, in the hope that the boy
might be found
Here | am came the voice of
he missing boy, and the sound cleo
.rified the immediate members of
he family, breaking as it did the
ong silence.
us that you, Frank" queried the
voice of the aged grand
mother.
Yes, it is t. came the reply.
Where are you?" again asked the
lder woman.
II am in Boise; in Boise" came
Jack the firm reply of the lad
What are you doing in Boise?"
or the third time queried the grand
mother, but no reply came back to
er question. If the spirit of young
)opp had been present as a result
f the seance it disappeared as sill
ntly as 1t arrived. Try as the elder
Y woman did she could not secure
mother reply from the missing lad.
1t is claimed in support of this pc
uliar story that the grandmother &C
lally made preparations to come to I
oise in search of the boy. She was 9
My delayed by the report that reach t
d Rock Creek to the effect that a
ody had been found near the divide c
uried under two feet of ground and s
was supposed that it might be that
young Dopp. p
The members of the family view Ell -"
lie body as taken from the ground G.
nd found 1t was only possible to
entity by the clothes. The trousers u
Id other clothes that young Dopp
ore when he disappeared were SINH II
r to those found on the body The a
latives about half decided that the a
'dy was that of the missing lad A 1t
roners jury held an inquest over o.
e body and held that the lad came
his death at the hands of the In
ans.
Suspicion Points to Cowboys
The finding of the coroner's jury
wever, did not entirely satisfy ev-
yone in that section of the country.
was known that the Dopp boy had
en- on very friendly terms with the
dams. The theory was given out a.
at the Indians had been engaged in ~
rse stealing and that the Dopp boy ~
L.