The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-18
ENDS SEARCH WITH
FINDING OF FAMILY
Canadian Farmer Locates
Them in Minot-Traced
Them for Six Months.

search TOT Ms WlIe n nNc children,
which has occupied the last Ave OF
city to city in Alberta. Canada: Mon
= tana and North Dakota. reaching eacn
place only to find hat they had left
but a short time before his arrival.
leaving little or no trace OF thei,
whereabouts. was ended in Mino,
when q. Zimmerman. a farmer resid-
ing near Granum. Alta. found his
in this city.
1t appears that late last summer
trouble betwee- the husband and wife
led the latter to take a team OF horses
and a carriage. and with her six chill
dren. the Oldest a girl OF IL years.
who was a daughter by a former mar
riage. drove south into Montana. Com
discovered that his family had gone
and surmising what had happened
through the absence of many personal
belongings. he lost no time in COM
mencing a search for them. Dispos-
ing of most Of his property which
he converted into cash with which to
assist him in his efforts to find his
children, Zimmerman started on their
trail.
Traced Them 10 Minot.
Early in the fall. just before the
first heavy snow storm which swept
this immediate vicinity, the thinner
man family reached Minot. and took
. up their residence at that time on
East First street. Somehow. they
learned that Zimmerman vas on their
trail and .%disposing of their horses
to Fargo. When Zimmerman came
10 Minot he could find no trace of his
family. He went. into every store:
into every butchershop: into all the
offices: in fact every place n could
possibly imagine and inquired if they
had seen anyone answering the de-
scriptions he furnished of members
that they had been in Minot but tina;
they had left the city hurriedly. but
fore some time could not find the
slightest trace as to where they had
gone. Through some unknown source,
however. he discovered that they
might possibly be in Fargo. SO Went
there, hut in the meantime his wife
had learned that the husband vas hot
4, ON the trail so. leaving Fargo sud-
{. denly. she brought the family back
to Minot, where she has remained
since.
Husband Returns I o Canada.
Coming to Fargo, Zimmerman
learned that his faily lac left a short
m before. and every effort on his
part TO learn where they had one
TO proved unavailing. SO he returned
step-daughter and through a letter
written by his wife to her daughter,
he learned that his family was in
Minot. He returned at once and
kept up a relentless search. Every
store, butcher shop and Office was
again visited and he spent consider
pie time at the p%ostofice: hoping
that emma r0aVohov pf t{s <o~,;l. ,,,i-..,
come there for mail. That night he
went to the Leland hotel and secured
a chair in the lobby which he occu.
pied for some time hoping to catch
a glimpse of one of the children OF,
upon the streets.
Search is Ended.
Just how Zimmerman finally found
his family is still a mystery to the
authorities. Late that evening a tele-
phone call summoned the police t.
the residence on Welcome street
neighbors having telephoned that two
OF zimmerman's children had rushed
screaming into their house, CRYING
that their father had come home and
was going to shoot them all. The
police found that the children were
badly frightened but hat their story
.nat their father was going to shoot
were acquainted with Zimmerman's
story, they having given him consid-
cradle assistance In his efforts to find
his family. He denied to them that
he sought trouble. but that he only
wanted his children back, IL the
mother was unwilling to come. The
trouble was smoothed over and the
police left with the indications DIN
Ing to a reconciliation between Zim.
norman and his wife. No trouble has
heen reported and It is believed thai
me domestic difficulties will be set
tied to the satisfaction of all parties
concerned.
Told Hard Lack Story.
Various means were used in ar
efo to support the family on theiI
runaway trip. The Oldest girl. il is
said, had purchased a quantity o,
cheap laces, and went from house "a
nous selling them in order to obtain
money to provide food for her mo,he.
and her brothers and sisters. Accord.
Ing 70 her story her father had beer
killed n a roundhouse accident and
ner mother was very i'll at home and
she was obliged to earn money with
which to support them. She sue.
c In selling the laces at four O,
i've times their actual value.
Another method they are said To
have used was to go to various stores
and u small accounts. The eir'
would do the buying and would tel,
n merchant or butcher that heI
father would be down from Canada
the next day M then they would nav
Tor the goods. In some cases the
story worked and in others it did not
but somehow they managed to exist
So many persons who study gram.
mar. get over II.