El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-16

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chapter 10 which Horace BELONGED al
" esleyan university.
The city council passed resolutions Of
sympathy at the adjourned session
resolutions were sent TO Horace b
Stevens and Charles 3. Stevens
business Almost Suspended.
Business was almost suspended Fri
day afternoon during the funeral ser
vice of the young man. Al of the real
estate offices were closed and mani Of
the stores and banks closed to permit
the employees TO attend the funeral
service A. p Coles president Of the
Rio Grande Valley Land exchange. OF
which Charles B Stevens is vice presi-
dent, sent request to all members Of
the exchange to close their offices from
g until in respect to the memory Of
the young man. who was engaged in
the real estate business with his
father.
kilograms Of Sympathy.
Charles B. Stevens was almost over
come Friday by the expressions Of sym
pathy which were received from the
city and by kilograms from all parts
Of the country Grief is something we
learn TO bear" he said But the kind
ness Of our friends, in all walks OF life.
is too much for US all and it almost
overcomes me Up there in the noun
tains were bankers and business men.
clerks and labOrers. all aiding in the
search. ". W Cox drove a steer over
to the camp and had IL killed to feed the
searchers and there was nothing that
was needed that was not given freely
and chez fully. Ny brother and all OF
US are deeply grateful for all this
kindness in this hour OF our trouble
our friends"
a Long Search.
Soldiers and civilians searched from
Tuesday morning for the missing
young man until about $50 Thursday
morning. Priyates II. r. Dickinson
Warwick, of Co. /. Sixth infantry, were
tramping over the hills in their search
with Lieut. Thomas y. Gimperling,
their commander, short distance
IF he had ever fallen over that cliff.
II certainly would have killed him."
said one Of the soldiers, pointing to
the cliff down which young Horace had
fallen
Here he Isl shouted private Dickin-
son, as he saw the body on the side
Of the rock. Three shots were fired by
the party, this being the prearranged
signal TO tell the other searchers that
the boy had been found. a number
OF the searchers went to the place
where the trail had ended abruptly
and assisted in lifting the body and
searchers. A squad OF soldiers brought
the body down the steep mountainside
and down the canyon TO the camp.
The place where the body was found
was $500 feet or more above the plain
at the base Of the mountains where
Horace had camped, and probably be-
tween two and three miles by the route
he took The fatal ledge was just under
a peak near the head OF Rucker canyon.
The Fatal Fall.
Tho hn7v found 1Trfmer head
downward about Is feet from the trail
where Horace had slipped on the
smooth rocks Had Il not been for
a projecting bush. which grew from
a Granny Of the rocks, he would
have fallen 10 the bottom OF the can
yOn- His % caliber Remington deer rifle
lay a short distance away with the
rubber butt broken and one exploded
shell in the chamber. There were four
uneXploded shells remaining in the
magazine when the gun was found
Had Killed n Deer.
A deer was found about half a mile
distant from the place where the body
was found II had been shot and had
died near where il had fallen. It is
believed that, while climbing over the
rocks toward the summit Of the noun
tain peak, young Stevens saw the deer
and got one shot at il. He then hurried
70 get another shot AT the animal be-
fore II could escape into the mountain
canyons As he climbed up the trail.
using his mountain staff 10 aid him.
he slipped another shell into the cham
Der 10 replace the one that had been
exploded in firing at the deer, in or
der that he might have five shots when
b." saw the animal again. the searchers
believe.
How II Happened.
When his foot slipped on the slick
rock and he started to fall, it is be-
leved that he attempted TO check his
fall by placing the staff in front Of
him with his right hand and showing
the rifle butt forward against the
rocks with his left hand I'm which he
was carrying the gun. When the gun
butt struck a projection in the rock,
Horace's head was thrown violently
against the muzzle.
The cartridge was exploded at the
same time that the muzzle struck the
young mans forehead. His fathers
field glasses and his canteen were found
near the body and q pocket knife, some
small change and other articles which
had fallen out OF his pockets were also
found
The deer was found by H. B. Stevens.
the boys father and n La Sale They
had passed within a few feet Of n
body number Of times during the !
search.
Old Matt SorrowinC.
4 pathetic little picture, one OF those .
which stand out vTviGly al such times.
was James Matjoy. the aged negro ian
ttor Of the Mills building. He stood .
near the door OF the Stevens office Fri .