The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-08-21

Mrs. Garfield Bond vanished from
her home Sunday night between the
hours of eleven and five in the morn
ing. They had just returned from
Portland in the evening, where he
had taken her in the hope of i'm
proving her mental and nervous con-
dition which was impaired since the
surgical operations of last spring.
When Mr.. Bond awoke in the
morning and found her gone he
dressed quickly and found she had
left the house. Going out the front
door he found fresh tracks which he
was sure were hers leading westward
across the street In her respondent
periods she had spoken of ending it
all at Snake river bridge and Mr..
Bond took his bike and hurried to
the Doud lane, where he again found
such a track At the west end of
the lane it still showed, and he hur-
ried to the bridge, expecting to find
some token, but did not. He then
returned to town and the search be-
gan.
AS the word spread, more people
joined in the hunt, until on Tuesday
and Wednesday nearly the whole
male population were engaged.
Tracks were found leading to Black
foot river; Mrs. Ralph Dixey, who
lives near the railroad bridge re-
ported having heard scream Mon
day morning in the direction of the
river. Several people east of town
reported having seen a woman travel
ing afoot, and the description tailed
with that of the missing woman.
Tracks were found in support of the
reports, but they could not be fol-
lowed. Tuesday night a purse of
$500 was made up and it was offered
as reward for the finding of the
lost woman or the body. Efforts were
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Ogden and Salt Lake, with the re-
suit that one arrived Wednesday
night from Boise in charge of John
Danilson.
Thursday morning he was taken to
the Bond home and after being
shown some of her clothing, he went
on about the shortest route that
person could take for Blackfot river
near the Jordan farm, and jumped
into the water. This was an entirely
unexpected route for him to take,
and an effort was made to have him
observe the supposed trail to Snake
river, but he disregarded it and again
went to the same spot in the Black
foot river.
The water was shut off at the gov
ernment dam just above, and the
workers began raking the riverbed.
Some tests were made during the
day with the hound on the trail
where the woman was seen east OF
town, but nothing very definite has
been learned 1t is possible that she
is still alive, and the public are
earnestly requested to keep look
out, to follow every clue, to report
anything of interest to J. III. Early
at Blackfoot by wire at his expense,
and remember that Blackroot peop,,
do not intend giving up the search
until Mrs. Bond is found or the re-
mains recovered.
Great credit Is due to Mr.. Early
and r. Hansen who have engin-
eered the campaign for recovery, and
the manner in which they face the
problem and follow every clue, re-
fleets much credit upon them. In
this work they are sustained by
hundreds of willing workers who are
placing anything and everything they
have at the disposal Of the work.
When it was decided to raise funds
to pay the expenses and the reward,
8 ]. Rich headed the list with $50,
and everybody from banks down to
day laborers gladly responded with
cash and personal services. The case
is one of great human interest be-
cause a human life Is at stake or
has been, and for anything that is
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