The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-20

former editor Of the Santa Fc Trail
magnnige
Palnstaking search of the river
bank today disclosed no trace Of the
missing man. Police captain O'Gndy.
oliver wellman. with whom spnuid-
ing mcknicod on the river yesterday
Wollmap's father and uncle ana r. %.
J.. McLaurie. field agent of the Sew
York Life Insurance company
searched along the river be, vecn 2:aO
and o'clock this morning Their
search was barren of clues. Equally
fruitloss search was made by Mr..
Laurie and Omcor Pablo Lujan he
tween 7:fO this morning and 10
O'Clock only three prints Of unsnod
feet were found leading directly to
tho river edge ana they were prints
uf stuckngirss feet. There were
plenty Of other prints along the bank
but they aid not Head to the water.
chief McMilin telophoned a de-
scripuon of Spaulding To an sur
rounding towns today. Mr.. Nc
Iauries told the chief that Il was his
| Conv lotion that spaulding had wan
dcred away Spauldlng. Mr.. McI.aurie
said. recently suffered nervous
breakdown. and was under the doc
tors care Tor several days
when the khaki suit. the shoes and
| the hat were taken from the house
| the police could not learn, but Spuul-
ding carried the two blankets In his
car when he went To tho camp on
the river yesterday. They were not
IN the car when it came time for the
homcward trip. and he said he sup
posed two young friends of his had
come and gotten them for their camp
at another spot on the river.
Three people saw him with the
| rifle last night on his way back To the
! rio Grandc. Two neighnors saw " ln
his hand when he LETT the house az
about Z O'Clock ostcnsihlv 10 look Tor
| a lost fountain pen along the river. \
| girl reported 10 the police today thnl
she saw him walking west ON Central
| avenue al sixth street ut or shorty
after : last night and that he carried
] % rifle II was his announced inten-
lion whom he left the house TO ride To
Old town In n street car; when the
prl saw him he was almost half a
milo from the corner where ordlnar-
ny h. would have taken car.
spauiding III described aa 2s years
old. : feet 10 or II inches tall, slim
somewhat stoop- -shouldered. brown
hair, biuish gray eyes, smooth-iacea
land tanned. If. as the police are IN
lclincd TO believe. the river did not re-
coive him. he is probably wearing q
IIhah suit ana light tan, hroau'
hrimmcd stctson hat.
Mr.. and Mrs. spaldlng. with Mr.
and Mrs. oliver Wellmau. oi sv'
south Arno street went To- the H''
Grande yesterday morning To camp
Thcv Intended to stay al night bn'
| the rainstorm yesterday Afternoon
decided them To return home Ih'
cnmp site was almost directly Wes'
Of Gold avenue.
rho river runs swiftly M ina
point. and Yesterday the water wa
high from the rains Wellman dur
inc the course of the day reiuarke'
that he would like 10 go In SWIM
ming. and Spalding jumped at IN
sureestion lie urged Weilman 20 y
.r with him, but the latter Net"e'
the idea.
The party returned home In spal
lding'a automobile. Leaving M''
spaidlne AT his house. Spaiding dro'
tho Welimans ome Al the Wen
man house ne snid hc had lost "a
| fountain pen and would return I
The river to look for A. He urge
Wellmnn 10 return with him for
"dip." hut Wellman declined. re
mindinr spaldlng that more thnn on
outing had ended in drowning &C
cident.
SpaldinE left his car az a saras
and went to ola AlDuuuerpne va
street car That was ~ ah"ut
o'clock. Il was his announced ~
! tention to walk along the river nah
| from old Albuquerque TO the cam
site.
Several hours passed and his fan
ure Ia return alarmed hrs. Spnldlh-
she asked MIR. Wcllman Co Heafch 10
her husband and Wellmnn enlis'r
the aid of the police. Win 'np'ni
PAT b'Gfady and othcer MHl ~
pyrnos he went 10 the river in Fl
chief Kleln's automobile.
Ncar the cnmp site Spalding's ma
shoes. coat shirt. collar aud tir WEI
found piled. with the hat on t"l
HIS underclothes were missing
gold watch and suckpin were ~ IN
clothes ana letters. together WIZ
memoranda of his insurance husl
ness.
Frmucss search FOR further clu
tn spalding's fate waR made Ih
searchers were handicapped boy dari
ness. and gave up the hunt nn'
morning.
spaIding came 90 this city about
wear ago as editor of the santa =
Trail Magazine. lie took charge
tn, marusiu, when it first appohr'
y In the capital Ito retired as edi',
10 Of the publication several m"nti
:, ,oo a., enter the Insurance huslnNs