El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-13
4. B. Stevenson.
LOST IN HILLS
Drives to the Organ Noun
tains With Bride and
Disappears Sunday.


Horace 2. stevens. f.. IS lost in the
Organ mountains Of New Mexico and
searching parties are looking for him
in all Of the canyons and peaks OF the
New Mexico range
Went HuatinE Saturday.
With his wife. Horace drove TO the
OrEzn mountains Saturday afternoon to
spend Sunday hunting deer in the
mountains. They camDed near the foot
Of the mountain Saturday night and
Horace started up the side OF one Of
the peaks Sunday morning TO search
for deer Because OF the steepness OF
the trail Mrs Stevens stayed in the
automobile. He took his deer gun
with him and carried both Matches ana
a compass They expected to return
Sunday night
speat Night in Car.
Mrs stevens sat IN the car all day
Sunday expecting her husband TO re-
turn. when IT grew dark and he had
not returned. she went TO the Beasley
ranch and got Miss Beasley to stay with
her in the automobile Sunday night.
Nothing was seen nor heard Of Horace
during the day or night, no shots
could be heard from his gun and no
smoke WaH seen on the mountain as II
he might be trying TO signal
Monday morning Ms Stevens tried
to crank the automobile but was unable
to make the engine run. 1t was dragged
10 the Cox ranch at San Augustine by
cow boys from the 41G1eA6l LaAANA anu
repaired 90 Ms Stevens could drive It
to Las Cruces to give the alarm. Al
though she had never driven car be-
fore, she drove the entire distance 20
Las Cruces alone and telephoned TO h
B. Stevens at FL Paso.
Cowboys Search Hills.
In the meantime COW men from the
surrounding ranches started a search
for the missing Fl Paso boy, but could
find no trace % him in any part Of the
eat uH-N raH
Mrs Stevens in Las Cruces Monday
evening at o'clock. NJ 3. Stevens, an
uncle OF the boy. and ". W Cox, owner
OF san Augustine ranch, organized
party OF 50 cowboys and others 10 90
to the mountains early Tuesday morn
ing to search for the missing young
man r p Stevens, father OF Horace,
and Charles 3 Stevens, his uncle, left
at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning for Las
Cruces IN H 3. Stevens's National car
and Joined the searching party that had
been organized at Las Cruces They
left there at 10 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing and are making a systematic search
for Horace in the peaks and canyons
Of the Organs
Another party left for the organ
mountains Tuesday before noon II " as
headed by Alfonso kenison. Of Calves
ton, who is a friend Of the stevens fam
lily and who happened 70 be here Tor
conference with n b. and C. B. stew
ems on insurance business He was ac-
ccmpanied BIZ n W Parker Wyeth
Doak and an automobile driver
Fear He r. Injured.
His parents fear that he has either
fallen into one or the many deep can
yons in the mountains or had acci-
dentally shot himself with the deer
gun he vas carrying when he left his
wife Having visited his uncle in Las
Cruces and hunted in the mouEtains
many times, Horace IS familiar with
the trails and peaks and ir Is not be-
lieved that he is lost. but rather has
met with an accident
He was married in july 20 Miss Mar
zaret EinnOl and Is associated with
his father and uncle in the real estate
business He f. a graduate OF Wes-
leyan university at Middleton, Conn,
where he belonged 10 one OF the lead
inE college fraternities-
Mrs. Horace Stevens, r., is at the
home OF \. B. Stevens a. Las Cruces.