The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-12-15
MYSTERY DEEPENs IN .D|SAPP .0|F 0'|F DOUGLAS J PAsC0||E: ]

E Sixteen days have -nsw passed since. Douglas Pascoe, son of Mr. Mrs, C. F.: Pascoe. of this town, walked of from his two hunting companions, Sidney Bills and Agus- in Urea, Wednesday evening Nov. 29h, in the vicinity of Coal Creek, in the Mule Creek section of this county, and his disappearance still remains a mystery and his present where abouts, if he is still alive, unknown.
 Acting upon the statement of a young woman, Marjorie Allen, form erly of Duncan, but at present in Douglas, that she saw and . talked with Douglas Pascoe in Douglas Sunday afternoon, December 3rd, MT. c. F. Pascoe, accompanied by UndeFsheriff Harvey Grady, vent to had an interview with the. young woman. She repeated to MT. Pascoe and Undersheriff Grady ,. the same story she had formerly told to John ny Anderson. of Clifton, and the Chief of Police of Douglas. to the effect that she was driving her car
 
 lin question when she saw Douglas Pasooe, whom she had known in Clifton and Duncan, standing on the street corner. She stopped and spoke to him and invited him for a ride and they went to Agua Prieta where they remained a little less than an hour, returning to Douglas where Douglas ~Pascoe alighted in the principal business part of town. She described the missing boy as wearing blue wool sailor mackinay coat, with the anchor emblem on the buttons. When Douglas Pascoe became separated from his compan- ions in the Mule Creek section on the day of the hunting trip he wore no coat, leaving his hunting coat in the auto which the trio had driven to that locality. Also the missing young man left his lunch in the car and a tanned lion skin which he had secured from the Phillips ranch and which he intended to bring home that afternoon. However. it is reason able to presume, that if Douglas Pascoe was in Douglas, he could easily have procured a coat in the meantime. 7 =
 So far as is known there was no reason why Douglas Pascoe should have taken this route to make his escape from the country, although Miss Allen states that he told her in Duncan recently that he intended to leave home for good. The missing young man is an adopted son.
 What motive. the young woman in Douglas would have for telling of seeing. Douglas Pascoe in Douglas on Dec 3rd, if he had not been there. cannot be fathomed. On the other hand, notwithstanding the energetic efforts made by local officers and Douglas officers, no one has been found who saw Douglas Pascoe fn the snlelter city except the young woman and the missing boy is known in that city. having served for a time in the army at that place and later worked in a local undertaking estab- Iishment
 c. F. Pascos, the father of the boy, is still of the opinion that his son became lost in the rough country on Coal Creek Wednesday evening in the heavy rain and sleet storm that ragged that night and met with an accident
 Mr. Pascos, at the head of search ing party. who will make their head quarters a the Pascoe ranch for several days. wiH continue sys- tematic search in a radius of several miles from where his missing son was last seen with the expectation of finding his remains in that loca- 1ity -
 Through the columns of the ERA MT. and Mrs. Pascoe desire to ex- press ther sincere andt heart felt thanks to the many men and women of the district who have aided and as sisted them in every way by their kindness and untiring efforts in an endeavor to locate their missing son.