The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-05


nosha a loving family consisting Of
father mother, three brothers and
little sister. He had had no quarrel
with his family or with any of his
friends, and left on the best Of terms
with everyone in his home town. He
never came back. And except for let
ters received from him in 1908, twenty
years ago, all direct communication
with him ceased. Then the letters
themselves stopped and for twenty
years, none Of the family have heard
directly from the missing son and
brother
Petition for appointment of an adj
ministrator, as in the case Of a loved
one dead, has just been filed in the
county court by Walter H. Blood of
Kenosha in behalf of the family, for
after the many years of waiting watch
ing and praying for the absent one,
hope of his return has been finally
relinquished.
IN Glowing Place Kept.
Throughout the long years, the pc
tition reveals that the candle was al
ways in the window to await the re-
turn of the wanderer, a seat figura-
lively at the table and a warm corner
in the hearts of those left behind
But although all, and especially the
mother, waited year after year for
the miracle of the return, it never
happened
Will-o'- the-wisp clues have been fol-
lowed across the continent, but none
of them resulted in any tangible re-
L
man came in from Salem and told the
family that Horace was, working on a
steam shovel crew at Twin Lakes. The
brothers at home hastily secured the
county but Horace was not found
Years went by. At one time Keno
shan in Denver, wrote that Horace or
Horny" as he was lovingly named at
home, was in Omaha. In 1918 or 1914
another former Kenoshan in Los
Angeles wrote that Horace had been
seen there.
Had No Enemies.
Horace Blood was the son of the
late Charles Blood, of Kenosha, who
died two years ago, and josephine A.
Blood, the widow, who now lives at
Schenectady, N. Y. Horace is describ-
with very black hair, neatly combed,
large grey eyes with black brows and
lashes. He was interested in music
and at the time of his youth in Ke-
nosha played in the band. When a
boy he Joined the -Forpaugh cir
Gus, but returned home and worked
at the N. r. Aliens tannery with his
father, who was in charge of the con-
struction work there. In 1902, when
Horace left home, he went with the
Sells company as chandelierman, for
the circus, Later he was employed
by the General Fire Extinguisher
company.
Due to the fact that he was mild
of temper, generous and free hearted,
liking to help anyone he could, &C.
cording to. the description given by his
nother, hegwas never in any trouble,
ands the mysterious silence that fol-
lowed in the wake Of his departure
is considered inexplicable. He was not
married, had no love affair so far as
any one knew and seemed Indifferent
to5theVsociety of women.
Nte slHoA Human Document.
The dispositions accompanying the
present petition have been gathered at
different points in the United States
from the members of the now scat
tered family, and themselves reveal
the touching human story of two de-
cades of search a/shattered hope.
Should by any chance Horace Blood
be living still and by any of the mys-
ferrous ways of fate this paper come
into his hands, his mother and sister
are now at 20 Arthur street, Science
tady, n. Y, his brother, Walter at $40
Pomeroy street, Kenosha, Alvin at
Aberdeen, Wash, Frank, with General
Electric company, Schenectady.
EYtracts from the dispositions ac-
companying the petition, follow:
The1depositions of the family taken
at points as far apart as Schenectady
N. Y and Aberdeen, Wash, reveal the
atfectionate regard for Horace Blood
held by his next of kin with undimin-
ished ardor for the twenty-one years
since he has been gone, and how per-
sisteistlg the family followed up every
slender elda, though each one failed
to locate qthe wandering boy through
youth to manhood.\
we hAOW VI OAS one WlIu WnOm ne
would have communicated more freely
than with US" stated the mother, Jose.
phine A. Blood, in her deposition taken
at Schenectady "He was never married
nor was there, any love affair that We
know about. In fact he seemed tc
avoid the society of women. There
never was any disagreement with Hor
ace on the part of his family He was
fond of his little sister and took great
care of her. He was generous and free
hearted and liked. to help people il
any way he could. He was mild o.
temper and never had any trouble with
anyone., We always communicated
with Horacesas long as we knew wher,
hea was, sometimes<one member of tn,
family writing and sometimes another
Tells of Remembrance.
Horace Blood's sister, in a deposition
also taken at Schenectady states: "Tht
last time I personally saw my brother
Horace was on the day he left home
March II, 1902. The last time saw
any of his handwriting on anything
t.4sthat he sent home was on long pano