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Show ilVSTEILIitl IMS A I TtAH-ANt'L. TtAH-ANt'L. A WonnLled Sim Ds Alone ia tha ! We extract from the Qien Pis-' Pis-' yit'.Ji oi Tuesday evening: I A gent'.eman who came d ")wn from I Lvacslon last evening givss ui tne . lo. ioicg particulars 01 tue rmsiericus , lisappdrance and prjhab:e death vt j Mr. EowarJ Morse, oi tne firm Ot I Morse tt Aikin?. of t:it p ace: I Sjme lour or five Cays sio M-srs. ! Morse and Aikius started out in the I mountains, on horseback, to look lor eome limber. When leaving a camp one morning, some distance from me city, as Mr. Morse was m the act of; mounting hia hore, the inimal sud-j demy reared up, struck his rider al severe blow in tbe breast with one of ! his fore eet, knocking him eense:ess j and tneo fell upo him. For seme-time seme-time he lav in an unconsciou- stale, but finally recovered, mounted his horse and rode on, wnile Mr. Atfcins remained behind to transact iome buMneiS with ihe party of lumbermen. Hia bueines? completed, the latter mounted his horse and set forward at a rapid gait, expectiug shortiy to overtake his partner. part-ner. Alter riding for eome hours he was unable to overtake him, and returned re-turned to Evanston and reported the circumstances. Every man who could procure a horse at once started on a search for the missing man. Near the bead of the mill flume, several miles up in tbe mountains, traces of the unfortunate man were found horse tracks and blood. These were followed fol-lowed to ihe flume, where Morse's hat and horse wero found, and foot prints, followed by a trail of blood, were discovered retracing hii trail to the spot where bis hat and horse were found. Up to tbe present time nothing noth-ing further has been found, and it is almost positive that the poor man it dead. Mr. Morse was a pioneer of Evans-toii, Evans-toii, having settled there before rail road days. He was universally respected, re-spected, and his demise is deplored by the entire community. |
