Show VERGING ON INSANITY The Survivors Were found In a Most Pitiable Condition Missoula Mont Nov 25It is indeed In-deed a harrowing and true tale that comes from the little mountain hamlet of Kendrlck Ida to the effect that the Carlin party was found more dead than alive minus Colgate the cook whose pitiful abandonment was necessitated sitated In order that the remainder might be saved The MIssoulians correspondence 4 cor-respondence is to the effect that a courier arrived at Kendrick at 5 oclock this morning bearing the startling announcement an-nouncement that the party except Colgate Col-gate had been found by Lieutenant Elliotts relief corps on the middle fork of the Clearwater a hundred and thirty miles from habitation famished and without horse or provisions barefooted Ii bare-footed only the soles of their shoes < remaining and scant of clothing Hemmed in by the interminable and 1 impenetrable snow banks after several attempts to escape the party became 7 resigned to their fate trusting to Providence for relief Another tirysi hour would have discovered their frozen remains Lieutenant Elliott found the men verging on insanity and every hope gone He was horrified to learn that Colgate was still behind owing to his inability to keep up to the party This necessitated the sending of additional search for Colgate though Carlin believes be-lieves it to be too late and that he will not be found alive The leaving of Colgate Col-gate is said to have been the most try leg ordeal of the expedition t The rescued and rescuers are expected pected to arrive at Kendrick on Monday Mon-day or Tuesday of next week They are still a long distance from that point and many hardships will yet have to be encountered before the rescue res-cue can be termed a complete success |