Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-05-06 | Page 2 | Youths from Draper Sought by Parents

YOUTHS FROM 0RAPF.fi SOUGHT 8! PARENTS Carelessly Spoken Words of Teacher Believed to Have Caused Their Departure. Seeking bis son. Harmon Atwood, fifteen fif-teen years old. who, with two othor boys of his own age, Joe Jonas and Hanco Ncllson, ran away from homo Monday afternoon, J. F. Atwood, accompanied by his brother. Edward Atwood. come to Salt Lako from Draper Tuesday afternoon and I instituted search for the Itinerant youths Tho lads were reprimanded by their school teacher for failure to report lo him May day, although there was no school that day, and tho threat was made, but not In earnest, to have them sejit to tho 1 reform school for their violation of the rules. As a sort of a punishment they were retained a little late after school Monday afternoon, and when they were allowed to go they did not. return home, but disappeared, two of them coatless Parents and neighbors searched for thoin most of Monday night, but unavalllngly. Thinking that they may have eomo to Salt Lako tho father hurried here Tuesday Tues-day and furnished tho county sheriff and police with descriptions of the missing lads. U Is feared that they have set out for San Francisco to see the fleet, but they had no money when they left and could not get far from home. Nellson s disappearance Is particularly distressing, as he Is tho sole support of his mother, who Is practically widowed, her husband being an Incurable Inmate of fho State mental hospital at Provo. The missing youths are light and wore overalls. One wore a heavy, high-topped pair of boots.