Show Worker Friend Shoot Grand Canyon Rapids Safely Companion Disappears ny fly Untied Press ruu rr LOS ANGELES July 16 A 16 A strange story of how bow he lie and n a companion William E. E Payne had shot tb the Grand canyon rapids of the Colorado river and how after reaching the shore In safety Payne apparently perished In the thc rocky gorge gorce was told by James K It Ervin today as he sought aid in finding relatives of his lost Jost companion com com com- panion Ervin EnIn told police that he be and Payne left Boulder dam where both were employed for tor Denver but that their car broke down pear near Laguna N. N M. M boat Finding a motion picture prop on the banks of the river they at- at v tempted to negotiate the gorge but the frail craft was ilS overturned After a struggle Ervin Enin said they managed to reach a shelf helf along th the river bed but Payne was too exhausted exhaust exhaust- ed to go farther Ervin then climbed a n foot too vaIl wn all requiring more than seven cn hours of labor tr trudged twenty miles to an Indian village and was taken to Peace Springs Ariz Aria where a searching party was organized Upon their return to the rivers river's edge Payne had disappeared and no trace of at him was found Ervin said he thought Payne had hada a wile wife and son living in Denver and anda a Do law mother moth r In Glendale CaL CaLn n |