Show Desert Desert- Clue May Lead to Lost Jurist I LOS ANGELES Aug 29 20 UA UP UP- UP A An aged prospectors prospector's story that a fellow desert wanderer Iden Identified himself as aa the lon long Judge Joseph Crater of or New York WAS wal being be be- lug ing checked today by police pollee pre pro Td S. S par to an actual l search earch for or the I Jurist The Th mysterious disappearance of Supreme Court Justice Crater has hu remained unsolved for six years since he walked out of a night club In New York and into a taxi taxicab cab never to be hoard from again The strange tale talc of seeing t the te e missing judge in the lonely Cuya- Cuya maca mountains of San Diego county county county coun coun- ty was told to Captain W. W C. C Allen of ot the police missing milling persons detail by a sunburned prospector who identified as I Lucky Black- Black elt 65 Although the description of the prospector claiming to be Judge Judie Crater tallied In many respects respect with that of ot the missing mining jurist police were reluctant nt to start search until convinced Blackett actuary had seen seth the judge Although said he contacted contacted con con- the prospector claiming l to be Judge Crater only lost last week San SanDle Dle Diego o police reported he had told the same story there 10 days day ago Informed Captain Allen Anon that hat he met the other prospector while crossing creasing a mountain p pass s with his ils burros burro He said uld they stopped topped to chat for a few minutes We sat aro around nd a campfire and the big fellow said laid to me Tm rm that supreme court justice who disappeared disappeared disappeared six Ix years yearl ago alO in New York recalled said laid his chance aCQua acquaintance acquaintance n- n tance told him that he was done with civilization One more year I and they will think I am dead Captain Allen wired John J. J Seery of the New York police department for tor a description of ot the missing milling judge and other details detail of the cue case |