Show so MISSING PILOT PHOT DIED in AIR MAIL CARRIER apparently DIED INSTANTLY WHEN SHIP HIT INTO MOUNTAIN natural camouflage of trees baffled search learch from above thousands Thoua ands were on hunt for misting missing aviator belle fonts fonte pa the fm frantic antic search earch f for or charles amese ame air mall mail pilot who disappeared several days ago BO ended on nittany kittany Nit tany mountain six miles northeast of bellefonte belle fonte when the body of the birdman was found in his wrecked plane which had crashed against the side aide of the mighty hill A A party of searchers ono one of the thousands who tramped the tha hills and valleys brince ames was reported lost came upon the wreck wreckage aire ames amea body bearing only a few br bru itea ulmos w waa found in the cockpit of the ship nature conspired to keep the fato fate ortho of the birdman unknown for when the wrecked ship of the air was found it was discovered that four kings of the forest broken off when the plane crashed into them had formed a perfect cover under those them four big trees completely shrouded rested the wreckage o containing the tha pilots body word of the find spread through the mountains like wildfire and within a short time hundreds of searchers together with air mail officials from the belle fonte field wore were on the scene the body lifted from the cockpit pi t was brought to bollo belle fonto and taken to an undertaking establishment that ames met instant death was the belief of the air mail officials ills hla face was badly bruised but the body contained few other marks the point where amos ames crashed Is densely wooded it was evident that the pilot flying low crashed into the four trees the plans plane coming to a stop atop against the trunk of a fifth th trees closed in upon the tha wreckage making it impossible for the air men who have searched this entire region i to locate tho the spot where ames mot met death ames was on his court and was waa near the hecla light deacon for airmen when he met his fate over the point where hl his 5 body tested in the debris other a airmen r 1 have passed each day flying aas east ama and west with their cargoes of mall mail for new york and chicago the shipment of mail in ames plane was wa intact and shortly after it was removed from the wreckage it was on its way west in a plane piloted by F B hill for several days the search for ames had centered in the clarion region west of bollo belle F fonto onte where thousands of volunteers pennsylvania national dional guardsmen guardsman guards men and aviators combed a wide area in the belief that the pilot fell in that district little hope was waa held that he would be found east of belle fonte one party of six led by two men named yarnell and started up the west slope of the mountain fighting their way through the heavy underbrush and dense woods the searchers pushed their way toward the crest near the top buried under the trees they found the wrecked plane the searchers rushed forward A moment later silence ro replaced the shouts of members of the party for there in the cockpit could be seen the life lifeless lesi form of ames amea |