Show sid affair about 11 on wednesday night mrs simpson tho the wife of mr V simpson of hooper w wag a aroused from her sleep suddenly it is thought by the noise of a cat she site said tramps were after her she leaped from her couch left the house and went to the house of her daughter mr mrs peter lowe from whom she tried to take one of her little children but was prevented by it its mother other Q alio 11 then returned to lier her own house woke up the boys and told them to get et up and load their firearms to shoot the tramps as they were still after her to kill her the boys got up to load their guns and iu in the meantime their mother left the house mr simpson started out after his wife but when he be reached the cattle yard he saw that bis his cows were out he ile stopped to put them in the corral and in the meantime his wife went away and anal has not b been een seen since when she went away away she took with her a little dog with a string tied to it and fastened it so it is thought to lier her own person search was immediately instituted it was kept up the balance of the night all day yesterday and to day dav but up to three this p m no tidings were obtained of the the un unfortunate fortunato lady or her canine companion Sometime ago during a spell of sickness mrs simpson Simpa ons s mind became deranged since which at different times she imagined she had killed someone and that the law officers had come to arrest lier her sometimes she fancies she is pursued by tramps or other thieves at other times she thinks she has killed quite a number of people for which she supposes she will have to be executed it appears to have been on one of these conditions of mind that she be left the house on wednesday night to which she has not yet returned to her whereabouts no clue has been obtained our informant says it is f feared eared that she has thrown herself into some part art of tho great salt lake aall and is drowned dred the family live at no very great distance from that sheet of salt water |