The Vanishing of Fred York

Fred York, a farmhand, who has been employed for some time past on the big Abbott stock ranch between Richland and Kennewick, is believed to have been drowned in the river Sunday evening. He left the ranch on horseback to herd some stock and the last trace found of him is where his horse’s tracks lead into the brush near the edge of the river. The horse came home without his rider which first caused the Abbott family to suspect something was wrong with their man. Also the fact that he had nearly twenty-five dollars in wages coming to him which he had not collected, made them suspicious of an accident. A posse of Richland men went down to the river to search for the missing man, but although the search was made in a systematic and diligent manner no trace of the man was found and he is still missing at this writing. Everybody in the district is of the opinion that he is surely drowned. Immigration Inspector E. L. Wells, of Walla Walla, has been notified and is endeavoring to locate the missing man’s relatives.