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IDAHO COUNTY FREE
PRESS
JUNE 22, 1905
Young Man Perishes
Francis Steele was a school teacher and spent the winter and early spring in
Mt. Idaho. He left Grangeville on
May 8 for Roosevelt where he expected to teach school during the summer and
assess the district for the county assessor of Idaho Co. On May 9 he appeared at
Campbell’s crossing where he was supplied with food by Warren Cook.
This is the last time he was seen.
He was directed by Cook how to follow the trail as miners and packers are
constantly passing back and forth to the mines, and no trace of Steele had been
found until Vance and Whitaker, of Roosevelt, found the assessment blanks and
school books at the mouth of Ramey creek. They
had evidently been on the ground several days as they were covered with mould.
There was a bucket that had been taken from the cabin of Tom Lynch on May
20. Lynch was fishing and had left
some grouse, fish and a lot of cooked beans in his cabin and when he returned he
found the cabin had been entered and the greater part of the food was gone.
There was a pair of gloves on the floor.
Search parties have spent several days traveling through the mountains where the
papers were found, but no trace of the unfortunate man has been discovered.
Steele leaves a wife in Portland.
IDAHO COUNTY FREE
PRESS
JULY 27, 1905
Steele’s Body Found
Miners who arrived at Warren, Monday brought the news that
the body of Francis Steele has been found near the mouth of Ramey creek which is
about a half mile from the spot where he camped and ate his last meal.
The supposition at the time of his disappearance is that he had attempted
to cross Big Creek and was drowned. Details
concerning the burial of the body have not been learned, but it is thought no
effort will be made to bring the remains out of the country.
IDAHO COUNTY FREE
PRESS
AUGUST 17, 1905
Steele’s Body
Found
Word has been received that the body of Francis Steele has
been found in Big Creek. A similar
report reached here about two weeks ago but the body then found was evidently
that of some other unfortunate. It
is said that papers and other articles on the body leave no doubt as to his
identity. Coroner Irwin and J.W.
Evans, a brother-in-law of Steele’s expect to examine the body and it will be
brought out for burial if possible.
SEPT 7, 1905
Coroner Irvin passed through Warren with the remains of
Francis Steele who was lost in Big Creek last spring.
The remains were taken to Cottonwood for interment.
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