Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1905 — Zeb Swaim’s Son Missing. [ARTICLE]

Zeb Swaim’s Son Missing.

Zebedee L Swaim, liv ng 7 or 8 Imi es n> r h if Rensselaer, is ad--1 vdrtisirg through the papers .of tbe n rth part cf »he s ate tning o locate" his son Jssse L Swir. Lst June the buy was over working in tie o’l regfojp, near Harifo d City, aid bi-s fither visited h m there* aud th it is the bat time be bei seen or heard of by any of tie family, Except tht.t a young man afterwards report c d to Mr. Swaim that be bad s j en working in South Bnl. about a month after he was at Harford City. Tbe missing boy is ab ut 20 years ol weighs ab ut 150 p rnnds has black hair and has a very consp'ciuous scar on the forehead, over the left eye, aud just at thedge of the hair. This was caus.-d by his being kicked by a horee. warn aem 11 biy, and the skull bsing fracture! left a permanent depression. His long absence, and complete failure to write has caused his parents, especially hie mother, great anX'ety and diet- ss which is only natural under the circumstances. Yet as during previc us absences he had been away f r several months at a time without Jwriti g> would be a reason, cn the other hand, for believitg be is following the same course now, and that he will u’timately return or be heard from ail right.