HOPE STAR
Dec 5 1930
Spends Three Days in the Swamps Without Food
FOREMAN—Tom Crawford, farmer of the Allene community nine miles east of this place (Foreman) , was lost in the woods, known as Gum Flats, from an early hour Friday morning until late Sunday afternoon.
Crawford left his home and family Friday morning for the purpose of looking for his horses which had strayed, he thought, into the bottom country between Allene and Foreman.
When he failed to return Friday night searching parties were organized. The hunt for the man was kept up all of Saturday and the greater part of the day Sunday, or until he was reported to have been found.
Crawford stated to parties here Sunday night that he had been lost the entire time. While the gum flats are only a few miles in width, they extend north for several miles, and Crawford thinks he must have wandered up and down the swamp lands, several times, after he had lost his bearings in the dense woods.
According to Crawford, he had been without anything to eat from the time he left home until he emerged from the woods near Foreman late Sunday afternoon and came here for something to eat.
Crawford and his brother, Price, had lived together in a home near Allene. The house and practically all the contents were destroyed in a fire a few days ago. The horses for which Mr Crawford was in search had been turned from the lot at the time of the fire and had strayed from the place.
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