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KENDALL COUNTY, NEWS
COMFORT, Texas, Sept. 30 -- Miss Katie Matter and Eddy Lindsey were married Sunday at noon at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Matter. Justice of the Peace Chas. R. ?ehiltinger officiated. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Matter and is a favorite. The groom is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lindsey. They will live on their farm in the Holliday Creek Neighborhood.
MISSING MAN IS FOUND
DEAD IN CLUMP OF BUSHES
John S. Thompson Disappeared from Comfort, Tex. over Two Months Ago. Wife Lives In This City.
After several months' search by relatives and authorities of Kendall County for information that would lead to
the whereabouts of John S. Thompson, a paperhanger and painter who lived in Comfort for several years, the body
of the man, in a badly decomposed condition, was found yesterday morning by Otto Slack Jr. in a clump of bushes
on his father's ranch a few miles from Comfort. The wife of Thompson is thought to be living in this city, and
so effort is being made to locate her.
Thompson, who was known in this city, disappeared from his home in Comfort, on July 14, and since his whereabouts
became unknown several searching parties have been made up by citizens of that place, and long tours made of the
surrounding country. The police of San Antonio have kept a lookout in this city for the missing man.
Young Slack, who was driving some horses at the time, found the body by a mere chance. One of the horses in the
herd persisted in running in and out the clump of bushes, and finally stood in the center of the clump until young
Slack came to drive him on. The horse he was riding shied and refused to enter the bushes. The young man dismounted,
and going to where the other horse stood, found the body, lying at full length fully clothed. He rode to Comfort
and notified Constable Robert Stabmann, who with several other men, who knew Thompson, rode back to the scene.
A pocketknife and some other articles found in the pockets were identified as belonging to Thompson by members
of the party. The shoes and hat worn by the dead man bore the mark of a merchant in Comfort. The head, which in
some manner had become severed from the body, was found several feet away, in the edge of the clump of bushes.
After examining the corpse and removing the articles from the pockets, Constable Slahmann immediately notified
Sheriff Sauer at Boerne, who is investigating with hopes of finding some clue that may lead to the cause of death.
Besides his widow, Thompson is survived by two daughters, one living in California, and at the time of his disappearance
she came to Comfort and aided in her father's search, which covered a large area of Kendall County.
RATTLESNAKE VICTIMS RECOVER
BOERNE, Tex., Sept. 29 - Mert Payne, who was bitten twice on the hand a few days ago, by a large rattlesnake, is
now recovering; also the little daughter of Mrs. T. C. Hughes, who resides on the Hughes ranch, near Boerne, was
bitten on the foot last week by a rattlesnake but is also about entirely recovered.
San Antonio Express, Sept. 30, 1920 - Transcribed by AJ
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