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AsrHoit, Pioneer Colonizer*fof Valley, Seen In MexicoitfjI Jam* \V. Iloit, former Valley cot Imonth', but no truce of him wasellt;»n i. at ion promt ter and r* at estate owner in Saltillo. Mexico?Hoit disappear d mysteriously fromix•iSan Antonio two years agoDeputy Sh« riff Antonio Diax of SanenteAntonio declared ;n San Antonio Saturday that he saw a man he believes wasthe streetfiloit onweek.Dial said h* knew whs!** the man he sawof Saltillo lastforfound.lloitN only connection with the landfraud *a e was as a witness f r thegovernment in regard to the sale of land in Hidalgo county.The last tim he was seen was when he went in his automobile from hishome in S »n Antoio to a hotel to keep an engagement. He failed to keep the engagement, and was nlt; t seen again. ‘ leading officers to believe he had met i!'I)yI. w* *fiwIHoit well, that had growntwith f ul |da)Hs- automobile war Ialeft n the busino district of San An-bearhrecognition was j tonio.I declared his positive. lHaz said he saw’ Hoit t»n j rj the str*et ahead of him and attempted to catch up with th** man when Hoit turned into an alley and sight of him*Ir | was lost.The San Antonio officer said heIn ord* r to take over the managementof hi estate, Mrs. Hoit finally tookto ha\e him legally declared dead, ihc has never yet given up hope oft!ai h1 r*stepbutddid !1 finding him alive. The starch is stillaf*1not know whether H it saw h*m. Hesaid he had business with Hoit an.l thatHoit knew him.James \V, Hoit was an important wit-the Hm (irande Valley landHoitf1)4infraud eas;iat Kansas City about two v*«ars ago. He disappeared just before the ease was culled for trial .and a na- colonizationti nwide search for him was Instituted, j for many i state anti fedtral officers cooperating in the search. Mrs. Hoit offered a large ■ reward for his discovery and private i detectives wore employed to trail himgoing on.A Brownsville man who knew said today that Hoit hud acquaintances I in Salitillo. and that h considered it quite possible that Hoit might havegone there, though why he could notsay.Holt was one of the earliest of theagent- in the Valley and years was associated with jJohn J .Cf-nwav of .Mission. The estate still owns lands in that vicinity. He j Dwas about 65 years old. but looked much younger.HI D
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Brownsville Evening Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Mon, Sep 08, 1924
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