noon
Other searchers had been going in different directions . In one of these parties , useful , quick and wisely counselling , was Jean Pahusca . His companions were loud in their praise of his efforts . The Red Range neighborhood had received the word at noon and turned out in a mass , women and children joining in the quest . But it was all in vain . Wild theories filled the air , stories of strangers struggling with somebody in the dark ; the sound of screams and of some one running away . But none of these stories could be substantiated .