Mr. Mingle — a young Chicago visitor who vanished in Deming

Mingle, a young gentleman from Chicago, had been staying in Deming for some weeks as a guest of Frank Whitehill ^[1][2]. He was waiting for money from home to fund his onward journey to California ^[1][2]. On Tuesday morning, he and Whitehill took breakfast together at the depot hotel; Mingle complained of not sleeping well and feeling badly ^[1][2]. That was the last time anyone saw him ^[1][2]. The money arrived that evening in Whitehill’s care, but Mingle could not be found ^[1][2]. Foul play was feared, and a thorough search of the town yielded no trace ^[1][2]. Later Wednesday night, searchers discovered a sharp-toed shoe print six miles from town, near where someone appeared to have lain under a mesquite bush, resting on an elbow ^[1][2]. Nearly every man in Deming who could get a horse or rig joined the search for the unfortunate young man ^[1][2].