Arizona republican., 1908-10-10
A MYSTERY
 CLEARED UP John Noble WhODiSappeared Last Spring is In Africa Seen In England by Geo. Hough Smith Who Re turned Yesterday.

i John Noble whose mysterious dis 1 appearance from this community early 1 this year created a great sensation and ! concerning whose personal safety there has been much speculation, has been found. interviewed, and the mys- tery cleared up, except as to the rath- CT unusual course of reasoning that led to his rather unusual actions. And as to that no one probably knows eX- cept himself and again, it is perhaps no one else's business. He is now presumably in South Africa for a-more
 or less temporary residence, depending
 on circumstances. and has not indi-
 acted whether it is his purpose to re-
 turn to Phoenix or not. The story is
 an interesting one, the information
 being brought to Phoenix yesterday
 by George Haugh Smith, superintend-
 ent of the capitol grounds, who with
 Mrs Smith has just returned from a
 summer visit spent chiefly in England.
 They left here May 16, accompanied
 by Mrs. Noble who went to England
 also to spend the summer with rela -
 tives. and who returned with them as
 far as Winslow, Arizona, where she
 stopped to attend to some matters of business.
 To make the story clear to those
 who were not here at the time, it is
 stated that Mir Noble is the man who
 built to its present partially finished
 state. the large concrete business block on the corner ot Adams an ( First streets in this city. This enter prise reaching its most critical stage about the time the panic of 1907 swept the country. involved MT. Noble in financial tangIe that quite olnbarrass- ed him. The public was much sur prised one day to learn of his sudden departure for parts unknown, the more so because there was no occasion for doing so except of his own clloos- ing. as there was nothing in his af- fairs of a criminal nature or anything that would necessitata his keeping pu; 1f sight for his own welfare. He an- nCupced to his intimates Jn : that he Was going to New Mexico on business in connection with his sheep interests, and had with him at the time some money though not a very large amount. probably much less than was rumored. He did not inform his fam fly beyond the facts stated above and when a telegram was received from New York that he had been stopping at certain hotel, had left suddenly and might have been murdered for what money he had on his person, there was much uEeasiness. All ef- forts of the New York police to To- cate him were unavailing. An in- csting and unexplained incident of his visit in New York, was that he had bought a steamer ticket to Argentine republic in South America. had left it at the hotel and never called for it.
 Mrs Noble was naturally very much worried and was advised by her chill dren to take a trip to her former home in London and visit her mother whom she had not seen for years. Learning that Mir. and Mrs. Smith were about to embark on a similar journey she made their acquaintance and arranged to travel with them. Arriving in New York she met the house detective of the hotel Mir. Noble had made his headquarters. recovered the unused steamer ticket to Argentine and gath cred such other facts as she could from the detective who told her the last seen of her husband was when he took the ferry announcing that he was going to Philadelphia for a couple of days.
 On the advice of the detective she visited the office of Cook & Sons. the notable steamship and tourist excur- efo ho Mir Noble had left a sum of money on deposit and drawn part of it. They could not tell whether the rest had been drawn from some of their agen- cies in other cities and advised her to communicate with their central of flee in London to which all reports are made. She then continued her journey to England with Mr and Mrs. Smith
 Arriving in London she learned at the Cook agency that two additional drafts had been drawn against the ac- count of MT. Noble, in Ontario, Can ada On the advice of MT. Smith she wrote to the Ontario bank through which the business was transacted. | enclosing a picture of NIT. Noble and inquired if their patron in any way resembled the picture. It chanced that the very morning the letter and pie ture were received in Ontario, Mir. No ble walked into the bank again. An official called him to one side and showed him the letter and picture. He at once that he was the person sought and seemed quite pleas ed that his people should still be in terested in him, but was surprised to learn that Mrs. Noble was in England. He at once cabled her and arranged to meet her soon as possible in Liver pool, which he did. He had been wis iting a brother in Ontario.
 From there they went to visit the relatives of Mrs. Noble in North Ian cashire and in Lincolnshire, passing