The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-28
Vol. XXXV. No.
NOISE OELE0N DISAPPEARED.
FORMER RESIDENT OF SITNTE-,
VANISHED IN MICHIGAN
WOODS.
Atlanta Architect Had Many ReIa.
tives and Was Well known Here
Foul Play Suspected as DeLeou
Had Much Money ON Him at Time
of Disappearance, August 9.

1Aau MUCH money on Him at Time
of Disappearance, August 9.
Inc following a Ne from the Sum
day News will extreme interest
here' where g DeLeon was we'll
known and = many relatives:
The NJ y >harleston friends and
relativ' - Mr. Noise DeLeon, who is
one - /most prominent architects.
CO .ors and builders of Atlanta,
80 mo is a native Charlestonian, are
~ Eh worried over the dispatches
|hich have reached this city that he
has disappeared in the Michigan
woods, and has not been heard Of
since August 9. The Chicago, Sagi-
nav and Michigan State police have
almost despaired Of finding him.
Mr.. DeLeon left Atlanta early in
August to visit his brother. Mr.. E. w.
DeLeon, formerly Of Charleston, and
now Of Chicago, the head of the Cas-
ualty Company of America, and a very
prominent man in the financial world.
On the 9Th Of August he left his
brothers home, 1t is understood, alone
saying that he was going on a short
visit to Saginaw, Mich, and from
there to the northern woods on an
extended fishing trip. 1t is said, ac-
cording to dispatches, that he car
ried considerable money with him.
He left Chicago on the 9th Of the
month, and nothing has since been
heard Of him. Because of the fact
that he carried a great deal of mon
ey, the Chicago and Michigan State
police fear that foul play may be the
cause Of his disappearance. The Sagi-
nav police reported yesterday that
they could find no trace Of his ever
having reached that city, and many
OF his relatives fear that something
may have happened while he was en-
route to Saginaw from Chicago. The
police Of Chicago and Saginaw, and
the Michigan State police. were CALI
ed in, and their search has thus far
been fruitless.
Many Of his relatives appear to be
of the belief that he reached Saginaw
and started out in due course of time
on his fishing trip, and that he prob
ably was accidentally separated from
his guide and lost in the fastness Of
| the forests. His health is said to have
been very good, and there seems to be
little fear that anything which may
have happened was due to natural
causes or sickness.
The missing man is about As years
! Of age His family had been residents
of Charleston for generations, and he
spent his boyhood and youth and got
his early education in this city. He
| lived for years at the corner of Smith
and Wentworth streets He is the son
| Of the late II. Fl. DeLeOn, who was
| lifelong resident of Charleston, and
10th parents Of the missing man died
here.
Mr.. DeLeon attended school here.
and when ne was about 19 or 20 years
Of age he went away for his finishing
education. 1t is thought that he went
! TO college in Virginia. He studied
architecture and entered business in
Atlanta, Ga, where he has rapidly
forged to the front until he was IN
the foremost rank in his profession in
| that city. Both he and his brother.
Frank DeLeOn, married Charleston
girls: two sisters, the daughters of the
late Mr.. b. F. Noise, who was a MEM
ber Of the prominent Charleston drug
firm Of Dowie & Noise. Mr.. DeI4eon's
fatb r, Mr.. II. H. DeLeon was d
prominent Charleston broker. and
spent his entire life in this city. He
has many relatives in South Caro-
lima, most of them being in Charles
ton and Sumter. His nearest rela-
tive in Charleston is Mrs. Ansley D.
Cohen, of Rutlcdge avenue. this city.
One of his sisters. Mrs. Felix Moses.
is now living i'm sumter and another
sister is Mrs. N.,rion Noise. formerly
Of sum .er, ana now of Atlanta. His
hrohers are Mr. +. ". DeLeon. whom
he was visiting in Chicago. and who
IS the president Il tho Casualty Com
pany cf Amoric-, c1r. y. II DeLeon.
Of New York. @1a s.. Albert DeLeon.
of Berkeley. Cal