The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
SEARCH IS MADE
FOR M. C. BOOTH
Man Prominent in Social
Circles Disappeared
Two Weeks Ago.
LEFT UNUSUAL NOTE

"See you in heaven or hell" was the
message scrubbed on piece of note
paper and left by NJ c. Booth, who is
strangely missing from Kenosha and
for whom search is now being made.
Booth has been missing for more than
two weeks and it was admitted today
that his associates in business are
apprehensive on account of the fact
that they can learn nothing of his
whereabouts.
The missing man formerly made his
home at the Elks Club here and he
was the Chicago manager for George
X. Watson & Co., Philadelphia ac-
countants and auditors. AS the Phil
adelphia company had large contracts
for audits in Kenosha, Booth had been
making his permanent home in this
rect the operations of the company
here. He was widely known to men
who make up the club life of the city
and among these men his strange dis
appearance has caused profound
sensation.
Companions Are Reticent.
The George K. Watson company is now
in charge of auditing the books of the
Kenosha lodge of Elks and the Keno
sha Elks association, the annual audit
having been arranged for by Booth
who was one of the youngest of the
members off the local lodge. Members
of the staff of the company in charge
Of the audit were reticents this morn
ing wien asked in regard to the dis
appearance of Booth
eve can not tell you anything be-
cause we do not know anything" said
one of the members Of the auditing
staff. Booth disappeared from Keno
sha little over two weeks ago; this
much we know and this is all we know.
We have heard nothing from him with
the exception of the note he left when
he disappeared and this was not in
the nature of forwarding address.
We have tried to get some line on him
but we have as yet had no success.
We have no theories in regard to the
! case. All we know is that Booth beat
it and there our knowledge stops"
Well Liked in kenOSha.
Booth is SO years of age and de-
cidedly likeable chap. he came to Ke-
nosha unknown to the people of the
city and in short time he won a
place for himself. He has a wife in
Chicago but it is declared that Mrs.
Booth has heard nothing from her
husband A report was in circulation
today that Booth had been found in
| Chicago but the officials of the audit
company which had employed him de-
clared that this report was an error.
1t is said that Mrs. Booth has been in
close touch with the officials of the
company in an effort to find some
trace of her husband.
Records Are Clean.
Booth had been employed by the
Philadelphia company for the past
four years and his success in the work
had prompted the officials of the COM
pany to put him in charge of the i'm
portant Chicago district some time
ago. He had secured number of
large contracts in Chicago and sur
AOAhNAhS S1Ilcos IL Is duHlGCeQ IHdI
Booth had been discouraged with some
of the work he had been doing and
that managers of the company had
come to Kenosha from Philadelphia to
| confer with him only few days be-
fore his disappearance from Kenosha
The employees of the Watson COM
pany were emphatic in the statement
that the records of Booth as an en-
ployee and manager for the company
were entirely clean and that the com
pany had no reason to search for him
save the desire to clear up the mys-
terry of his disappearance. A new man
has been placed in charge of the work
of the company in the Chicago district.
Do Not Hint at Suicide.
The friends Of Booth in Kenosha
make no hint Of suicide in connection
with his disappearance. It is said that
when: he left Kenosha Booth had a
bounteous supply of money and that
there was no reason to suspect that
he might have met with foul play
tits just mystery" said one of
Booths close personal friends today
II can not offer any explanation"
Booth is declared to have been well
known in business and club life in Ke-
nosha and he held membership in
many organizations. He was thirty
second degree Mason and was active
Al of L.