. Bird lore . in short orderto hang somebody. Branchville has longbeen headquarters for a nest of criminals—about ei^ht in all. Thev ]ia\e committed The Audubon Societies 51 several murders, have robbed trains andotherwise made a reign of terror in thatlocality. The people of the communitylack courage to take the initiative in wipingthem out. That is about all we know atpresent, but we may know more later.—James Henby Rice, Jr., Secretary. Third Audubon Warden Murdered Mr. Columbus G. McLeod, of Placida,Florida, who had charge of the birds case has been secured, as the body hasnot been found.
. Bird lore . in short orderto hang somebody. Branchville has longbeen headquarters for a nest of criminals—about ei^ht in all. Thev ]ia\e committed The Audubon Societies 51 several murders, have robbed trains andotherwise made a reign of terror in thatlocality. The people of the communitylack courage to take the initiative in wipingthem out. That is about all we know atpresent, but we may know more later.—James Henby Rice, Jr., Secretary. Third Audubon Warden Murdered Mr. Columbus G. McLeod, of Placida,Florida, who had charge of the birds case has been secured, as the body hasnot been found. The Association boatwas discovered sunk, and to keep it downtwo heavy sacks of sand had been fastenedunder the thwarts. In the boat was dis-covered the wardens hat with two longgashes in the crown, which had evidentlybeen cut with an axe. In the cuts werebits of hair and considerable blood,and there was also blood found in theboat. It is supposed that the body of thewarden was sunk in the boat, but after-. HOME OF WARDEN McLEOD, NORTH END CHARLOTTE HARBOR, FLA. breeding at the north end of CharlotteHarbor, and especially the large colonyon Devil Fish Key, is supposed to havebeen murdered on November 30. was a man nearly sixty years ofage, a bachelor, who had long been aresident of the locality in which he lived,and was, from all accounts, deeply inter-ested in birds, in addition to his beingone of our most reliable wardens. TheAssociation had furnished him with PatrolBoat No. 5. Very little information regarding this ward floated out and carried to sea bythe tides, which are very strong in thatpart of Charlotte Harbor, and it is un-likely that his body will ever be found,as it is probable that it was devoured bysharks and other flesh-eating fish. It is not known certainly whether thewarden was killed because of his bird-protection work, or for some other reason,although it is surmised that robbery wasnot the cause, as the contents of his housewere not disturbed. T
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