Charlotte Observer
The search for J.L. Condon, missing Derita road paint shop owner, gone since Wednesday of last week, was unfailing yesterday.
One clue, reported to the city police, failed to bring any results. A man, said to have been somewhat similar to Condon in appearance and of a very nervous temperament, was seen in a neighborhood of lower South Tryon Street.
The address given, however, proved to be spurious. Thought the police were told that the man had stayed at 1410 South Tryon Street, investigation shoed that there was no home at this address.
Search Futile
Welfare officers also aided in the search but found nothing to aid them and they were of the opinion that the man had gone north, possibly to his old home at Rochester, N.Y.
Mrs. Condon, herself worried to the point of exhaustion, not only from the distress of having her husband disappear but also from the financial difficulties now confronting her, she spent almost the entire day in Charlotte, hoping to get some clue that would solve the mystery.
Today, she said, she will remain at her home and try to rest. It may be, she thinks, that she will somehow hear from her husband there.
No Warning
Mr. Condon disappeared without a word of warning on Wednesday of last week. He bade his wife a casual goodbye on leaving her that morning, came to his paint shop on the Dowd road and worked part of the day.
Later, he was seen to go in their old home on Bland street and change his clothes. A friend saw him late that afternoon.
Mrs. Condon fears he may have met with foul play. He had $350 on his person when he left. Mrs. Condon is left penniless in the Derita road home.
From page 2 of the Concord Times, June 28, 1926
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