FL FL - Columbus McLeod, 60, Placida, 30 Nov 1908

[PFF]

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77727596

 

[CastlesBurning]

Apparently, there is a historical plaque in his honor in Florida --

http://www.hmsoa.org/counties/item/72268-columbus-g-mcleod-protector-of-plumed-birds

 

[Coffee56]

Above links no longer working.

Game Warden Columbus G. McLeod

 

[PayrollNerd]

Above links no longer working.

Game Warden Columbus G. McLeod

I'd say he found the egret hunters and they would have had an axe to kill the birds. But why hunt egrets? Cayo Pelau Island is a very remote area. He should not have been alone.
Bio

• Age 63
• Tour Not available
• Badge Not available

Incident Details

• Cause Assault
• Weapon Edged weapon; Axe
• Offender Not available

Game Warden Columbus McLeod was presumed to have been murdered while enforcing game laws in Lee County, Florida.

He was searching for egret hunters at Cayo Pelau Island when he disappeared. His boat was found sunk with sand sacks tied to it and his hat was located nearby with two axe chips, blood, and hair on it. His body was never located.

National Audubon Society game wardens were appointed by the Florida governor to enforce state game laws but were employed by the society.

Reflections for Game Warden Columbus G. McLeod
Rest in peace Game Warden McLeod.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
November 28, 2019

Reportably officer was 63 and was a Deputized by desoto County florida Sherriffs office.
A Columbus McLead serv ed in the CSA 8th Florida Infantry Regiment [US Civil War]
TF
researcher
June 13, 2019

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9
Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

May 30, 2019

 

[PayrollNerd]

There's a preserve named for him in Lee County, FL.

Preserve

This 9-acre island on the Caloosahatchee River is named in honor of Columbus G. McLeod, an Audubon warden in the early 1900s who was dedicated to protecting bird rookeries in Charlotte Harbor and the surrounding areas. He disappeared in 1908 and was presumed murdered by plume hunters. His death, along with an Everglades Audubon warden who was murdered a few years earlier, contributed to a national campaign to end plume hunting and the once-popular fashion of wearing feathers.

 

[PayrollNerd]

His Find A Grave profile was taken down. I wonder why.