The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-16

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q 3 g been known for some time
5 #thet \ (. Hyde was missing from his
Qkkfce and home In New York. but
tae n IT htdmatiom that he was III
y l1t Of the country came when
U1p apers ii New York wired rep
spres sntatiyes Of the Daily News
khak ; ) was probably on board the
housel oat Stop-Awhd1e, which ha0
let ST. Augustine Tuesday. Instruc-
tdons we're sent to get to the house
boat, see Mr.. Hyde II possible and
1ea1m Why be had left New York and
when be expected to return
Thu Sday morning Daily News
repres sntative chartered the speed
lest motor boat he could secure,
made fast, trip up the Halifax and
about eight miles up the cana.
where the Stop-Awhile was fou.ll
stuck in the mud. 1t was at low tide
and strong efforts were being made
to rel Ease the big craft by the pilo.
and captain when the little motor
boat bearing the newspaper mar
nosed up to the bank alongside the
hOusefoat.
First One On Board
When the newspaper man boarded
the craft he was met by Dam Smith,
brother of the executive secretary to
Mt. Hyde, who promptly stated that
Mr.. Hyde was not ON board and that
his whereabouts were not known TO
the members of the boat party. Per
mission to visit the lower deck and.
the cabin was denied, but Mr.. Smith
was 7fsibly excited and confused,
stating that Mr.. Hyde had left the
boat let Jacksonville, then changed
his stiltement to that Hyde had lef,.
the boat at Beaufort, S. C.. and fl
nally admitting that Hyde had
boarded the craft at Jacksonville, but
Immediately gone ashore again.
The circumstances pointed so
stronely to the fact that Hyde was
on board that fast run was made
back TO Daytona and this information
sent 70 the New York papers. At
this time special staff man for the
New York World appeared on the
scene, chartered another boat and
started up the river to find the
Stop-kwhile and, if possible, to gel
talk with Mr.. Hyde.
i Nothing was seen of Mr.. Hyde and
again it, was denied that the missing
chamberlain was ON board the boat
Hubert B. Swope, the World man, is
personally known to both Mr.. Hyde
and Mr.. Smith, neither Of whom ap
peared, and the staten ents that he
was not on board were made by
John Wiswell, father of Mrs. Hyde
Mrs. Hyde and her two daughters
were all seen on the boat, giving
3 further evidence the chamberlain wat
somewhere within the vessel.
The World correspondent returnet
to Ormond to wire the development
to his paper, and from the time he
returned to the Stop-Awhile Frida.
at daylight until late Saturday even
ing the World man and Daily New
representatives, working in conjunC
ton, kept constant guard of tn
. house boat to see that nobody left tn
vessel and that no cOmmunicat OF
, was had with the outside world.
Boat Comes South
Il. In the meantime the vessel hat
been released from her position i
the canal and floated some eigh
miles down to near the head of tn
river, where she again struck a mu
) bank and was held fast. Captain E
! -llenwood, who was passing in tn
!. Dixie, was hailed and employed t
lpull The larger boat off the bar. E.
forts to release the boat were inc
fectual during the day and Arthu
Mcdonald and his Odd Times. VIII
had been engaged by the new.
paper men. was also pressed int
J service to try and float the vesss
at high tide at midnight Friday.
These efforts also were ineffectua
but Captain EllenwOOd succeeded
pulling the boat loose during th
+ loren oon Saturday. The Stop-Awhi
O was taken in tow by the Dixie an
brought TO Daytona, tying up at tt
central bridge about o'clock Sa
urday afternoon.
d During all this time the boat We
constantly watched by the newsp
per men, working in relays, and
yNtaS nositivolv known that no DerS(