Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-02-08
BROKER'S STRANGE FREAK.
Trains and Automobiles Used i'm
Searching for Him.
(Npwa and COurier.0

he ht jumped from South-bound
train No. 80, at Kings Mountain, \.
c., and later jumped from another
train, with $4,000 worth of Rock
Island Railroad bonds in his posses
sion, was located last night at Toe
cane, \. c., by Judge E. C. Kontz, OF
Atlanta, who is attorney for Cuyler,
and d. ID. wilkins, sheriff of Cleve-
land county, North Carolina.
Judge Kontz asked the sheriff to
assist him in his search for his friend
and client. There was absolutely no
charge Of misconduct against the
wealthy broker, but his peculiar ac-
tions caused officers to detain him.
Jumped Twice from Train,
Cuyler first jumped from train at
Kings Mountain and was Jailed as a
suspicious character. AS security, he
save the $4,000 in bonds. He was
released, his bonds returned and he
was eli route back to his home in
Atlanta, when again he mysteriously
disappeared from the train After a
pursuit OF over 100 miles in an effort
to catch the man, he was finally To-
Gated at Il late hour last night at
Toecane, ~ G..
This search, partly made in an au-
tomobile and part on special train.
was most exciting, and authorities Of
five North Carolina counties Joined
in the endeavor to capture Cuyler.
Arriving at Alta Pass, ~ c., last
night, they obtained lodging and left
there this morning for this city. She
riff wilkins and Judge Kontz took
the man to local hotel, where he
is at present resting.
Miles from Railroad.
In speaking with representative
of the press tonight, Mr.. Cuyler said
that after he had escaped from the
train that the first thing he remem-
bcred was, on regaining conscious
ness, he found himself bathing his
face in mountain stream, several
miles from the spot where he left the
train, lie had no recollection what
ever Of what happened from the time
he lost consciousness until he real
lied that he had wandered for miles
from the railroad.
He said that he jumped from the
train in the belief that it was about
to stop, and because he wanted to
send telegram to his mother, Mrs
Henry Hunt Smith, in Atlanta. lie
struck his head, he said, and lost con-
sciousness.
Chase After Missing Man.
Judge Kontz went to Shelby, n. c.,
| upon learning that Cuyler had been
arrested there on suspicion. Upon
arriving, however, he found that Guy
Ter had been released and had left.
Cuyler took Seaboard Air Line
train, but jumped off at Bostick, n.
c. He then took a train on the Car
olina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad
for Spartanburg, but left it and took
another for Johnson City, Tenn.
Judge Kontz and Sheriff Wilkins
followed the train part Of the way in
| All automobile and tclegraphed to
| every village along the railroad to
hold Cuylcr. At Alta Pass Judge
kontz chartered a special train. They
found Cuyler at Toccane, in the GUS
| tody OF officers.
Injuries Sustained.
n 1pn nc1y
men not to talk to the man for too
long a time, as he was i'm fcarfully
nervous condition, and suffering
physical pain from the bruises receiv-
ed in falling from the trains. He is
badly cut in the head and his leg is
also hurt. His hands show signs of a
bad fall and his general physical con-
dition is very weak. However, he is
perfectly rational at present.
! Cuylcr's Troubles Multiply.
| Atlanta, Feb. 2.--Telamon Smith
| Cuyler, who led his friends A lively
chase through the Carolina noun
| tains. after he jumped off Soutn-
| crn Railway train last Sunday, only
| to be rccapturcd at TOccanc. n. c.,
| on the Tennessee line. was brouGht
to Atlanta this morning and placed
temporarily in sanitarium.
Cuylcr's dcmentia is belic"cd by
| his friends to be due to worry over
| financial matters, and this bcliac was
! strengthened to-day when it was
learned that he probably must face
an investigation OF a recent cotton
deal, in which Canadian Cottons, Lin
tied, Of Montreal, is reported to have