Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
CUYLER LOCATED.
FOR HIS WIFE
BY WOMAN
farmers Spouse Located Geor-
gas Famous CosmOpolite AZ
ter SIeuths Failed,

oped to-day that a woman, indigo
nous TO the red hills Of Jones County,
succeeded where detectives of the
worlds most famous agencies failed
in informing Mrs. Grace Barton Guy
Ter Of the whereabouts of her hus-
band, Telemon Cruger Smith Cuyler,
Georgia's most famous cosmopolite
and delitante, after sleuths had
sought him in vain everywhere from
the widest regions of war-torn Mex
leo to the gayest boulevards Of Paris.
The woman is Mrs D. b. Chiles, a
neighbor of Cuyler, and she is a
friend of Mrs. Cuyler in the divorce
action inaugurated by her in Califor-
mia courts after the quest for the
cosmopolite proved vain and his wife
was compelled to serve notice of her
suit by publication.
Mrs Chiles is not a woman de-
tective of the type now so favored by
fiction writer's. She is the wife of
Jones County farmer and has prob
ably never seen a sleuth, but she has
a well-developed power of reason
ing.
Finds Him at Plantation.
Two weeks ago when she received
letter from Mrs. Cuyler asking her
to try to find from Jones County
sources the present abiding place of
the much sought-fo husband, she
took the rather prosaic method OF
gathering the information by going to
ffTElaTfG homo af1A inn
her own eyes, Then she went to the
Wayside telegraph office and inform
ed Mrs Cuyler by wire.
According to Mrs. Chiles' infor-
nation, received from Mrs. Cuyler,
Cuyler has been playing hide-and-
seek with officers endeavoring to
serve him with the notice of divorce
proceedings for months. She had re-
ports that he was hiding in Mexico,
that he had caused letters of his to
her to be mailed from San Francisco
to throw the sleuths off the trail,
that he had gone to Europe or was
making trip 10 the Orient.
Perhaps Mrs. Chiles reasoned that
If a cosmopolite and a dilettante
wanted to hide, obviously the best
place for him to secrete himself would
be his Jones County cotton planta-
ton, for cosmopolite is supposed to
be anywhere but at home
Perhaps she didn't reason at all,
but she found the Cosmopolite seated
on the front verdanda of his ances-
trial hall and he was turning his toes
out to greet the glow of the sun, as is
customary for Jones County farmers
to do.
In letter received from Mrs. Guy
Ter yesterday Mrs. Chiles was told
of the long chase Of Cuyler. Accord
ing to Mrs. Cuyler, the probability of
divorce was first discussed at a CON
ference between her husband and At
torney Powers her counsel, in the
latter part of 1912 in Alameda, Cali
fornia, where Mrs. Cuyler now is with
her mother, Mrs. John Barton. No
decision was reached at that time
and Cuyler soon left for Calexico
Cal, on the Mexican border, where
he had organized the Southern Cot
ton Company to grow long staple cot
ton on a vast plantation just across
the United States line.
Il don't know what he did there -
writes Mrs. Cuyler, but l am told
chat his extravaganza was shocking.
Anyhow, l Know that he left there N
a hurry"
This she found from officers she
had sent to serve the divorce papers,
having decided on this action after
their Alameda conference A copy
of the summons was sent to CaIexico,
but according to the officers Cuyler
promptly disappeared across the Dor
der and the sheriff had to return
with the papers not served.
Later he was traced, according to
Mrs. Cuyler's information, through
Arizona and then East to New York.
She had also been told that he wa s
reported variously in Europe and the
orient
Leading Life of Recluse.
About two weeks ago, according
to Mrs Chiles information, on the
birthday of Telemon Cuyler, Jr., the
ve-year-old son of the torn pair. a
package Of presents was received at
the California home of the mother.
1t was addressed in Cuylers hand
writing and postmarked San Fran
CISCO. Wayside people say that Guy
Ter has been at his mothers planta-
tier for at least three weeks.
How much longer he has been
there they do not know. Since his
return he has been leading the life
Of a r6ciuse. On his former visits
to his Jones County place he made
daily trips to the Wayside Station
and showed considerable interest in
discussions, so universal on the
Porches of rural general stores.
Cuyler is taking the news of the
proceedings with the utmost non
chalance. He apparently is in NJ
hurry TO decide on the exact nature
of his action in the matter.
The affair is very complex" he
says, and very interesting, too, no
doubt" he added as an afterthought.
u may come to Atlanta in a few
weeks to consult my counsel. l
hardly know exactly when. In the
meantime l am very busy here. Our
farming is quite extensive and 1 am
preparing to build a new house. In
4act, ! have drawn the plans myself
M will superintend the construc-
ton. Then the fish are biting splen-
didly now and l spend an hour or so
each day with my rod. Ny days are
thus rather completely employed, and
this matters coming up may alter
my present plans. AS l said before,
it has many sides. 1t 10 extremely
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