Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-29
McCLOUD HELD FOR BIGANIY.
Married Miss Essio Pool, of Wall
halIa, About Two Months Ago.

(Atlanta Georgian, 25th and 26th.
Investigating his application for a
loan, the local lodge Of a secret or
der to which he belongs stun bled
over what is believed to be the Sc
cret of the double life Of ]. D. Nc
| Whitehall street. He was arrested
on the information thus secured
charged with bigamy.
McCloud, who Is 5S years old, was
married in Walhalla, S. c., Novem-
Der 10, 1912, to Miss Essie Pool, a
| young girl, who has lived with him
| in Atlanta. Comm. .unication be-
| tween branches Of the secret order,
the police say, revealed informa ton
| that he had a wife in Hyde Park
Boston, who is in destitute crcum-
stances.
McCloud was arrested early this
morning by Bicycle Policeman Jane
son. Confronted with the charge, he
denied it. His girl bride of two
months became hysterical, denounc-
ed her husband as the robber of her
! happiness and threatened suicide.
Inventor of Cotton Mill Machinery.
McCloud came to Atlanta several
weeks ago from Boston. He says
that he is an inventor, dealing with
cotton mill machinery altogether,
and that his mission in the South has
to do with disposing Of his patents
to Southern cotton mills. In the
course of his trip to the South he
| lived a short time in Walhalla, where
he met and won Miss Essie Pool.
In Atlanta the task of disposng of
his patents was hard and returns
were small. He was forced to turn
to the secret order for aid, and re-
quested a loan.
The local lodge, according to Gus
tom, opened communication with his
home lodge in Hyde Park, Boston,
requesting information regarding
him. In the letter it was stated that
McCloud was living in Atlanta with
his wife
An answer came from the Massa-
chusetts lodge, declaring in surprised
tone that McCloud had a wife in
Hyde Park who had been living in
poverty since. his departure several
| months ago. A warrant for his ar
rest was issued and he was taken
this morning.
McCioud, in the city prison, re-
fuses to talk, but through his attor-
ney he denies all allegations O. big
amy. His case was called in tho re-
corders court this morning, but was
postponed and will be heard to-mor-
row morning.
Wife No. 1 Coming.
Astounded at the information tha t
her husband Is held in Atlanta on a
bigamy charge, Mrs. j. d. McCloud, :,
ic n 10
Atlanta to see for herself what she
cannot believe from others. A dis
patch from Boston to-day announced
her intention of hurrying to Atlanta.
Mrs. j. d. McClcud, OF Hyde Park >.
while declaring that she does not be-
lieve her husband would prove faith
less, according to dispatches, at the
same time unconsciously corrobo-
rates much Of the charges against
him by announcing that her hu Land
went South in August for his health
| and that she heard from him in a
letted postmarked Atlanta only three
weeks ago.
McCloud's alleged double matri-
monial life was revealed by commu-
nication between the Atlanta branch
and the Hyde Park branch Of fra
ternal order to which he belongs. In
the dispatches from Boston to-day,
| Mrs. j. d. McClud, of Hyde Park, ad-
mits that her husband is member
or a local lodge of that order and
that she has paid his dues regularly.
Still she cannot believe that he Is
guilty, but is coming South to find
out.
McCloud himself refuses to make
statement. Arraigned before Re-
corder Broyles to-day, he waived ex-
animation, and was bound over un-
der the sum Of 81 1000, to await the
action Of the grand jury. Failing to
furnish bail, he was sent to the
Tower.
Girl Wife Goes Home.
His South Carolina girl wife, Mrs.
Essie Pool McCloud, who was over
whelmed by the charges against the
man whom she married just two
months ago, has returned to he"
home. The principal witress against
McCloud in court to-day was J. r.
Ketchem, a Decatur street jeweler,
treasurer OF the lodge to which Nc
Cloud applied for loan, and whose
Investigations supplied the basis for
the charge against him.
Ketchem declared that McCloud
told him Of a wife in Hyde Park,
Boston. Correspondence with the
Hyde Park lodge was placed in evil
dence.
McCloud's attorney announced in
court that his client preferred to
make no answer at this time.
Engineer Convicted.
Cartersville, Ca, Jan. 25.--Samuel