Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-24
WHO is He ?
This Clarence Berry the Lucky Gold
Seeker of KIondike.
Relatives in This City Hope He Is Their
Clarence E. Berry.

There are relatives living at sc Court
street in this city, of Clarence f. Berry,
who left here IA years ago for the far
West, who are hoping, almost against
hope, that the Clarence Berry, who is
reported to have made such gold finds
in the Klondike region, is no other than
one and the same. The fortunate Mr..
Berry received $4,000 from his mining
operations.
Now, is 1t possible that this is the one
who once lived in Augusta?
The members of the family are in
doubt. There is a mother still living,
who brought the boy upsfrom his child
hood There are also q br6ther. Charles,
and a sister, Mrs. L. IN evens.
"rhe reasons why Isthfhk that our
Clarence and the nsSkSorted to have
made the find are the same" said one
of the family ted journal reporter in
speaking Of \ ths subject. ARE among
others, sthesSsg Bert Getchell of Togus
who inyyears past knew Clarence well,
said that the latter had friend by the
name of Mccormack, with whom he
Mr.. Berry also had a friend of that
name, who went with him to the gold
regions, according to some of the re-
ports / have seen. While very trivially
circumstantial, i was indirectly in
formed that Clarence had been pur-
chasing heavily in mining shares some
time ago 1t was a few weeks ago,
do not recall just how many.
When Clarence left us, in 1883, he
said: L suppose l shall return if l am
homesick. But, if not, / shall never
come East until | have more money
than l have today After he arrived
at Portland, Oregon, where he had a
position already secured to him on the
'Oregonian,' newspaper published
there, he used to write to us, and when
we answered, he used to become home
sick, he said and he wanted to return.
That, / believe, was the cause of his
finally leaving off writing. 1t is some
time since we have heard from him di
rectiy, but / learned that he married
some years ago He has a daughter
three years of age.
Clarence was not, ! should say, one
who would be likely to make move
in the direction of the gold fields. He
was quiet and rather retiring.
which as the days pass by and we hear
nothing from him, combine to make
me think that this Clarence is not our
Clarence. He is spoken of as Clarence
j. Berry, q years of age. 1t was Clar-
ence e. who left Augusta, and he
would now be 81. But of course such
mistake would not be unlikely, even
if they were the same. Furthermore,
/ have seen somewhere. that it was
stated that the gold hunters parents
were living in Fresno"
why, do you suppose, If this Mr..
Berry is the one who used to live here.
that he hasn't written you?" was asked.
He was. in a certain sense, odd about
that. And it may be that he is taking
his own time and will let us know when
it suits his pleasure. OF course, hope
our Clarence is the one, but as days
pass by and we hear nothing, l begin
| to believe that there is no such luck
| for him-and us. He certainly will
send us word, soon, if he is the fortu-
| nate one"
The family will probably send out ar
inquiry by wire. today, to see if they
cannot find something definite about it
The possibility is expressed by then
that, from some reason or other, this
Clarence Berry has wished to concea
the fact of his former residence.