The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-03
Kept Record Of Crank, Latter
Sending Letters to Police.
OTHERS HAVE ANNOYED HER.
Claims She Is Mother Of His SIX ChIldrsu,
and Asserts Jay Gould Robbed Hin
Of His Rights.

New York. Juus 3-James II. Anderson
was arraixned before Police Justice Tay-
lor. OF Irvington. who committed him to
the White Plains jail yesterday. Andsr-
son 10 well educated. but appears to 10
insane over Helen Gould. who he claims
II his wife. His hair 10 slightly gray,
and he has small blonde mustaohe.
Miss Gould keeps q record OF all the
cranks who annoy her. Her secretary
has bookful OF their Names. and An
oerson Is about No. IsS. he wears gold
weighs about 40 pounds On his waist
coat IL a silver soldisrs shield. with two
cross swords, bearing this inscription:
L. Anderson. Captain Company k
Fifth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry"
Miss Gould today sent TO the jail eight
love letters which Anderson had written
Sorsed I on a each % s%veiops Ss Crank Ss naG Xndsr en-
son." and numbered them consecut lively.
sx were written on the Manhattan hotel
pie In Western cities were also found in
her possession. Anderson said today,
when seen In his cell
Mis-. ooad sent Mhd 70 i. %S ws Hs1 rS.
name Is Helen Miller Gould Anderson
My going TO. the island was all pre-
aGLranased Gasa and preconcsvted; as Miss
OF humanity ! am acting under the
Helen Gould in Kansas City first: we
by Catholic priest sne Is the mother
OF six children. Jay Gould and were
interested In mining and railroad stocks
cause he was my friend. He got II all
and now / am poor"
EFFUsIvE LOVE LETTERS.
Extracts from some OF the letters, sew
eral Of which contain twenty pages OF
writing, follow:
ST Louis. Mo-. Oct: 10. 1901
Helen Gould Anderson. Ny Loved ana
Two years ago our father said to me,
II am yours at last" The literal mean
He will tell me some time OF the
real happiness. / used to worry over IL
and I finally forgot It until really did
(sisnsd) YOUR OWN 4-s-7.
My Darling Wife:
I have started from Twsnty-sixth street
four miles from the road j should have
taken, and then l must have Travelled LED
spiritual deception has been practiced so
much upon the prospecting as to deceive
you and me- YOUR OWN.
My Own Dear One: am at Lincoln.
ILL., I had to walk here. Our father
seemed to say put the terminal on the
east side OF the bay. Your own.
Irvinston. May Is. isa.
My Own Loved Wife: I inclose dia-
gram Of our property. Iyndhurst. at Irv-
ington. I have decided. with your
accord and permission. to lay out
a city on II. making tie central
part OF 1t north and south OF the west
line and running nine miles north and
south OF the Hudson river and the other
nautical points, Ever your hpsband
The map is nve long and three feet
wide. and In the centre Is a house mark
ed "Lyndhurst." and on which Ander-
son has written: This the central point
Of the world for. my wife. Helen Miller
Gould Anderson"
DELUsION AN OLD ONE
Hutchinson. Kos, June S-James 81,
Anderson's home Is Newton, Kas. In
early life he was a commercial traveller
and became prominent as Western real
estate boomer He was once worth
Sl00,000 but went broke when tho crash
came in the Kansas boom.
Broodng over fallen fortunes has told
on his mand and he has been mentally
unbalanced different times In the last Few
years. especially since the death OF hie
wife three years ago.
Anderson blames his losses to certain
people In Newton. Hallucination that he
II the husband OF Helen Gould Is an old
one.