The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-26
WAS THE ONLY MAN WITH II. X.
CLARK THE NIGHT HE MET
HIS SERIOUS INJURY.
MYSTERY CONTINUES
TO SURROUND THE CASE
New York Travelling Man Who Spent
Nthe Entire Evening With Clark
Leaves Town Without DivuIsing
Anything-hirs. Rice Again Declares
Injury Was Not Inflicted in Her
House.

There were no developments in the
| Clark case yesterday which shed any
| light on how or where the Chicago
| travelling man and former st. Joseph
merchant met with his injuries on the
| night of Oct. II.
Mrs. o. G. Brown, at whose home
! Clark was Immediately before falling
unconscious, reiterated the statements
| that she made in an Interview with
a G 10 b reporter Friday night. She
stated positively that the man was
hurt before he came into her house.
life was injured when he stepped
into my parlor," said she, land the man
| who accompanied him knows that
called attention to a bruise on his
While standing at the foot of the stairs,
Clark collapsed without apparent
cause. This IS positively all 1 know
about the matter"
Was Not Pushed Down Stairs.
had been made that Clark fell or was
pushed Down the steps leading from
her house. "Such statements are abso-
lutely false and without the slightest
foundation" replied the woman. CLARK
was greatly under the influence of
liquor, but he descended the stairs
without stumbling. But when he col
did not fall. but sank down like a man
toppling over in a faint
The G. o. Gersen, with whom Clark
spent the evening, is said to have told
DR.. j. M. Armstrong, the house phySi-
clan at the Ryan, that Clark fell down
the stairs at Mrs Rice's home. When
Gersen reported the matter to Frank
Engles, the night clerk at the Ryan, he
did not tell how the accident occurred.
Ia 10 he ,jcrJ,t al IS
desk and said that Clark had fallen on
the sidewalk near the Rice house, and
that he was unconscious. A cab
driver assisted Gersen in bringing
Clark to the hotel.
Its Cup to" Gersen.
Gersen, it seems, is the only one who
knows just how and where the blow
which fractured Clark's skull was
struck. AS he was with the Chicago
travelling man during the evening. pre-
vious to the accident, it would not be
likely that the man could. have been
seriously injured without Gersen know
ing of it.
Relatives and friends of Clark have
written to Gersen's firm to ascertain
his whereabouts. AS soon as he is To-
Gated he Will be requested to explain
the circumstances which lead up to
the injury of Clark. 1t is thought that
Gersen can give a full explanation,
which will clear away the cloud Of
mystery surrounding the case.
Clark's condition last night was
somewhat encouraging and hopes for
his recovery are now entertained. For
awhile yesterday the man was con-
scious, but was unable to tell how he
was injured
In falling at the foot of the stairs
leading to Mrs. Rice's house, Clark
sustained a compound fracture of the
left thumb, besides several painful
bruises about the body. Mrs. Rice
says that Clark's thumb was not
broken when he was in her parlor
DIR. Arms trong said last night that
Clari6's condition is still critical. The
dangerous fracture is at the base of
the skull. 1t will be several weeks
before the man can leave his bed, even
if he ultimately RECEIVERS.