Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-30
WHERE IS WILLIAM
BORN, DENEATED MAN
QUESTION PERPLEXING HER
NAN WITTE OF JUNEAU.
Guardian Has Made d Search But
Without Results Missing For
Over q Week-Supp0Sed to Be
Nude Man Seen at Boomers
Woods.
(From Fridays Daily.l

TT rom Friday Daily
The whereabouts of William Born,
from juneau for over week,
is still shrouded in mystery. The
Juneau Independent in speaking of the
case in its issue of yesterday had the
following to say: Last Friday
morning, William Born, who with his
mother, resides in the old Taft resi-
dence has Disappeared from his home,
and, although dlIigent search has
been made for him, his whereabouts
is still mystery.
''Mr. Born is an eccentric charac-
ter. About two years ago, he and
his brother Chris. resided with their
mother on farm in the town of Lee
banon. The peculiar actions Of the
Borns had been for a long time quite
noticeable, but no one paid any par
ticular attention to them. One morn
ing, without giving notice to anyone
the boys hItcned up their team and
together with their mother left their
farm and stock unattended. 1t was
rumored at the time that they were
going to Missouri, but as they told
their plans to no one it is doubtful if
any one, even themselves, knew their
destination. Neigbhors notified the
officers of their disappearance and
they were overtaken and brought to
juneau. Later an investigation as to
the mental condition of The boys was
had. The result of the examination
Chris. Born was committed to the Nor
thern hospital and was later taken to
Dodge County having besn pronounced
incurable. Since his arrival at the
Dodge Co. Hospital, Born, although
apparently in good physical condition,
cannot be induced to get out Of bed
and has lain there for over eighteen
months.
In the meantime Herman Witte
was appointed guardian of the Burns
and William and his mother took up
their re 'idence in Juneau. Since their
residence here William has worked
in the furniture factory until about
three months ago, when he quit work,
claiming be was sick. Since that time
he has remained in bed most of the
time, although the physician attending
could find nothing wrong with him
physically. About nine o'clock last
Friday William got up and left the
house. He was not missed until about
noon. He was seen walking down Oak
street by a number of people, and il
is supposed he walked down the track
to WATERFOWL, where he was seen by
Rob Spiegelberg Saturday. Spielberg
met him on the street and invited
him into saloon, but Born gave some
excuse and hurried away. He was
last seen at Watertown Junction.
Sunday a man answering Born's de-
scription was seen in woods south
of Watertown. He was completely
nude and was lying beneath a tree.
The man was found by Mr.. Bailey,
who, with his dog, was hunting in
the woods. At first Bailey thought
the man was dead, but when the dog
licked the sleeping mans face he
awoke. Bailey notified the Water
town police and they in turn notified
Mr.. Witte, who with Sheriff Miller
went to the woods Monday and spent
the whole day searching the wood, but
found no one. though there were evil
dences of the recent presence there OF
some one. Footprints were visable
in the suft earth, and it was also
found that someone had visited Il
neighboring corn field and husked
and ate the green corn. The woods
In which the man was seen is very
large and so completely overrun with
brush and shrubbery that it would be
almost impossible to find a man it he
were hiding in the woods.
"Wether or not the man in the
woods is Born, is d question, but it is
believed that it is he. A short time
ago a man escaped from the asylum
at Fond du Lac, and it may be
him.