The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
CALDWELL, THE DUKE MAKER
ARRESTED on ARRIVAL HERE, ES
LET 90 ON "a. 900 BAIL.
sickness Of the AGndaVltecr the Sole Reason
FOR Not Locking lSlm Up for ENtTRdI-
IICn Faith In HaIs story Of the Mock
Burial OF Druce still fingers i'm London.

AA1O u AANn III HAN NhDEN W nv hHNN
Burial Of Druce still fingers I'm London.
Robert c. Caldwell of Staten Island. the
afidavit who set London by
its ears two months 4 with his story OF
the double life led "A generation ago by the
fifth Duke Of Portland. given evenly on the
witness stand in the suit brought by George
II. bruce to establish his claims as grand
son, returned on the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria yesterday morning to find him
self under arrest ON a charge OF perjury.
Courtney W. Bennett. British Consul-Gen-
eral at this port, had secured the warrant
from United States Commissioned Alex
ander upon cabled Instructions from the
British Foreign Office.
Caldwell received the warrant for his ar
rest with the lassitude born Of severe illness,
In the opinion of two physicians, duly sworn
to before the United States Commissioner
yesterday, ne Ia close to death and for that
reason his release on bail OF S. 1000 was
sanctioned by Judge Hough Of the Circuit
Court a few hours after his arrest. and with
his daughter, Miss Georgiana Caldwell, he
went to his home at Rosebank, Staten
Island.
Two weeks from next Monday the chief
witness in the bruce case will have to APP
DGnG D6lOTS AOiliIIllShlpHtT AIrAdllAlrl w
preliminary examination. In the mean
time the necessary papers praying for eN-
tradition and setting forth more at detail
the crime with which he is charged will
have arrived from England. Caldwell
readily admitted his identity. Nothing
remains for him but the fight his lawyers
are going to put mp against HE being re-
turned to England on the summons of the
London court. II will be death If he goes,
they said yesterday.
On December 10 the Magistrate of the
Bow street police court in LondOn issued
a wa~rant for the arrest OF Robert Cald-
well, who was then supposed to be living
at IS Albert road. Although detectives
had been watching the house on Albert
road every day that Caldwell had occupied
il. when two from Scotland Yard went 10
serve the warrant they found that the
American witness had fed. Later they
traced him on board Jha kaiscrin Auguste
Victoria, which had sailed from Southampton
the day before. The ship WAS caught by
wireless and q cable Nas sent 10 New York
through the Foreign Office instructinG the
Consul - arrange tor apnre-
henEiOn on this SIDE.
The warrant, which was drawn up here.
charged tina, on November x and Is last
Caldwell had "wilfully and cOrruptly sworn
falsely in giving testimony in the trial Of
IeN NS. bruce, dftb lnll IN 50 upNlB ne nAN
committed wliful and corrupt perjury,
thereby 10y his flight to America cOnstitut-
ing himself "a fugitive from the Justice OF
Great Britain, II was withthis warrant in
his charge that United States Deputy
Marshal Iieruhnrdt Of Marshal HenkeIS
Office went down the bay in the revenue
cutter yesterday morning 10 arrest the
man from Staten Island.
Caldwell had made the trip across in tho
secon cabin He had remained very much
aInnn and had aTfraPfnI tho affnpVtnn of
non Of the passengers. even after the mes
sage that had been carried by wireless to
the ship had been bruired about. Only one
friend he had. He was p. O.. Christian
sen, who said he was OF Buffalo. an under
sized. pale faced man, VIII had befriended
the invalid through the whole trip and who
was not to ~beseparated from him even when
he was taken off the boat under arrest. The
deputy marshal had no difficulty in finding
Caldwell. and had given him the warrant
to read when W. G. Cabell Of the law firm Of
Battle * Marshall. 81 Wall street. climbed
hastily over the side OF the liner and ran up
70 Caldwell.
Your daughter engaged us "a her law
yers yesterday" shouted Cabell a. he ran
toward the bent figure in the steamer chair,
-and as your lawyer | advise you not 20
say anything
Caldwell took the advice of the newly dis
covered lawyer and said nothing. He told
the customs officers that he bad nothing TO
declare but n postage stamp, and the rest OF
the trip TO the Hoboken pier he made IN
silence, huddled up in his chair. At the
wharf his daughter met him. The famous
witness in the English suit came near col
lapsing under the strGin OF emotion. To-
gether. and with the little Mr.. Christensen
supporting the elder man all the way. they
made their way after the deputy marshal
10 the Post Office building in New York.
George Gordon Battle, Consul-General
Bennett and his attorney, Charles Fox,
were already on hand at Commissioner
LA-aHAAHta No Ia aAAN n NHnIIUUnIl
had answered the preliminary questions
Of the Commissioner, Battle asked for bail
for his client before Judge Hough. The
Judge said that II doctors should decide
that the prisoners condition was such that
imprisonment would be dangerous he
would accept IS 600 bail.
Mr.. Battle procured DR.. George T. Har-
risOn of 50 West Fifty-first street and the
counsel for the British COnsul-GenCral
brought in DIR. Richard f. Shaw of the
Long Island College Hospital. After an
examination of the prisoner the doctors
swore that he was suffering from acute
kidney ailments and ~aTterial cirrhosis and
that Incarceration might be fatal. Then
Judge Hough accepted bail offered by
Frank D.. Cuthbertson OF New Brighton.
Caldwell, stopped and totteTing and
seeming all the time in a daze, went out
into the hall with his daughter. Then he
stopped and turned to the pale faced little
man from Buffalo who had befriended him
on the voyage.
Il probably will never see you again"
the white haired man faltered IA he put
his hand on the shoulder of the man beside
him. But I want to call down Gods bless
ing on your head for the Christian acts o
have done me. You didn't know whether l
was guilty or innocent, but IL made no
difference. Good-by and God bless you"
Then Caldwell and his daughter went
over 10 their home on Staten Island. The
man followed his lawyers warning 20
do no talking. Mr.. Battle said that his
client would make no statement now and
that he did not believe that "A statement
was necessary AZ any future time except
in court.
Unless Caldwell il forced to go back to
England and stand trial for perjury. death
may come TO put "a seal on his lips before the
question the people Of britain are asking
{can be answered: Did Caldwell tell the truth
about the double life Of a Duke who was
sometimes q grocer and at whose mock
funeral was carried out over 700 pounds Of
lead in a sealed coffin
Not long ago Caldwell. then a retired
merchant Of Staten Island. hawked around
the various newspaper offices in New York
his tale Of the Duke. which he was willing