The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-22
ARRESTED UPON
PERJURY CHARGE
Robert C. Caldwell, One of the
Witnesses in bruce Case,
May Be Extradited.
BODY ORDERED EXHUMED
ESTATE OF DUKE OF PORTLAND
INVOLVED.

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London, Dec. 21.-The charge :"
= against Caldwell is conspiracy and =
- willfui corrupt perjury in his tes- y
= timony. Details on the subject are y
being prepared by the home offices =
- and will be forwarded. =
The opening Of the vault sup-'-'
- posed to contain the body of =
- Drdce has been fixed for Dec. p. =
= One result of this will be to prove =
- the truth or falsity of one of Cald =
- wells main statements and prob -
: ably settle the question of his ex- :
- tradition. -
:.
New York. Dec. 21.-Robert c. Cald-
well, the American who has been one
of the central figures in the famous
bruce case in London, was arrested
upon his arrival from England today
on a charge of perjury The warrant
was sworn out by the British consul
general here. When Caldwell was tax
en- before a United States court COM
missioner his counsel declared he was
a very sick man. He offered to furnish
Jail i'm any amount. Two physicians
appointed by the commissioner report
ed him desperately i'll and bail of $1,000
was furnished for the prisoners ap-
pearance.
The wireless telegraph had carried
the report that Caldwell would be ar
rested on the Kaiserin Auguste Vic
tOria, and il had been read in the daily
newspapers printed aboard by Caldwell
and all the other passengers.
Had Fears of Arrest.
When the steamer arrived at Quaran-
tine, Caldwell. who occupied second
ID IN,
a state of collapse When told by
newspaper man of a second report de-
nying the authenticity of the statement
published in the ship newspaper, a
great load seemed TO have been lifted
from him. Thank Cod was his COM
ment. Caldwell, however. appeared to
be broken in health and spirit.
The temporary relief which came to
Caldwell WITH the news which met him
at Quarantine was short-liVed. Almost
Immediately after he had stepped
ashore at Hoboken he was taken into
custody.
Story Told in Court.
Caldwell on Nov. testified at the
bruce trial that he knew the late Duke
of Portland, both as the duke and as T.
c. bruce. at Welbeck Abbey and at
the Baker street bazaar. He added that
he treated the duke at both places for
a disorder of the nose. He further
testified that, in conjunction with the
duke. he arranged the mock funeral of
bruce. He said he, at the dukes re-
quest, employed a carpenter to make
a coffin, purchased 200 pounds of lead
and put it in the coffin himself. The
funeral occurred on the following day.
When shown two photographs, Cald-
we'll swore that they were photographs
Of the fifth Duke of Portland in the
character of T. c. bruce, and declared
he had seen the duke wear a false
beard. Caldwell related in detail the
London story of his Introduction to the
Duke of Portland iDf 1864, and testified
that he received presents from the duke
aggregating about O,O00 besides the
fee of 100000 for medical services.
evidence Doubted
; At the hearing Of the case on Dec. 1S
the prosecution announced that it could
not rely on the evidence given by
Caldwell, in view of the suspicious
aroused during his crOss-examination.
On the following day it was discovered
that Caldwell had suddenly. left Lon
Con, and a warrant for his extradition
was issued. Caldwell, who has a home
on Staten island, ar one time had an
experience in New York very similar
TO that in which he has figured i'm of
late In London, with the execution.
however, that no arrest was made I'm
the previous instance. 1t appears that
he had been abroad and returned to
the United States in 1870. Soon after
his arrival here he. entered the employ
OF A. T. Stewart, the dry goods mer-
chant, as a secretary. After the death
OF Mr. Stewart, Caldwell made an afi-
davit declaring that he was in pos
Of ST RI
the Stewart estate. One of these was
that the Stewart will had been de-
stroyed by a lawyer after the mer-
chants death and a new document sub
stituted.
In another affidavit Caldwell declared
that the stolen body of Stewart was
carried from ST. Marks churchyard-
back TO the cellar of the Stewart man
sion on Thirty-fourth street and Fifth
avenue, where il was buried. The body
was not found when the house was
torn down several years ago.