The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-02
Chicago Police State That the
Doctor Has Made an I'M
portant Statement, But Re-
fuse Details.
SAYS BURGLAR STORY
WAS MERELY A FAKE
Suspected Man Today In
forms Reporters That the
Full Report of the Affair
Will Be Given Out. ..

Chicago, June "A full confession
by DR.. Haldane Cleminson, was in the
hands Of the police today, according to
Capt. T. C. Kane, commanding the
Sheffield avenue station.
After thorough grilling of the doc
tor-prisoner. Captain Kane declared he
had a full confession. He said:
Il have a confession from him, but
that is all I will tell you now"
DR.. Cleminson, in his cell said to re-
porters:
Yes. the burglar story is fake. My
wife was not chloroformed. assum-
ed my attitude to save the honor of my
children. Oh, it amt what you boys
think it is. You will learn the cause
of my wife's death next week."
Will Clear Mystery.
Capt. Kane declared today that the
whole mystery would be cleared up
probably before night.
After day that had been too much
even for a man of his iron nerve, Glenn
inson broke down in the police station
and took back the story OF the burg
larry. He admitted his wife did not
come to her death at the hands Of rob-
bers.
DR.. Cleminson made the admission
after two hours sweating by Captain
Thomas c. Kane, and later reiterated
it in the presence of newspaper men.
He made no direct statement, but cast
insinuations that his wife committed
suicide.
Feels Much Better.
The prisoner, against whom q war
rant charging him with the murder OF
his wife, had been sworn out. declared
that he felt much better since the bur-
den had been lifted from his mind.
That drugs were used and that Mrs.
Cleminson, the young mother, came to
her death as a result Of these drugs.
there is not the slightest doubt. What
the nature Of these drugs were may
not be revealed until after the expert
toxicologists into whose possession
were delivered the stomach, kidneys.
lungs and liver of the dead woman,
have made their report.
Whether or not the name OF a wo-
man or Of two or three women is to be
dragged into the Cleminson case is one
phase Of the tragedy that the police
have not settled as yet.
A Mysterious Woman.
It has been definitely established
that DR.. Cleminson May 20 last. at
1890 at night, took a mysterious wo-
man patient to the Chicago Union hos
pital. The woman is described az
having been tall and pronounced
blonde. DR.. Cleminson came alone
with the woman. At that late hour
at night, unaided and alone he per
formed an operation upon the woman
It was not serious in its nature.
The woman, who was registered al
the hospital under the name OF Miss J.
NJ. Berg, $3.50 Sangamon street, re
NAMED there until May 90 She left
the hospital in the company OF DR.
Clenninson.
Twice in the six days that the wo
man was in the hospital, DR.. Clemin
son sent her flowers. Her hospital
bill was paid not by the woman herself
nor by DR.. Cleminson, but by third
party. -
There is no No. $3.50 Sangamon
street. No one knows Miss Berg
Cleminson admitted that the name CIV
en- by him for his hospital patient was
fictitious.
While Cleminson was being ques.
toned by Capt. Kane. tall. blonde
woman. dressed as nurse, came In