The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
Judge Clarkson Slips Quietly lnto
Kenosha at Midnight Friday
in Good Health andSpirits
STORY OF HIS TRAVELS TOLD
Left Kenosha on the Morning of July
Is and Never Stopped at Glencoe
or Other Places Where He Was
Alleged to Have Been Seen

Kenosha again and is staying for the
present at the home Of Attorney James
Cavanagh on Prairie avenue. He
reached Kenosha in company with
John Burns just after midnight Fri
day night and walked to the Caxanagh
home where he mas since been resting
quietly with his wife and friends. No
statement has been given out by the
Judge or by his relatives in regard to
the case, but it is stated that he is
in perfect health 1t was declar
ed, however, that he did not re-
alize that he had caused any one
great anxiety as result of his going
away and that he was in no condition
to be interviewed. 1t is not known
whether or. not Judge Clarkson will re-
sumo his. practice Of law in Kenosha,
but it is stated that he will take a
long rest before entering any line Of
business.
The final chapter in the story of the
wanderings Of Judge Clarkson was as
interesting a one as the closing of a
clever piece of fiction. At the time
that Clarkson was found by John
Burns, who deserves much credit for
the successful ending of the search, he
was working at the bench in button
factory at Sabula. He had been
working at the plant for several days
and seemed to be entirely unconscious
of his surroundings. On the pay roll
of the company he was known as John
Paul and he was regarded as a good
workman and seemed toS be entirely
satisfied with his lot. The. final end
ing of the search was one of tense
dramatic interest. Burns had reach
ed Sabula on Friday morning and
had no trouble getting trace of
the man supposed to be Clark
son. He went to the little but
ton cutting plant where. 8 score
or SO of men were employed and the
first thing he saw on entering the
plant was the form Of Judge Clarkson
bending over one of the benches
Burns recognized him in second not
withstandlng that his back was bent
and as he leaned over the bench he
appeared to be a man of seventy.
Fearing that any sudden effort to
arouse the memory Of Clarkson might
throw him into a fit of nervous pros
tration, Burns walked up behind him
and for several minutes stood watch
ing him as he worked the punch MAX
ing the discs for buttons out Of the
clam shells taken from the Mississippi
river Judge Clarkson in the mean
time, continued his work seemingly IN
conscious of the careful watching of
the man behind him.
Finally Burns walked round in front
of the judge and with an outstretched
hand he said "Don't you know me
Judge Clarkson.' With the mention
of his name Judge Joseph R. Clarkson
came back INTO being and John Paul,
wanderer and button maker, dropped
out Of existence. Clarkson straight
ened up as if suddenly aroused from
sleep. He passed his. hand over his
eyes and with slowly recovering con-
seriousness he reached out his hand to
grasp the hand Of the man who had
found him.
Jurge Clarkson soon realized just
what his, position was and seemingly
realized that he was out Of his ae-
customed sphere. With his recogni-
tion of Burns the story Of the life he
had laid down when he left Kenosha
more than three weeks ago came. back
to him and after little persuasion
he consented to leave the button fac
tory and start for Kenesha. - How
ever, before he left he showed that he
had completely recovered his senses by
thanking the kindly people of Sabula
for the kindnesses they had shown to
him during the time that he had been
with them.
The wanderings Of Mr. GARRISON dur
ing his present alteration have includ-
ed much of the same ground that he
covered when he disappeared from
Honey Creek Lake, Ia, in. 1892. In
fact it was partly due to that fact
that he was found this time. for a
farmer named L. a. Haynes, who lives
near. Sabula, recognized him on July
&c, when he came to the farm asking
for food and work, as a man who had
worked for him a short time eighteen
years ago under the name of Doolittle.
A few days later, Haynes saw the
picture of Clarkson in a Chicago paper,
and Immediately recognized iii as the
man who had applied 20 him for work
and whom he formerly knew as Doc
little. He did not know that Clark
son had gone to Sabula and was work
ing there, but he wrote to the former
jurist's relatives in Kenosha, inform
ing them that he had been at his place
on July 26,
Mr.. Burns, who has devoted most
of his time to searching for Clarkson
since his disappearance on July Ia,
Immediately went to- Sabula, and
succeeded in tracing the missing lawr.