Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-20
A Scene in the Marylebone Police Court
During the Druce Perjury Case.

tn some persons this strange trait of the strange
man bore a resemblance to the attitude OF genius
TO his work. creating for the love of the creation and
careless what may become of the result Perhaps TINS
Is tride strained. But it helps to understanding
of Cadwers twist and lifts him out OF the ranks Of
common criminals. He could make gorgeous gold
bricks but he never could sell them.
Having flashed like meteor across the journalistic
skv in this manner Caldwell again quiescent un-
ri the Drce case eliminated in litigation involving a
title and part of the enormous estate of the Duke OF
Portland When this complication approached test
the imagination of this wonderful man sensed sucn
chance as it had dreamed of. o.
THE Druce trial. the celebre of the last nifty
years. involved indirectly, the eccenrlclues Oh t4e
ffth Duke of Portland who died without issue. II
rested upon the assertion that the Duke ana Ihoms
Charles Druce, owner of the Baker street bazaar III
ondon were one and the same person, i'll klnd OF
Dr Jelxyll and Mr. Hyde existence 1t was sald tnat
when the Duke became tired of playing Mt Druce, the
shon keeper he had a mock funeral performed loI
himself in that capacity. Druce married twice anu anu
"art,a TIollnmby Druce, grandson by the nrst mar
riuoe was the claimant. His attempt tooh tne Ioll
of an action for perjury against HerDert DluCe u I
of IT G. Druce by second Wl1e VINO sWoie 'u t AZ ~
VI - bis fathers body in the coffin. The claimant ue
ciared that the funeral had been held over & two uum
dred pounds of lead in place OF BODY anu tna1 e'
A. ths stage, enter Caldwell Who but Caldweil
should be the contdant and private, intimate Liene
% t,e nrinces of the earth, commercial OF uueu
Was the case sufficiently important? II So aho'her
little affidavit Indicated
Caldwell's Story.
rho attorneys for the claimant completely
+okan in They secured Caldwell as witness. ne
mans testimony affords food for renecton. ne W ue-
s.rhed himself as the of wealthy irish gehlle'
man and led off in the following promising stye;-
.In the year 1855, when / was nineteen years Oh
age l had dubious ahection ol tne noso' 80
which caused a horrible Disagreement, TO re-
Iieye which l consulted the most eminent surgeons,
but TO no purpose Among such physicians were
Sir Dominck Corrigan, of Dublin; Sir William Jen-
ner Sir Morrell Mackenzie and Professor Schweh-
niger of Berlin, and all of these gentlemen toid me
that my disease was incurable
A dubious nose would seem but a poor Lead
toward the subject of Druce and the Duke of Port
land but Caldwell your catchy spinner of yarns
starting at the picturesque point. He went on 10
describe tour of the world in search of cure for
the nose trying herbs in New England, incantationS
in China and knives in Germany. Finally It ap-
peared he found the magic ointment, paying $4,000
for it to his wfes brother Captain Arthur Welles-
ley Joyce, who had it from rajah. Having cured
himself he then heard that the Duke of Portland
was afflicted with similar nose, and rushed TO the
rescue with the ointment.
Having made the Dukes acquaintance, he soon be-
came a close personal friend of the nobleman and
finally was admitted to full knowledge of the Druce