The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-13
% SAVE BROTHER
FROM DISGRACE,
TAKES HIS NAME
NAN FOUND oRuooEp IN ALLEY
TELLS REMARKA5LE STORY OF
oHIElDINo RELATIVE WHO is
sERvINo PRISON TERM.

II was a most remarkable story
MAT came from the lips OF George
Dorno Watson, as he now gives his
name. when he awoke 10 conscious
0eos In st. Mary's hospital. Friday
morning, after being close 10 death
1oor. He was found 10y Patrolman
I>9ster Potter. lying unconscious IN the
alley that runs between the municipal
[Aourt building and the board Of health,
{nbout 2:20 A. IN. He was carried into
The municipal building, where the cit
Dhysicians worked over him ha.f
hour before any signs OF life were
apparent. .,..t..
The police believe that the man was
t4rugged and robbed and perhaps car
.xiede to the spot When found his
shoes were gone, hut the bottoms OF
His socks were clean, showing that
| they were either removed by someone
las he lay there in the alley or that
|1hey were taken of somewhere else
Sbefore he was removed 10 the place
Rwhere he was found. He says he hal
|nbout $40 on his person. The police
found only six cents in his pocket.
Il But Watson's story has naught -
DO with the robbery, IL there was am.
The man, according TO his statements
No Patrolman Potter, Friday noon. has
bean playing part which he desired
no keep q secret. Papers found in his
Possession bore the name of Alexander
watson. and that was supposed TO be
his name. but II now appears. accord
ing to his story, that Alexander Wat
son ID his brother, now serving q term
In Central prison. Toronto. for for
|6ery, and George took the latter's
name to save him from disgrace. The
|1Amily. he says, is well known in
|Ingland.
a. Il, too was arrested on the same
charge and was sent TO prison said
watson. But I really had nothing TO
10 with II and when this was estab-
Iished I was paroled. -
81 II arranged with my brother TO take
Ne name and receive his mail When
II ret a letter for him | forward II
10 him and he answers II, sending the
answer back to me to be mailed"
h Watson is rather remarkable
CAAracter. He is clearly a man OF
oxcellent training. and speaks with a
A1stinct English accent He claims
n6fO UCOh tOuGdtCu at 1liu
HAT he Is a distant relative OF Lord
Watson. of the British parliament.
His brothers and sisters, he says. are
Dorsons of wealth and influence in
britain. The family home Is at
brighton. His father, now deceased.
was one Of the best known civil en-
Uineers Of his time, Watson says.
From the mans speech. il is evident
that he has had a splendid training.
but drink, he declares, has blighted
his life. He also has a craving for
morphine. and after~ regaining con-
ociousness VIE fnsfyfent In his de-
hands for a. -3oit'.of- the drug, as
'he expressed
Il have been-all- over the world
lid Watson--.1-h aya- been draughts-
man in the, Argentine republic and In
Montreal have followed various
pursuits In England, South Africa. In
dia and numerous other countries.
Draughffng Is my profession, but I got
Hired of II, just naturally got tired or
f. Since then have been doing any
thing that came my way. selling cash
1egisters, typewriters. and more re-
Gently insurance. But I've had good
time, o splendid time. and I've always
he'd plenty of money.
Family Yes, / have one. My wife
q In Kansas City, and | have a 15-
year-old boy attending school in the
old country, that Is. England. Separ-
'oted? Oh, bless you, no. Ny wife
understands me and understand her.
she's as good q little party as ever
breathed."
A he talked, Watson suddenly curl.
I'd IN ". bis he'd and his face was con.
@vGned with pain. ~.
"It's my heart" he explaineM
q $50 I was almost done for last night,
oh7" he went on. II wish now that |
had gone. ] am getting tired OF this
miserable existence. oh, | wish |
could forget 1t all"
Watson says the last thing he re
members Thursday night, is that he
was drinking in the Hotel Victory,
on Jefferson-ave. He does not even re-
member leaving the place