The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1914-11-07

port was spread around that J. H.
Caldwell had put him out Of the way.
There was really no foundation for
any such report.
E. J. McCanna, who is superintendent
Of the N. P. mines at Roslyn, WASH,
was here recently. He lived with the
Caldwell family for four years DUR
ing the time Jay and May were home
and was jays most intimate friend.
He stated to w. F. Burnett that the
rumors and gossip about Mr.. Cald-
we'll were untrue in every particular.
He stated that at the time he lived
with the Caldwelps and during the
years he knew them afterwards be-
fore leaving North Dakota, that there
was no nicer family in the country as
far as their relations with each other
was concerned. Mr.. McCanna will
be remembered by many of our
readers. He is high class man and
I his statement will carry much weight.
| The following letter secured by
Attorney w. F. Burnett shows how
Mrs. Pitkin secured possession of 81.
C. R." from the Oak Forest Infrm-
ary, Cook County, Ill.,
Oak Forest, 1ll., Sept. 3rd, 1914.
In response to your request made
to me today, I wish to make the fol-
lowing statement regarding the iden-
tifcation of J, c. R., patient at
this institution from November 24th,
1913, to June 5th, 1914:
On January 18th, 1914, a woman
giving her name as Mrs. E. l. Ran
dolph, 655 Groveland Park, called at
the Oak Forest Infrmary and in the
presence of DR.. Minke, the senior
physician, and Mr.. Mullenbach, the
superintendent, made the following
| Identification of J. c. R. as her son:
1st. She stated that there was a
scar on his foot that had been caused
by cut from an ak when he was
working on their farm in Missouri.
On taking off the shoe and stocking,
scar was found to extend from the
base of the great toe to below the
instep. (At a later visit of Mrs.
Randolph), DR.. Kimmet, the head
physician, in looking at the scar re-
marked that the. scar had not been
treated by surgeon. Mrs. Ran
dolph replied that it was true, they
were so far out on the farm that they
could not reach doctor in town and
she had put two stitches in the cut
herself.
End. Mrs. Randolph recognized a
scar on the back of ]. C. RS neck,
caused, as she stated, by a boil, and
said that he had also had boil on
his lower lip, which she had pricRed,
causing a scar. This scar was not
recognizable to a layman, but DR..
Minke stated that there was such a
mark.
3rd. J. C. R. had tattoo mark on
his left forearm in the form of a cir
Gle, about three-fourths of an inch
in diameter. Mrs. Randolph stated
that this had been made when J. c.
r. was a young fellow, about IA or Is
years old, while they lived at Engle-
wood. He had taken a cork from
vinegar bottle and stuck a circle of
needles into it, and members of the
gang used it to tattoo each other.
His sister, who was present, was also
tatooed just above the knee. This
sister has refused to show the mark,
however, to any Of our nurses, al
though we volunteered to send
nurse to her home. Mr.. Randolph
stated that the sister was averse to
the Identification of J. C. R. as her
brother because he would share the
property with her.
.4th. There is double vaccination
mark ON J. G. RS left arm. Mrs.
Randolph stated that he would find
the larger scar was quite deep and
that they would be about an inch
apart. This was found to be the
case. The first scar. had been made
BY. DR.. Brown Of sEnglewood, whom
Mrs. Randolph states has since died.
The vaccination failed to take and J.
c. r. was vaccinated again by his
mother. This is the larger and
deeper scar which she mentioned.
9Th. Subsequently to this date,
Mrs. Randolph visited the Institution
at various times and finally disclosed
her identity as Mrs. n. E. Pitkin,
655 Groveland Park. From January
18th until June 4th, the Institution
gave her time to look up other wit
nesses who might be able to identify
j. C. r. She stated she was not
able to bring certain people to the
city because they were living out Of