The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1914-08-29
MYS STERI0uS u. G. R. Man
IS JAY ALLEN CALDWELL
AT Least This IS Belief Among His
Stark County Friends. Suit Filed
Thursday to Recover Property
from His Father, James
III. Caldwell

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left Stark county is 4 not stated, if
known. u & tt5 st II y
About June "a, 1908, he was picked
Mimi, and placed in the poor house.
places, including Cook county, ILL.,,
and vas violently insane q part Of
the time and kept in a straight jacket
from one place to another is mys-t
| terry. Ii VI cs&, IL :, ,1.tas,F': ..5 H.
It is claimed that while Jay was in
an infrmary in Cook county, a
woman giving, her name as Mrs. John
stone, from some place in Indiana,
called and inquired about him, assert
ing that she was looking for a lost
| son. She correctly described the
many Identification marks on his
body and was admitted into jays
presence. One Of the first things she
asked was if he would ever regain
the power Of speech. The attending
physician assured the woman that
the man was not expected to regain
his speech. Z This apparently salts
| fed her, for she announced that he
was not her son and went away. "A
detective followed the woman to her
hotel where she was found to be
registered by. another name and from
Taylor, N. D.. It is also claimed that
a stenographic report Of her entire
conversation with a relative is ready.
for the Caldwell case. 2s2 rs .!s; 4 s,
+ About a year ago medical men
became interested in the man and he
was taken to Rochester where DR..
Becker removed a cyst from the left
brain. The operation was likely in
the nature Of an experiment Z. While,
4 the patient became perfectly sane it
was given as the opinion Of eminent
physicians that he would never re
gain the use of. his vocal chords.
However, those who have been with
the patient, the past few months say
/ that he has gaineds10 10 pounds in flesh,
now weighing 141, and that strong;
hopes are entertaine for his soon be-
coming able ITO write and thus able to
better express himself and tell the
story Of his awful past. III s. }s lssss:g ss
OF course there are those who try
I to discredit the whole story. Some
lsay that the man in Dickinson now
lis three to four inches. shorter than.
Jay Caldwell. This is not true. By
measurement he is an inch short of
the former height of Jay. However,
this is not impossible or strange if
THE reader stops to think what this
man has been through. His suffer
| ing has been something intense and
| it. lis q, wonder that he is alive today.
The color Of the eyes, his forehead
and general outline Of the features
above the mouth tally well with those
lseen in photo tographs taken before the
mysterious disappearance. IN s5;as ;$is y # II
81 1t would be impossible for q man
who had not lived In Stark county to
come in as a stranger and know di-
Irections, distances and land marks as
does 81. C. r. b s He was taken Sum
day1 1by q party Of newspaper men and
friends to the Jay Caldwell home
stead about Is miles southeast Of
Dickinson. He was able to point out
landmarks on the way, counting on
the miles on his fingers from point to
point. The German and Hungarian
settlers near the old homestead came
1up to the auto and identified the
stranger as Jay. Caldwell. Not h 9
man nor woman who had lived around
There eight or ten years. b allied u ~
doing this. They were All III eager to9I Y
grasp his VI hand. Nv hen the party
came to the HON stead, Jay was in
Itensely interested, pointing out the
old l12 by Ia claim house, the spring,
focal bank, etc. On the way home he,
pointed 81 out where his own mother
WAS buried about II years ago, sigh b
ling deeply as the little farm cenle-.,
Itery was passed. " Fi Ri s;
i; A trip was made August 21st TO
the James H. Caldwell home south of
Taylor. Charles Colgrove and J.S A..
Currie were with the party and they
say Jay knew the roads out that way
like a book, being able to indicate
distances and sight gates that they
knew nothing of. u
If correctly informed y u. Cald-
well was told that his, SON had been
drought back to him, Whereupon
| he said substantia n: don't want
to see him; take him back the way
you brought him; I don't want him."
There II are many things ia connec-;
ton with this case which il true, as
they seem to be, are both pitiful and
lshoclsine Pitlins, II herself sa
nurse and of Wiide exp peIience III ind
ling homes sfor ullfo rttunate beings
lseemingly has accu1n lated vast
amount of "a iilf ffornnatii on about the
lease, several atlfEiidayits and imp port-5
ant papers beinf svithh eld Il AT thsE 81
present u. ssss 81 ,S
Jaw Caldwell had conside cradle,
Iproperty iii his name at the time he
tdisappeared. Men of good legal aI1- n =.
thoEity soy lalmantS
lis55 is truly i av CaldWell and
| lis established, fhere win be llol