The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-23
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Chicago, January 17.-"The man
who was" the speechless paralytic
whose life for the last seven years
has been stripped to the initials y.
c. r." recovered his memory for a
few dramatic seconds at the Oak
Forest institution yesterday. and
furnished the attendants with the
first clue TO HIS past. This past. rs
indicated by the exclamation OF J..
C. r.. was laid in Washington In the
highest circles and the key 10 IL Is
held by Theodore Roosevelt.
The president knows-the presi-
dent kuows-take me to Washing.
ton" J. c. II. said. "who Is the
PRESIDENT" he was asked. "Roose-
Welt" he answered. Il was carrying
message to Frisco 70 rhim-an i'm.
message to Frisco for him-an i'm.
ington."
]. c. RS memory lasted only for
a brief period. Il was with Dewey nj
Manila-on the flagship" said the
L
ant-Commodore Dewey knows me
"Hi-he" Is The Answer.
Immediately J. G.. II. relapsed into
his former manner of speech, which
consisted OF answering "lli-he" to
questions asked II was believed
after his statements that J. c. RS
l,.ss 4. NJ o,,tf
cal term. "Aye-aye." He was being
questioned by DIR. w. A. Kimmet.
assistant superintendent of the Oak
Forest iniirmatory, where he Is being
treated. when his eyes frightened
and widened. He signifed for DR.
Kiinmet % secure some money. Tae
physician drew $40 bill from his
pocket.
Excitedly the man began counting
BY the use of both hands he conntcd
Gu, $1,000. He indicated ;!iat he took
money from n ship by drawing a
picture on n piece Of paper. The
money he placed I'm his pocket Next
he shook hands with an imaginary
person and intcrlocked arms with
h'"'' ShO"ihS that nc thoubht uih
friend.
Enaets siussins Scene.
Then he pretended he had a wine
bottle. He poured the imaginary H..
quor into an imaginary glass and
drank IL. The friend, he showed.
did likewise. Many times this was
repeated.
Another scene was depicted while
Dir. Kimmet watched breathlessly
The man reeled, as though intoxi.
Gated. lie pointed to the Imaginary
friend. Then he struck himself on
the right side of the head aud again
pointed To his friend. indicating that
II was he who did IL. The money.
he showed. was taken from his
pocket. A look OF horror then came
10 his eyes. lie seemed to be grasp
ing at some elusive thought Finally,
in despair, he gave up. lie could re-
member no more. The chapter in his
life which probably caused his pres
cnt condition had already been re-
yealcd. however. So
u. c. H." when taken to Oak
Forest, was Unidentified as the man
who escaped from the state hospital.
ut Rochester, Mimi. after he had
been operated on by the Mayo broth
crs there.
The theory is that he was slugged
cn route for Frisco. lie was found
lear Rochester, unconscious. his head
cracked. lie was lying alongside
railroad track
Take me back to WashiBgton,"
e. u. repeated at inter 5als, .or
-Rooscvclt-hen know me.
He remembers faces. and Il seems
II sccms-l used Ia be his friend"
He May Be Dakotan.
Late yesterday the theory was dc.
veloped that ]. c. r.. might be Jay
Allen Caldwell who disappeared from
Taylor. y. d.. in August, 1907, and
has never been heard from. Mrs.
frank Johnson, an aunt of Caldwell.
and Mrs. Julia II. Tonnes OF Taylor.
questioned J. c. II. ut the Oak Fores,
:niirmary for three hours In an effort
TO awaken his memory
j. {. H. recognized several names
spoken by the women. selected the
brand OF the Cup and Saucer ranch,
owned by Caldwell's father, depicted
by gesture how a friend of former
years shot himself and injected an
eagerness I'm his pantomlne replies
which he has not hitherto exhibited.
Details of life on the plains where
Caldwell was a cowboy and imitation
OF the bowling of coyotes brought
smiles to the mans face. Asked n
he remembered Taylor ana Richard
son, towns in North Dakota, J. C. n.
answered: 'Hi, hi"
Physical peculiarities I'm Jay Cald.
well we're recognized In the patient
by the women and they would have
been convinced he is the missing
cowboy were 1t not for the fact that
records of the Rochester, Mimi. I'm.
Urinary show that J. c. Il. was adj.
mitted there two months before
Caldwell disappeared -
James Caldwell. the father. viii
come 10 Cbicaoa n iaorp tfv ~ n,