The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1914-11-07
4 &c, R" DISMISSED
fH Fl - go.
!. AS AN NNP0SIOR

AS indicated in the PRESS last
week, the plaintiffs in the ~. C. R."
action against James H. Caldwell
were cited to appear in chambers be-
fore Judge W. c. Crawford on Octo-
Der 31st, and as predicted they did
not appear in person or by counsel.
The court dismissed the action, the
order for which dismissal was served
ON F.. E. McCurdy, counsel for plain
tiffs, at his office in Bismarck on No
vember End, and copy of same filed
on the same date with the clerk of
court of Stark county.
This is believed to be the end of
Of the 81. c. r." case so far as it has
reference to Jay Allen Caldwell, the
F4ehg lost son Of James Fl. Caldwell
of this county.
1t is the opinion of w. F. Burnett,
attorney for J. H. Caldwell. that the
paralytic which Harriet E. Pitkin and
James D. Greenbaum brought to
Dickinson on August 9th, is an i'm
postor, and this paper concurs in this
belief.
Mrs. Pitkin probably told. the
truth in Chicago on June 5th of this
year when she declared that 81. C.
Il" was her son, and if she was hon
est then she was INSCRIPTIONS and
untruthful in her work and state
ments at Dickinson little over
two months later. James D. Green
baum is probably man of much
means and the motive for his financ-
ing Mrs. Pitkin in her venture in
this county may have been a merce-
nary one. He carried around a big
six shooter and was more than will
ling to be interviewed by newspaper
men and he did not create a very
favorable impression.
George Pitkin who came along with
his mother and who remained in the
county until a few weeks ago, ad-
mitted to the publisher Of this paper
when confronted with the fact that
-. c. R." had been picked up in
Waseca, Minn., months before Jay
Caldwell left home, that they had
no case unless it could be shown that
there were two -. C. RI men or that
Jay Caldwell left Stark county at an
earlier date than had been alleged.
1t is a fact that most of the old
timers of this county were ready to
accept ~. G. R." as the long lost Jay
Caldwell. Some of jays most init
mate friends from early boyhood
were positive as to the identity, and
how the paralytic could have been so
well posted about peculiarities Of old
timers of the country and the differ
ent land marks, is still a mystery.
Jay A. Caldwell has been missing
from home since October 18th, 1907,
and the general belief is that he is
somewhere in California. He went
to California in January of 1906, re-
turning on the 10th of April of the
same year. On his way back he Wis
tied his old friend Ed. F. McCanna, at
Roslyn, WASH, and told him that he
never intended to winter again in
North Dakota.
That Jay Caldwell and his father
had some bitter words in the field
about the 18th of October; 1907, is ad-
mitted. A man by the name Of
Wilde gave. testimony ~ under oath on
this quarrel some years ago. He
stated that the spade, so often re-
ferred to by the ~. C. R." people,
was last noticed in jays hands and
he did not know that either ,attemuted
to strike. with it. After, the quarrel
Wilde said he worked with Jay, the
rest Of the day, hauling posts AL
few years ago Wilde died and the re-