The Dickinson press., 1914-10-03
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trial III the Stark county district
court at Di dickinson The suit, which
lis brought in the name Of Jay Allen
Caldwell, instigated by Mrs. Harriet
Pitkin and James D. Greeneba aumn,
Of Chicago, was started for the pur-
pose Of getting possession Of large.
tracts of land of an estimated value:
of $1,000 It is claimed that these:
lands belonged to Jay Allen Caldwell
and that some time after his mys-
terious disappearance seven years
ago, j. H. Caldwell, his father, took
legal steps to get possession OF the
same. NJ ..Sl y. I. 81 si;s a NJ I.
There is no question as to Jay.
Allen Caldwell having a homestead
and considerable other real estate in
his name. This property has greatly
increased in value during the last six.
or seven years, and valued at about
$40 per acre would be worth approxi-
mately 100000, to say nothing OF
interest and rentals for which plain
tiff has also sued. The probabilities
are, however, that Jay held large
part Of this property in trust FOR his lsi
father. III 3. III 4, Il. n. s5i +. I.
The question which is puzzling the
public at this time is the identity OF
-. C. R.,"'s the mysterious man whom
Mrs. Pitkin accepted as her son in
June Of the present year, and
who she says positively is Jay
Allen Caldwell. She says she has
the absolute proof. "a large number
Of Stark county people seem to have
been able to positively identify the
strange man as Jay Caldwell.
! It is charged in the complaint IN
this already famous suit that J. IN.
Caldwell assaulted his son, Jay, on
the 14th Of October, 1907, whereup-
on the said son became paralyzed
and wandered away. II " H q u
The claimant in the Caldwell suit
is the man who underwent an oper-
alton at Rochester for the removal OF
a cyst and he is also the man who
was a county charge in. Waseca
county, Mimi, from June 29th, 1907,
until April 23rd, 1908. The county
records at Waseca, Mimi, show the
dates and from an official Of said
county the PRESS has obtained
copy Of the report Of board Of ex-
;aminer" in insanity cases for the y.
4 C.. r" commitme emit. This probate
court document. was signed BY Drs. Drs.
j. Il. Lynn and w. A. Chamberlain
n and Probate Judge Geo. A. w ilson
and bears date Of April 2Srd, 81908. II
Some Of the questions and answers
recorded will interest our readers.
Here they are: anne ? Don't
know. Age /? u About 40. 4 When was
the patient born Don't know.
Name Of father? Don't know. When
did he (patient) become resident OF
Waseca county !? June 29th, 1907.
When were first symptoms OF the at
tack manifest and in what way ?
Found paralyzed on depot platform
sudden Z, Yes. Does disease appear TO
i be increasing or decreasing !? Para
lysis decreasing. In What way ls
paralysis rdanife est !? Unable to
find out because he can't talk. There
are times when he is easily excited
and angered; will ~ roam about and
wander away when not prevented
from doing SO. Any attempt to sui
eide or mjure others? No. Has
patient been subject to any severe
disease, epilepsy, convulsons, injury
& Of head, restraint or confinement? !?
Don't know. What is supposed to
be cause Of disease? Paralytic
stroke. Treatment for patient :?
General treatment with sedatives,
etc. Conduct Of patient indicating in.
sanity? Il Unable to express himself
or make known his desire by means
of Language, easily excited, wanders
away. etc Pulse 90. Tempera-
ture d 98.6. We find the unknown
man insane and a proper person Tor
care in a state detention hospital. 4. . !.
II The foregoing is an official record
and shows that 81. G. r." was a
county charge in Waseca long before
Jay Caldwell mysteriously left Stark
county. Hence, lit is h evident that
James ID. Greenebaun1 and Mrs. Mrs.
Harriet SPitlsin have either been gaes-
sing at things or else they are en-
ag 9aasainst u James II. Caldwell sss
sss The court house records at Waseca
I show that g. r.. r s. was q county
! charge there from June 18th, 1907,
until April 23rd, 1908, when he was
taken to the asylum at Rochester.
I'M Here III what the Waseca Herald,
published September 224th, has TO
say Of the strange matt 7. =.
n d ssThe case off the mysterious @.
Z Re- still continues to ~ lntere the the
public, wv. +. Burn ett, an attorney
of Dickinson, IN q ID, spent last Fri
sday in this city, securing more cyl
danca in regard To the finding OF the 9
Ssnnfortunate man on the platfOrm OF
the No rthWestern depot in this city,
\ seven years ago. HI M Burnett has
heen retained by James u. Caldwell,
wealthy farmer living near 8Dlclln-
/ san. who has been sued for $lO O0, 600 gl
~ z. NG,.rs XII of Nj Chica Coz who