The Dickinson press., 1914-10-03


with his father and was leaving the
farm and would never return. No
one in that locality has seen }or
heard from him since. .;s5
y J. g. r. was found on the North
western freight depot platform in
this city on June 2s, 1907; By Police
man Thomas Hagerty. If young
Caldwell did not leave home until
October IA of that year, as Mr.. Bur
nett claims, he could not possibly be
the man who was found here. If the
date of Caldwell's disappearance can
be positively established, the suit
will be dismissed. sst ". ,,s Z.
n Attorney Burnett has a photo of
Jay Caldwell at the time he left
home and a photo Of j. G. r. and
there is no facial resemblance be-
tween them. 5, Despite this act, Cald-
well has sister who says she be-
ieves j. c. R. is her long lost BROTH
er. 4 The elder. Caldwell denies that
J.. C.. r. is his son or bears any close
resemblance to his son. j5 4. Sss'i.. g I,
si7t w 1lcl MIS- ! Z 1Gh4IA VI S1iASRSV sew
j. G.. r. last spring she claimed to be
able to positively identity him as her
son, who disappeared from their for
mer home in Missouri. Later on,
when she and Greenbaum of Chicago
brought suit against James a. Cald-
well Of Dickinson, the woman said she
made the former statement in order
to get NC. r. out Of the Chicago IN
firmary and assist in recovering his
property. How she learned Of the
Caldwell disappe is not known.
She claims that in the quarrel above
referred It's, that the elder Caldwell
struck his son on the head with a
spade; that the blow caused partial
paralysis; that the father then had
the son secretly removed from the
state and brought to this city, where
he was found. The suit is brought
to recover. damages for this alleged
injury and subsequent mistreatm
81. c, r. was taken care Of by DR..
Chamberlin after being dumped here.
The doctor says there was no evi-
dence of a wound on his head and
that his paralyzed condition appeared
to be due to a stroke OF apoplexy.
s'The suit will be tried at Dickin-
son in December and will no doubt
be, followed with considerable local
interest. DR.. Chamberlin, Thomas
Hagerty and others II from here are
liable to be summoned as witnesses !"
The Journal Radical, published at
Waseca, said on September 23rd:
"W. F. Burnett, a Dickinson, N. D.,
attorney, was in Waseca Friday get
ting information for side No. 2 n the
ltJ.sC. r. controversy. This gentle
man is retained by James +. Gald-
well, a wealthy rancher near Dick
linson, alleged by Chicago parties to
he the father of y g: +: Mr.. Bur
nett says he has ample proof that his
client IS not the father OF the unfor-
tunate man. The matter Will be
lthrashed out in the courts and as
there is quite a little property IN
tvolved, it promises to be a right
smart legal battle" 5!, n
AS previously published in the
PRESS, the file Of the Journal Radi-
| cal show that "J.S c. r." was picked
| up in Waseca in June, 1907 Il, ~
The deputy auditor, r. D. Garland,
writes from Waseca as follows:
,,J. C. r." was picked up here the
evening Of June 9th, 1907, placed in
the city lookup, then examined by
Dr.. w. "A. Chamberlin, who was un-
able to find any flesh wound or abras-
ion on his person. The sheriff helped
pick the strange man up. The morn
I ing of June 30th he was sent to
Mankato but the authorities sent him
back the same evening. He was tax
en- to a local hotel, where he re
mained few days and was then
taken charge Of by the county COM
|missioners and placed in the home OF
Charles Messerknacht where he re-
mained a county charge until April
l23rd, 1908, when he was sent to the
Rochester asylum. !" ! {.1,