The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1914-11-07

chicago at distance and would not
come. Finally, on June 4th, the
Bureau of Public Welfare of Cook
County, in cooperation with the
Mental Hygience; Society, arranged
for the examination Of j. C. r. as to
his mental capacity by DR.. Edward
Stevens Of, the University Of Chicago.
Mrs. Randolph was notified Of the ar
rangement' and called at the clinic,
and by the permission Of Mr.. Mullen
bach, the superintendent of Oak For
est, was permitted to take J. G. r.
home with her.
Mrs. Randolph stated at that time
to Mr.. Douglas Roberts, represen-
tative of the Bureau of Public We'll
fare, that she was going to do every
thing possible to have J. c. RS
power of speech restored. She ex-
pected to get place in the country
and raise chickens and devote her
life to her son.
In addition to the above, I will say
that j. C. r. was picked up in Wa
SEGA, Minn., in June, 1907. He was
in helpless condition and was finally
committed to the Rochester State
Hospital of Minnesota. About two
years ago DR.. Berman of the Mayo
Brothers hospital Of Rochester, per-
formed an operation on him, seeking
thus to relieve the blood pressure on
the brains. This is the scar that
shows so prominently on the temple
and forehead of ]. C. R.
JAMES MULLENBACH,
Superintendent.
CHICAGO PAPER ARTICE JUNE S
After securing possession Of 81. C.
r." Mrs. Pitkin invited two Chicago
newspaper reporters to her home. .
One of these reporters wrote Mr..
Burnett in response to an inquiry as
to where he obtained his information
for the ~. C. r." story, that Mrs.
Pitkin gave it to him. She also al
lowed the reporters to use a photo
graph which showed her standing by
"J. C. R." This article from the Chi
cago Daily News follows:
Chicago, ILL.,, June 5, 1914.-"J,. C.
R., man of mystery, whose mind has
been a blank and identity has been
lost since he was picked up on train
in Minnesota seven years ago after a
paralytic stroke, is such no longer.
He is Earl w. lies, former mining
engineer, and in happy reunion with
his mother, Mrs: Harriet p. Pitkin
of 655 Groveland park. lies
brother and sister today accepted
without question the man whose case
has been of countrywide interest and
which has baffled the experts who
have worked on it. He is unable to
speak, because Of partial paralysis
Of the vocal cords, but by signs and
actions he has SO established his
identity as to leave little doubt in the
minds of friends of the family as
we'll as relatives.
"I have been working fer months
to prove that he is my son." said Mrs.
Pitkin, and at last they have been
forced to admit that there can be no
question of it"
"Son," she continued, turning to
the disease racked man, who sat be-
side her, "they have said that am
not your mother"
With quick clasp Of his unaffected
left arm he drew her to him, and,
while the lips moved Intellectually,
the eye spoke in a way that could not
be misunderstood by those watching.
Questions put to him met with
either an eager affirmative nodding
of the head or equally swift mega
tion, showing that the mind was ac-
tive. When in assent the eager lips
pronounced a sound, "I-I."
"There is only one word which he
can articulate,' said Mrs. Pitlin. ut
lis pie 1t was always his favorite
desert, but whether that has given it
precedence over other words don't
know" t&.l 5t&g: -.~.
Incidents of his boyhood he re-
called and SO indicated with animated
gestures of his arm. While he was
boy and attending school in Kansas
City there was a cyclone which tore
away the. beHry on the top of the.
building and hurt little girl. Asked
if any unusual thing had occurred
while he was in school there. Hes
in pantomine described the storm,
falling wreckage and accident.
''In bringing him home" the moth
er related, II brought him past the
place where we were living at the
time he last went west, in 1906, at
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