The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-23

mysterious Rochester patient. seemed
finally to have been established when
a woman, claiming to be Mrs.
Frank Johnson, OF TaylGr, y. d..
said she recognized In him Jay
Allen Caldwell, son OF J. II. Caldwell,
wealthy rancher north OF Taylor. the
woman's contentious are doubted ct
Taylor.
/ Jay Allen Caldwell myJteriously
disappeared year or two ago,
Efforts to clear up the mystery sur
rounding his disappearance were
( frul,less. until TIE NJ. W. A.. OF
which he was member. was sue
cessful in locating him near Butte.
Mont, where he was working on
ranch and where he is thought to
be at the present time.
Investigations at Taylor disclose
the fact that there Is no such per
son as Mrs. Frank johnson residing
there, nor have any OF the old resi-.
dents ever heard Of her.
! Denied by Dewey.
Washington, January 19.-No
officer on board the Olympia ~ the
battle Of Manila Bay with the Initials
]. c. R.-George Dewey, Admiral
, OF the Navy"
The foregoing telegram from Ad-
miral Dewey came i'm reply TO a
message telling the conQu.rcr of the
Spanish feet in Manila bay that the
! man who was" former patient at
the Rochester. Mimi. state asylum
had claimed In a ducid moment OF
nave been with the admiral In the
battle, and asking his aid in identify.
ing him. The dispatch deerened the
mystery surrounding the patient ~.
! {. T." at the county inhrmary in
Oak Forest.
Takes Interest in Men.
Admiral Dewey always has taken
great personal interest in the men
who were with him in the battle that
made the Philippines United States
territory. and with the records at
his command II was easy for him
~ trace the names OF his officers.
Scientists ard alienists at the in.
Urinary say the case is one of the
most peculiar ard pathetic mental
! phenomena that has been brought to
their attention In many years They
had hoped Admiral Dewey might
furnish clue that would bring a
fash Of memory back to the brain of
the man whose mental faculties had
been under cloud since 1907.
Declaring that he has been sub
jected 10 malicious criticism which has
been the outgrowth OF Interior mo.
tives and stimulated by representa-.
tlves CT special interests who have
reen unable to accomplish their pur
POSE along the lines of merit and fair
criticism, City Engineer JChn Wilson
OF Duluth has rendered his rcsigna-
ton to COMMISSIONER Eoderick Muir
Gibson. head OF the works division.
In his letter OF resignation of the
commissioner. City Engineer Wilson
states that he is taking this step 10
relieve the department OF this criti-
, cism. as he feels that to do otherwise
would be dishoncrable and selfish.
regardless Of the merits OF the case
Prior to his going to Duluth A-r.
Wilson lived In Mankato and was
city engineer here. .
II Is said that Commissioner
Murchison has not accepted the
resignation and may not do so.
Senator Frank Clasue Of Red,
wood Falls, who was instrumental in
sending man to prison fer life
fifteen years ago, has appealed TO
the prison beard for communication
Of sentence for the prisoner
In 1898 Gustav Melag was sentenced
to life Imprisonment for the muir
der OF J. Kuehn Ut Redwood Falls.
Mr.. Clague was then prosecuting ut.
torney.
In letter to the pardon board
today Mr. Clague asks that the
sentence be committed to thirty
years. Mr.. Clague said he would
appear before the pardon board TO
maize a personal plea.
Commitment papers were made
out today by Clerk of the District
Court krost TO take John Wilson
and Henry a. Clausen 10 the state
. prison. Wilson was recently found
guilty by jury In the district court
OF the charge OF deserving his wife
and children. Clausen pleaded gull.
ty not long ago to the charge OF
passing forged checks on n saloon
keeper at Madison Lake. II il like
ly that both will be taken TO Still.
water tomorrow.
Judge Pau of the dis: riot court
still has under consideration the
question of paroling Herman Schmidt
and William Wagner. who were re-
. Gently sentenced TO the state prison.
having admitted that they lroke into
"A shed at the rear Of the residence
of Henry Dietl on North Seventh
street and stole several skunk hides
and one weasel hide.
Probably the largest convention
that the Seventh-day Adventists have
ever held in the north will convene
In MINNEAPOLIS on January q. and
continue. until February S. II will