The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-06-03

T Ntft HfFu h'NAA'N AA iht AlHA atlhAl
railroad yards in 81 Jose 1 the
night of Dor 2s isA
A freight train. on which George
| a. Callirotte was hrssemln. had ius
pulled into the yards Iaa engineer
saw Callieotte fall from the side Of
a car As the train lad come TO p
siandstll the engineer went back ana
found Callicotte lying beside the
tracks. apparently suffering much
pain he held In one hand tho grab
iron which had pulled from ths side
OF the car TIE theory the ran
road company as well as Of the state
IS that Tie screws we're looscned 1y
human agency before Callicotte fsn
Al his home. where he was taken
following the injury, Callicot'o com
planned Of a pain In his back Thirty
DAYS alter the accident paralysis OF
the legs developed. Doctor Faraer
explained tlis in the trial hy sayins
that clot OF blood proba ~ had
formed. aud was pressing against the
spinal cord
Tde next step in The proceeding was
to file a 500 900 damage suit against
the Rock Island railroad it sJing con
tended in The petition thai Calligotte
was totally and permanently paraly.-
ed below the waist as a result 0. an
accident caused by THE carelessness OF
the railroad company in maintaining
It's equipment
The case went TO trial In June,
1913, and lasted a week, Each morn
ing the plaintiff was Wheeled into the
court room in an invalid chair, on
which he lay at fun length. covered
with light blanket The explanation
was that his legs were dead. II was
all very pl,iful, on TIE surface, ana
the spectacle OF the stricken man
doomed to a life Of lnyaldism. no
doubt, made marked impression on
the minds of the jury and it brought
In verdict for the plaintiff and as
sessed his damages at SIS 600, The
railroad company aN,ssl-n
Meanwhile Callicotte entered u9on
the routine of his daily life and inf
the course OF a few months the case
was forgotten Even the 5, erct SER
vice department of the railroad seems
to have forgotten Il for several
months. Then, in November of last
year. word reached the railroad al
torneys that Callicotie was walking
about the house as though perfectly
sound. and that once each day it was
his custom to go out into the yard,
disguised rs a woman AT such time
his wife always remained indoors.
Acting on this tip, the attorneys
communicated with the secret service
department of the railroad. and early
in December II. II. t-ermain Of Chi
cago, head OF the department. arrived
and took charge of the ease. lie soon
confirmed the tip as TO callicottes
practices of taking exercises. Then
an arrest was planned.
A few minutes after 10 o'clock four
men plunged into the Callicotta yard
There was Callicotte garbed in pink
and white flowered kimono with a
plaid shawl over his head, practically
covering his face. and with pair ~
house slippers on his feet lie was
a coal hod and was on his
way for the days supply Of fuel.
Callicotte seeing the officers, dro9p
the hod and turned to run, but trip
ped and fell practically into the arms
Of the squad
The state now has evidence that
Callieotte, both before and ,iier the
trial was in the habit of walking
about the house, The window shades
were always drawn, and it is said to
have been Callicottes practice to wear
a nightgown about the house day and
night so he could get into bed quick
y in case Of visitors. An account bo0N
seized by The officers at the Callicotte
house at the time OF his arrest shows
hat his lawyers had advanced him
1900. IN $50 week lnstallments on
which he had lived and supported his
family. callicotte now walks without
he slightest trace of infirmity
The penalty for perjury in Missouri
Is seven years in the ponitentiary and
he penalty for subordination OF per
Jury is the same.