THE DRUCE CASE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 46, 18 November 1907, Page 7

THE DRUCE CASE.

EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE.

CALDWELL'S FANTASTIC STATEMENTS. SEVERE CROSS-EXAMINATION. BT TEI.EGEArII—PRESS ASSOCIATION—corYRioirr. London, November 15. At tho hearing of the Drum case, Caldwoll, undor a severe cross-oxni.timation, continually contradicted his previous evidonce. He deposed that fifty conches, filled with oil tho servants from Welbcck Abbey, to whom tho Duke paid ss. apicco, attended Drucc's funeral. Ho made other fantastic statements, BULBOUS NOSES. ■ (Rec. Nov. 17, 4.42 p.m.). . London, November 16. Caldwoll deposed that an Italian and a Gorman, not Indinn rajahs, paid him £5000 each in India in Bank of England notes for curing bulbous noses. Ho declared that he treated tho Duko with an ointment. Whon reminded' that ho had sworn that ho used medicine, ho said he put tho medicine on tho nose. He refused the Dnko's cheque ,and was always paid in bank notes. He kept no bank account, but pinned tho bank notes inside his shirt. Ho said men servants waited on tho table at the pjaker Street Bazaar. If it was correct that there wore no' bedrooms, dining-room, or- kitchen at tho Bazaar, his story would bo untrue. He stated that ho plate V inscription was placed on the, coffin, and when the Magistrate remarked that tho finishing touch of deooption was wanting, Caldwell said ho morely executed tho Duke's orders. He adhorod to tho statement that ho saw underground apartments at Wclbeck in 1804, .whon counsel said they were not constructed ■until 1872. ...... . MOCK FUNERAL. He further stated that tho Duke superintended tho arrangoments at the Bazaar on the'day of tho mock funeral. Caldwell was positive that no funeral of Druce occurred on" Deeomber 31, 1864. ' Ho donied that he was ever in tho sbrvico of Mr. Gilliland, the owner of Rock Mille, Londonderry, in 1861. Ho know Inch in Now York. If Inch swore that ho and Caldwell had boon in tho service of Mr. Christie, of Londonderry, tho statement was untrue. Ho admitted ho, knew Matthew Ballantyno, of Now York, but denied tolling him in 1889 that ho had been in tho employ of Christie. EXACTLY ALIKE. It was his brother William, with whom ho ehangod names as a boyish prank. His brother had been accused of embezzling Christio's money. When shown a document signed Robert Caldwoll, assigning . all his' property to Christie, Caldwell declarod that it was his brother's signature. tHe was now dead. They wrote, looked,,and spoke exactly alike.