CALDWELL'S ARREST.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 77, 24 December 1907, Page 7

CALDWELL'S ARREST.

PLEADS lUNES& j HE WAS ADVISED BY -f WIRELESS" OF THE WARRANT. SI TELIEGKAPn— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBK3HT. New York, December 22. Upon arrival in New York, Robert Caldwell, the septuagenarian witness who gave romarkablo ovidenco in the ,D nice case,wßs arrosted on charges of, conspiracy, and/perjury in connection with the c.aso. „ Hβ,stated that he was suffering from" Bfigh't's'disease, and the Court. appointed doctors, who'"• reported that he was dosperatoly ill. Bail was fixed at 5000 do.llars. <• ■■'!-:;■■■ Caldwoll was remanded ..till,,January 7, bail b0m. , .; furnished. "• ' • • . Tlio news of the issiie of a ■■'warrant-' for the arrest of Caldwell was Tecoived by wireless tolegraphy aboard :i the'/German liner Kaiserin Augusto. Caldwell and the other passengers learnt tho nows from tho , daily paper published aboard. : . Caldwell arrived at New York in. a state bordering on collapse. , , Caldwell's original story was that, suffering in his youth from a bulbous affection of the nose, ho consulted'' Sii" ■'William , Jenner and Sir Jloroll Mackenzie. They- assured-.him that tho diseaso was incririible! Ilcaring- of n euro for a similar cajip 4 effecte.il up'on' an hnglish officer-by an Indian rajah.'-'ho Bought out the specialist, committed"' hiiriself , to liishands, and was not on.ly;; cured; "bnt/Jpurohased the secret of the remedy. Returning to England, he called upon Sir'Morell Mackenzie, and proudly displayed his rehabilitated noso. ■ It happened'that had at the time tho fifth Diiko of Portland under h'yi care for a similar complaint.., Hβ.,-induced Mr. Caldwell to undertake''tllo "cure of tho Duke, which he successfully... accomplistied, tho process involving a. prolonged, The Duke, who eecnis to have been curiously communicative on so delicate, a matter-,; confessed thiil; ho hud led a dual life, adding that ho was Retting u little bored-at the necessary pains for keeping it up'. ,, Mr. Caldwell nb't only visited find treated him as Duke of Portland at Welbeck, but called upon him at tne Bazaar, where ho was known as Mr. Druco. • ', ■■ : In 1864 tho Duke, finally .deciding! to bury off the bazaar; nian, Mr.. Caldwell sair-toJthe arrangements. -.Ho pnrehased a quantity of lead, nicely.according in weight with that of tlio lamented Thomas Charles Druco, late of Baker Street. This ho placed in the coffin, saw the lid screwed down, and-benthis-faltering footsteps to the graveside. Caldwell's story underwent considerable -de.volopmeat~ia—gwss-. examination. -Finally, claimant's counsel said ho would no longer rely on CaUlwell'e 'evidence.