Jackson County IA Archives News.....Missing Judge Found In Sabula August 12, 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com April 27, 2010, 1:26 pm Jackson Sentinel August 12, 1909 Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, August 12, 1909 Judge Clarkson Found in Sabula Working in a Sabula Button Factory Second Strange Disappearance Judge Joseph R. Clarkson, who disappeared from his home in Kenosha, Wisconsin on July 14, 1909, was found in Sabula, Iowa, cutting buttons in the plant of the Iroquois Button Company. Judge Clarkson left his home once before about eighteen years ago under similar circumstances. After four months he suddenly reappeared at his office in Omaha. It was found he had been in the Sabula area on that occasion. The reason of Judge Clark’s disappearance was supposed to have been caused by a strange lapse of memory, as he did not appear to be aware of his own identity. Judge Clarkson came to Sabula several weeks ago and after looking for various kinds of work, accepted a position in the button factory, and worked faithfully since that time, boarding at the home of station agent, John Maloney. Judge Clarkson, who is sixty years old, graduated from Yale Law College in 1875. He was widely known as an athlete, having been a member of the Yale crew and the baseball and track teams. He always kept in perfect training and every morning took a walk of several miles. In 1877, he began the practice of law in Chicago. Later he moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin and then Omaha, Nebraska, where he was a Superior Court judge. After his first disappearance he devoted much time to religious work in the Episcopal Church in Omaha. Judge Clarkson was the nephew of Episcopal Bishop Clarkson. He then became interested in Christian Science doctrine and was elected to the Board of Lecturers. Judge Clarkson resigned from the Board because of a discussion with Mrs. Eddy, founder of the church, on some point of religion and returned to the Episcopal Church in Omaha. We are inclined to think Judge Clarkson visited Maquoketa about three weeks ago and asked for money with which to buy food. This stranger was a caller at the Sentinel office and his manner convinced us that he was no ordinary tramp. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/jackson/newspapers/missingj141nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb