| Show children kept caged for years by aged mother perfect landlady explains she wanted to 10 know where they were minneapolis MINN freed rom shackles and cages in which heir 72 year old mother had held them for many years two middle ged aged brothers and a sister ate ale ravenously in a hospital the mothers explanation ol of the Ire dreadful adful situation was that she wanted to know where they are rhe fhe mother mrs bertha anderson was known as a religious woman who played the organ tor for visiting revivalists reviva lists and gave tenants two weeks free rent each christmas my kids arent they the she said ive got a right to do what I 1 want with them police who entered her home on a neighbors tip found martin anderson 42 caged in a chicken wire inclosure enclosure upstairs nearby tied to a dirty and bare cot was his broth r clarence 38 locked in attie attic the sister violet 35 was locked in an atti atticA wr oom room with a sack over head all were thin and dirty violet was eating from a tin can using the he cover for a spoon they mumbled incoherently and police said they were almost too weak to walk probate court records showed all three had been adjudged ent mentally guardianship over them has shifted frequently during he last 20 years between mrs an jerson ierson and another son walter who also was to be questioned police are seeking four other children including a son earl whom mrs anderson said was subject to spells and also was under her are she said she permitted him tree free lom of the house and let him out once in a while police said clarence had been locked up 18 years martin 15 years nd and violet 2 years left estate court records showed mrs an jergons ier Jer sons husband hans died in 1916 leaving an estate of almost his will gave mrs anderson andersen a third and divided the remain ler ier among the eight children clarence was adjudged incompetent in 1925 martin in 1928 and violet in october 1943 mrs anderson said she had employed 22 minneapolis lawyers to bandle the involved manipulations of at the estate in the last 20 years mr and mrs H bay trelawney who live on the first floor of mrs Ander krider sens sons home said she was a perfect landlady they never inea of the imprisonments they said aid although they had lived there three years insurance policies were found covering all but one of mrs andersons eight children tor for a total of |
