Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-05 | Page 12 | Man Refuses to Put on His Legs and the Force at Sheriff Office is Puzzled

ill IFilEl Fiji 1 HIS : LEGS AND TIE FOE AT SHERIFF OFFICE IS PUZZLED "What would you do, if a man wouldn't put on his legs and come to breakfast?" asked Clerk Curtis Allison of the sheriff's office this morning. Blank faces and not an idea in the oUice. Evidently it was so unusual a question ques-tion everyone expected to be "gagged," if they answered. "S'truth," quoth Curt, "Charles Nelson Nel-son In here won't put his legs on and he Is defying anyone to come and move him. Says he'll go without his legs, If ho goes." Charles G. Nelson was placed in tho county jail several days ago, after arriving ar-riving in Ogden from California. On tho Southern Pacific train he became unruly and officers here were notified to take him off. He is insane. Efforts to find his home and trace of his relatives, exerted by the sheriff's sher-iff's office and Deputy Claude Moyes of the clerk's office, who directs the charity fund, resulted in the intelligence intelli-gence that his home is in Richmond, Cal., and that he owns property there. An effort is being made to have him sent back. When Nelson was brought to' tho office, it was seen he had an artificial leg- He'carrled two heavy canes and walked with a limp. But when he was found this morning in his cell without any logs on at all, consternation reigned reign-ed supreme. Nelson resents any interference in-terference with him by anyone and irascibly tells all to leave him alone and get out. So when he was approached ap-proached to don his legs, arise and walk, he obstinately refused. Nelson has strange ideas concerning concern-ing himself. He claims to be the Norwgian Jehovah and several other things.