A Strange Life Story
Clyde, Wayne County, NY (1912)
A great mystery at Clyde, N.Y. has been cleared up by the death Tuesday of Arthur J. Hamilton, who disappeared in the night 34 years ago. Young Hamilton was a gay fellow and was much in the lime light in and about Clyde, therefore his sudden disappearance created wonder and comment. In a skylarking trip to Lyons, Arthur was arrested for boisterous conduct and his father sent for. The father took his son home, and soon after sickened and died. It is stated that Arthur blamed himself for his father's death and resolved to do penance as a life convict. He shut himself up in his room 34 years ago and never left it, a brother and sister keeping the secret of his whereabouts all these years. At first the brother allowed the immpression to go out that Arthur had gone west, thinking after awhile he would get over his "queer streak", but time did change his purpose, and death finally revealed the secret and the blinds to the windows of his room were opened for the first time in 34 years.
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