FACTS ABOUT THE KALLIKAK FAMILY 75 



the neighborhood. Soon after this girl's child was born 

 he left her, becoming promiscuous in his relations. At 

 one time, he and two of his cousins spent the best part 

 of two days and nights in a tree to elude the police, 

 who were searching for them and another man, all of 

 whom had been accused by a girl then in confinement. 

 When the other man was caught and made to marry 

 the girl, they came down. 



In 1904, this scion of the Kallikak family, Guss, went 

 off with a gypsy camp and was married to one of the 

 women. For some time he stayed with the camp, fol- 

 lowing them into another State. In the neighborhood 

 where they located, a murder was committed which 

 was fastened upon the gypsies and finally settled upon 

 him. A great sensation was raised in the papers about 

 it. He was arrested, but finally cleared of the charge, 

 though not until he was effectually cured of his love for 

 gypsy life. 



In 1907, and here comes the most infamous part 

 of "the story, a minister married Guss to his own first 

 cousin, a woman of questionable character. The wit- 

 nesses were Guss's sister and her husband. Every one 

 concerned, except the minister, knew that around the 

 corner, in a little street, so near that at certain hours 

 of the day the shadow of the church spire under which 



