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to be unable to talk.
l addressed him by name, and he an
swered me readily, but in strangely
confused way, saying nothing initia-
tive, yet answering questions willingly
enough, but strangely. Thus when
asked him if he had been hurt he an.
swered YES" but when asked him how
he was hurt he looked bewildered and
said, Il hardly know how it was"
The policeman who came with him
said that the hospital surgeon who had
attended him had said that he would
need medical attendance. Even if no
such word had been brought | would
have considered it my duty to suggest to
Mr. Levinson that a physician should be
called. | did SO, and he assented without
seeming to realize what he was saying.
therefore asked DR.. Hatherton, who
has an Office in the hotel, to attend to
the case, and he did so. For about a
month after that took particular notice
of Mr.. Levinson because he acted very
strangely He did nothing eccentric
Indeed he seemed to do nothing what
ever unless it was suggested to him in
some way. Then, whatever it was, he
would do it readily enough if it were a
proper thing to do, but he hardly seemed
to realize what he was doing
1t was SO strange case that | felt a
good deal of responsibility about him
the more SO as the proprietor of the house
was away and | had sole charge of his
business. ! consulted DR.. Hatherton a
number of times and he seemed rather
dubious, but said that Levinson would
probably be all right after awhile,
! though he was certainly suffering
strangely from the shock he had re-
ceived.
| asked Levinson if he had any friends
with whom he wished to communicate,
and he said he had not. That seemed so
queer to me that | repeated the question
several times at the risk, as | feared, of
offending him, but he made the same
answer each time, and, moreover, did not
seem to remember that | had asked him
before.
AS q matter of course there is a pri-
waite detective constantly on guard in the
hotel, and told him about the case, eau
tlOning him to keep a special watch on
Mr.. Levinson, and to see that he should
not go out without being followed. OF
course no restriction was put on him,
but l feared lest, if he should go out
alone, he might fall into the hands of
confidence operators or some other Grim
inals, and did not think he was in a
fit condition to take care of himself, es-
pecially as he carried considerable
| sum Of nRney on his person. This
/ knew because he paid his bills always
on presentation and several times gave
me Il hundred dollar bill to change. In
! doing this he would take it off a roll of
| similar bills.
saw no change in Mr.. Levinson after
! his first accident till he met with the
second one. That happened on Novem-
Der twenty-one, little more than a
month after he was thrown from his
| horse. 1t was quite cold, and l had the
heavy, swinging storm doors put up that
afternoon. Mr.. Levinson was starting
| out for walk apparently, and whether
/ he saw the doors or not got struck by
one as he was passing out. 1t knocked
him down and evidently hurt him pretty
badly but he got up and went to his
room without assistance. When he APP
peared again he seemed exactly as lie
| had when he first came to the hotel, and
! Inever afterward noticed anything pecu-
liar about him.
| PRIVATE DETECTIVE WALTONS STATE
MENT.
My notice was attracted by the pecu-
| liar appearance of Mr.. Levinson, a guest
at our house, before Mr.. Wiley, the
managing clerk, directed me to keep d
| close watch on him. l had observed
/ that after his accident, when he was
| thrown from his horse, he seemed curl
ously dull and paid little or no attention
to anything that was going on, whereas
| before the accident he was very active
man, with rather a sprightly demeanor.
After Mr.. Wiley spoke to me was
careful to keep lookout for him every
day, and | am positive that with two ex-
| ceptions he never left the house without
being attended. OF course he did not
know he was being followed, but every
| time he went out either went behind
him or sent my side partner, Godfrey.
On the two occasions have just men
toned he sat in the reading room for some
time after breakfast, and while | was
busy in the corridor he passed out at the
side door. One was October thirty and
the other time was November second. He
was gone each time for several hours,
and have no knowledge of what he did
or where he went on those occasions. Ex-
cepting on those days | am positive that
Mr.. Levinson never went more than a
dozen blocks away from the hotel and
never transacted any business whatever,
He seemed like man who had no occu-
patton or aim in life excepting to kill
time, like an invalid or a confirmed idler.
MIR. FoTHERINGAY's STATEMENT.
l was not favorably impressed with
Mr. Arthur Levinson the first time
met him, and | am now exceedingly
doubtful whether he is victim of Cir
cumstances, lunatic or would be
criminal, or whether he may not be, in
point of fact, all three. 1t is therefore
with exceeding reluctance that l have
consented to make detailed statement
| of the circum stapcas of his clOsiDp hi ,