The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-10
WASH I THE SAME
A NAN PERMANENTLY "TuRNED
AROUND BY AN ACCIDENT.
He Lost Bis Identity Through the Shock
of = Runaway Mishap-Partial Restors-
ton OF Memory Came Slowly. bas Ell.
Was Completely ChAne~d Man.

( New York reporter, cites the following
case Of lost identity:
/ Y. was a stalwart young Irishman. &C
/ tive, healthy and strong. Ne was married.
a eoachman by occupation and was o.
+ teerned industrious and trustworthy.
One afternoon he accompanied two
T young men friends 10 nearby town 70
/ make some purchases. The buggy was
small, and the threc crowded into the enc
+ scat. In crossing bridge spanning rail-
/ way the horse took fright at an approach
/ Ing train and became unmana-csble The
horse ran away, the buggy was overturned.
/ and the three occupants were thrown ont
/ The horse was finally caught a mile or 40
/ below the bridge. and. the whole affair o.
curing in thickly settled suburb OF the
/ town, people were soon on the scene They
\ found two insensible men in the road. and
these they carried 10 a nearby house, where
IN a short time after the accident was
enabled 10 examine their wounds found
them both suffering from severe skull frsc-
lures, from which they both died within .
few hours.
When we came 20 look for Y, he had
mysteriously disappeared. Several persons
had seen him in the buggy when Ii had
crossed the bridge-had seen the three men
at the time the buggy upset-but somehow
In the excitement OF the accident Y drop
ped out OF sight and was believed TO have
gone TO his home, less than mile distant
such was not the case. however, and q
| search was instituted in the belief that be
had wandered of in a dazed condition into
some lone place and there perhaps hsd
fallen in"ens.ble. No trace oo1ld DO found
OF him.
The next day while on nv professional
tour l stopped at his home 10 make In
quiries Of his wifc-thcy were regular IA
tients OF mine-and was informed that be
had mystoriuuSly Appeared at the door lust
a few moments before. No one had seen
him enter the village street leading 90 his
house. Hi, WIFE distracted with grief az
his unexplained and singular disappear
ance, CHANGED TO 60 to the door opening on
the street, and there confronted Y. stand
ing dazcd and stupid on the doorstep
He did not speak n. first, but looked about
him, rs she expressed IT, AS II In dream
His attempts 20 speak afterward were lin
tied 10 unintelligible cultural sounds He
permitted her 20 lead him inside and %
take of his dust covered and torn outer
garments, when some of his injuries b.
came apparent. He was undrcssed and pat
10 bed. and | made thorough e1amina-
ton OF his condition.
His respiration was heavy. irregular
and labored. His pulse was high. his pu-
pills contracted. his skin cold his intelli
gencc almost nil. He had sustained he
sides numerous superficial cuts and bruis
es a fracture Of three ribs, fracture Of
the left arm, n dislOcation Of the wrist Of
the same arm, a fracture Of finger Of the
left hand and two or three severe scalp and
face wounds. | could detect no skull frao-
ture nor bone depression.
lie was sinGularly indiGercn. 10 my
dressing his wounds Lad appeared 20 Do 10
a large extent in "a state % anTsthcsin
After we had dressed his wounds, placed
bin In a comfortable position In bed and
induced first rate surgical reaction Inoficcd
a vague change In his appearance. bat
paid NJ special attention 20 IL. attributiug
il TO the effects of his Fri ght and the shock
OF the accident.
He fully recovered from his INJURIES IN
due season For about three weeks he lay
IN "a Semicomatosc state, making at inter
walls feeble attempts u speak, but hts et
forts were mainly inarticuiate. As he raj
lied the various functions reFalnsd their
normal status. and be began 10 say few
words distinctly, but his selection II words
was amnesic. and as he showed deficient
power OF attention and incohercnce -
ideas / fully expected some form Of tho
apha>ic condition % supcrycne.
Il visited him several times each day
and noted with Increasing interest tho
progressive changes bis features under
went One day / suddenly realized that
be bore but little r,-sefn blancc u his FOR
gufgrsf J. a a s.aygtr,. 60.
and shc said that others had noticed Il
also His eye had an entirely changed ap-
pcaraDce and the feature. were distinctly
those 81 another man. His speech came
back finally but his voice was not his
former well known voice. IL was now
strangely mild and tho words be used
were carefully selected and evenly euunet-
ated. lis hair rapidly turned white iu
streaks His face assumed n serious, az
most philosophic, expression and changed
from tho former Jolly, refund contour 20
careworn, peaked ono. | examined into
his mental condition daily and found that
lie was slowly rscoveriag n mental balance.
Little by little the memory Of bis tor
mcr life came back 10 him. In course ~
time be rrcallcd enough ~ tell ne ~ The
runaway Up 20 the point where be was
I'll roysn. and thereafter al WIS blank
whittier be wandered, how lie sluded the
persons searching for him. how 10 va.
enabled a. last % find hi= own house. ars
ali ss mysterious 20 hiin today a. ~ .As
time q the accident
He recovered. but nc; AZ hts former ssif
He had forgotten how 20 write BIS narDs
of % write a. al The simplest arithnet-
icsl Sums were brycud bis Intelligence. He
euJoye,i talking with re about his con
CstiCu AID expressed himself a. Tnystlfei
WIZ be had 80 many things @ learn over
A~ain. 20 corusiets we're The physical and
r-Trhicsl GrrtsfaGrT h0sss "a d.. cnzE that
when he vent ont foE the frat time sens
- his best kuo>xn Acquaintaroes failed
% rscogulz- him. and had they not ben
prepared f'r to change probably taTy
never would have recognized him away
from hls rrr.e. lie lad l1at al ;Asts for
borsss BE ss!d BE- had flrs1t;sn how .o
handle tLra lie didn't even rsfusfRber
boz ~ arran-e harness grfu shown
Hi ees.rv NV VS. - york q, ga-y,sr-
irv 7 ass-rtalned that zb~n - "a. a
f,ay 81 TIE Cd country be had worked as.
gardener. bslpsr BE vas simply taking
% TIE thrus1 q LIE where hs I'D efoggss.
u a. a boT
re ls ss.I living snsoTs Fnni bath.
sas b,o1-l. re father = children Aad .
raiIed fairly god gardner lie u na.sd
'or hls mild faaun@rs. ia sbs.irrucs fr.ru
sTiEk ard t9r h.s even. gid t.rsp~s His
? sqle nature Tow "a qrs q = rs-irsny d.
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