Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-13
MYSTERIOUS CASE.
fRASK &. ADAMS FOUND UNCONstiOus
IN ms BROTHERS uousE.
HIS PHYSICIANS ARE BAFFlED.
III Is NOT rtRALNZED, BtT MS MIND
Ish COMPLETE BLANK.
Innbl. to TciI How or where Tie Was
Injured -- was I'll when lite
Lett Ills Place OF
HuSinpss.

frank G. Adams, clerk in the m,u's fur
r.shr; department. OF Nmcry, Bird. lhaNrr
a COS lies unconscious at the residence ot
hl. brother e.. g.. ADAMS 80, 3l2 McOiee
street. ~, was found ny Mrs. Adaus
Thursday afternoon about $50 o'clugh, At-
iug iu . rocking chair, with ms ll-ht
hand and wrist I'm Bunlugrs. moaning ana
paspins fot breath. and TO all the ques-
lions which she put 20 him regarding MS
condition and the manner NJ which he was
hurt. he whispered with difficulty the sole
yyur,I .'ForEut" Subsequently all EFFORTS
20 arouse him sufficiently to obtain any III
formation were futile. When the handages
were removed, no iuiuty TO Adams hand or
wrist could hc found except very small
abrasion Of the skin, and tho necessity for
The baudur,s was not at aN apparent Last
might ou. close examination. a slight ahra-
sioH and swelling hardly perc,ptible. We're
found ON the back Of Adams neck at the
base OF the skull. The case Is an exceed
iugly strange Que.
Adams WAS at work IN the mons FUR
rishtug department OF Emery. Bird fhayer
n co. as usual Thursday morning, except
that he complained of sore wrist About
10 o,cIouI, he bandaged w his right hand,
sayinl. that he could not write with II. lie
smoke of the matter to W. - Oechsli. also
"A clerk IN the furnishing department, but
dil not say how no was hart, AT dinner
time he went to pr Whittnkcr's oitice ana
had his arm baudaged. He said he was not
feeling we'll and the doctor gave MN MN q
prescription that Was ulltd AT the 'Vi,lIHt
drug store, No loo Main street Adams
;hou returned to the store, ana at KY
o'clock asked Manager BntnbrldSet OF ms
deuartfnent. to relieve hin from duty, az
he felt very badly. lie also asked OechSli
to make out his cash account, as ne Cpull
not use his injured ha"u 10 "l''e II nm
K half hour after leaving, the store
Adams w9 seen Jo i2 c, igler strgst ms 'N by sIrs
Mccoy a ueighhnr. Mrs Mccoy spoke TO
him and he replied pleasantly nothing aIP- I
parentiy being the matter with him - eM-
raut that Mrs. Mccoy noticed his hand was
haudagsd No one was at the Adams home
at the time Mrs ADAMS nag De'n ra.nrmatl I9Mtil
found her brother-in-iaw unconscious IN
'"s SJarns p1rtu' is highly spoken Of by all who
know him as a young man devoid oi ntIi naIi
habits He Is said TO have never 'ouSH'"
iutoxicauts in his life. If he had neeh ,,,at ss
he tiid not speak of 1t at the store IhurS-
day morning unless he had thought ms
injuries only slight s ,nanin oneI ana Silent T4 SOM
The physicians could ind no symptoms OF
paralysis last night, The young man moV-
on a paper pad that was HANDED to MN u Z
few ,inntelgible words. When asked II
nj mbnn Wa'iig' his father. Dr. d. b Adams, OF
Cameron, arrived last night, he seemed to
recognize him for moment. shorty, az al Ist yt
broken father tried to arouse the young
man by calling to him to tell how ne was
wndGrstand the question. and TO the sur
ppaI of paper on the bureau. 1t was hand.
he scrawled the words, II can t., upon H.
Then hc sank back into totally gngon-
HANDED to him. a pencil was thrust into his
hand, ana he wrote. the, word think me, jhf,1