Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-17
RESTORED TO REASON.
Bogus Circus Agent Suddenly
Awakss as From a Trance.
CROOKED PRIMROSE AGAIN.

A. d. Primrose the seudo ad.
vance agent OF the ForepaughSel
circus combination, whose escapades
in this city from the time of his cap.
ture on the roof of the natatorium to
the present time have been the sub
ject OF numerous newspaper articles.
has recovered his senses In the coun-
ty jail and now says he Is perfectly
sane, says the I'll paso News.
He says that his crazy spell passed
on about ten days ago and he felt like
one awakened from a dream. having
no recollection OF the numerous
events in his life which have trans
oired since his arrival in the city.
Primrose was seen at the jail this
morning and told tale which was
truly marvellous In its fund of incl
dent He said that his only recollec-
ton of having been in I'll Paso was
when he went into a printing Office
and asked for assistance a few days
after his arrival in the city. after his
first release from the Jail. He claims
tC know nothing ABOUT having been
says that he has never been engaged
In any crooked work In Las Vegas or
on the Pacific coast. lie said:
II believe the whole thing was a
sort of visitation of Providence, and
think II was fortunate for me that |
vas stricken as | have been. was
OF my nut when came here | re-
member the conductor taking my bag
gage and that is the last thing know
except my trip to the newspaper Of
flee, where the printers gave me a
quarter. was broke and | have
been broke since | was in Oregon with
the Ward Herman troupe, of which |
was manager. The show broke up in
that state and had to sell the trunks
t. get the girls back to New York
Il have been starving myself since
that time and | think that the pri-
vations | have endured are largely
due TO my present condition. had al.
ways been considered an honest man
before this trouble and | must have
been crazy to have attempted It. as
there was no money in it. II | had
been sane man | would have made
a bunch Of money out OF n graft like
that. You know yourself that al! cir
Gus men are grafters and they all
work their graft. | am an old news
paper man and worked on the Cincin-
natl Enquirer with Allen Meyers
and on numbers OF other papers. |
have been in the business since 1874.
Another thing which put me OF my
nut was that Smith, the man who cut
me back in Alabama two years ago.
who was in Jail here on a check work.
| ing charge and was allowed to get
away. | had good case against him
and 1t drove me almost crazy to think
| OF his escaping me again. He ran
away from Alabama to escape arrest
and came here. Hoke Smith of the
! Atlanta Times was my attorney In
that case.
What | want now Is to be released
can show anyone ! am sane and
| have friends in the city who will send
me to San Antonio. DIR. Martin Zie
| lonka, the Jewish rabbi, promised to
do what he could for me, and he will
see that | get to San Antonio, where
| can easily get friends TO give me
enough TO get 10 Galveston. and from
there | can ship for New York. have
nothing for | tore up all my clothes
while | was crazy. | am a Canadian
Hebrew. Primrose is my mothers
name and my people are well connect
ed In London, Canada.
"All | want is to be released from
here and then can get out and get I
job. for the theatrical season is com
ing on and there will be plenty e
do"