The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-07
boy ENIGMA SPEAKS
AN UNKNOWN I Q. c |. {
English Physicians and l,inguists
Bahled BY Remarkable
Hnnlail6Problern.
JABl i, LIKE i, 8. MONKEY u II:
Writes Answers TO Every Ques-
ton Asked i'll What Appears
to be Gibberisl1.
.JABBERS LIKE, MONKEY,
LONDON, August 6.

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Il Chelsea Workhouse harbors a boy, fair
skinned and light-hared. whose national
lily has, up TO the present. completely baf-
fed the officials
Previously to being sent TO the work.
house the lad was charged at the Vest
minister police court with wandering with
out visible means OF Subsistence, and iii
was then stated that during the week he
was under remand he did not utter a
word and, although he was spoken to In
six different languages. he showed no
sign Of recognition.
It has since been found that the lad can
speak. Il but his speech is stranger than his
silence. The jabberSof monkey Is more
lntelliglble. iS5
Several written questions were put to
him yesterday. Underneath the. words,
.'Wha t Is your name and age7"g hS wrote
without hesitation IT entyrut WI tcuk, II.
Thus he appeared to understand English
si hat country were you born In q The
lad at once northumberland NJ eE.$51 ia
.::FIo wi do you like scrubbing 4, t he occu-
patton the boy had Just been engaged lin).
"Dernt 8sentk," was the wrttenfreply. {.
II e was then asked, again In writing.
Would you like a penny?" His answer
was brief: Teilny. r. "a S
Remains Riddle.
His Identity shows every prospect Of
remaining q riddle. H ha been seer ~
medical men and by linguists. but hitherto
IT has been impossible to account for him
in any way Since his case has appeared
IN the papers n,mberless people have
called who say they have lost boys OF
about his age. az 9gs IA
sterday g woman m de the unknown
take off his bootss;to search for a II scar
caused. she said, & by her ii dropping hot5tea
on her&long- lost child. but lthe toes OF the
unknown were intact. 8s; t93t#
~ fle@sunknown boy was queer, but
ra Their attra ctive, fiji cure. He Is al thin,
weedy youth, presuina bly, bout&14 years
O.. age. He has a head the crown 4 Of
which flies outward and upward almost
10 a point. He has la countenance OF a.
strong Semitic cast and very fine large.
Ida rk eyes. III sS "
He did not speak. and II he were asked
questions he did mot answer. A pencil
was handed Il to him, and 1T was shown
to him that he should write what he
heard
Two Posi- bic Exp Anations.
Seen yesterday, a we'll known medical
iman5 said the boy's condition suggested
tina he might stblSi be uffering from
an a ff1tction Of a certain area OF the brain
OF. from by teria.S 55 Ii q
5Es3I t fysteria was the cause Of his silence
and incoherent writing. he might recover
automat icailys and instantly. II. however
his state expended upon a brain Affection
1t would depend upon its cause ii as to-
whether he would recover. a$ss IS i5
B he; London School Board has had such
boys to deal with. In he report OF the
nnedica L officer to he la tes board he deals
with several alogous cases. One Is Of
a boy, otherwise elligent, who reads
and writes rubbish. For The phra se. 8 The
drinks were ale ind mead q, 7 this lis &. BOY
wrote & A. La base It's cran ms and krsut
The same, boy can d o sums. a but II he
nuts totals into words he writes Sunintel-
iliEible gihberish. l5 55a. VI.
Another has a memo ry W tch its only
bad for words and sym bols. and asthird,
though he could writ his name, could
not say what were the letters thai FORM n