Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-22
Strange Case of Young Merchant
of This City Who Disappeared
In Baltimore Recently.
LOST MEMORY TEMPORARILY
With Large Sum Of Money in HI,
Pocket. lie Peddled Fruit Jars
Z Through Country and Larded BE-
hind Bars Charged With Stealing
Horse and Rusey-Friends at Work.


hc,ee and buggy belonging to IL liv7
cry stable. Arthur j. liammun. tho,
"A young merchant of this city who dis.
appeared TN Baltimore about two
e:ceis ago, Is confined in Jail at Fled
erick. Md
HAmnan's case appears ia be ON
IF !he most remarkable On record.
Sonc of his friends believe that he
simply lost his mcn'or2 for n pcrinl
of ion days bit others arc of the
opinion that he has been suffering
firn, the effects of drug OF SOM!
kird.
Search Unsuccessful
Arriving in Baltimore two wcckB ago
last Tuesday, having with him about
500 with which he proposed To pur-
chase stock for his racket .itor,,
frOin the Baltimore Bar gniu House.
Han.man disappeared, A search was
but no trace Of The man was found AMI
1t 10 possible that he ':crld have died
In sOrne out If The way place under au
assumed name IL he had not gotten
into trouble and landed In jnli at
Frederick.
One day last week Mrs. lIamman
ami friends Of The family were mott.
fed of linmmans arrest, hut the stnri
was carefully kept secret and It was
not until ycSterlay that the facts
lr;,,.cd out
Was PcddIing Fruit Jars.
u Htams That. after landing In Tnl
til :ure, tho n,an bought M Il LOT of
fruit jars, hired u team and stated
80 l,e,idllng the jars through The co,,n
tly In the vicinity of Baltimore. Il
Ia aRi,, that lie hired several different
t;ari', returning anil paying for th;.
lire Of all of them except the Lass:
One dry las. week he was Dissolve re,l
in ~ sGmi.rCnecious condition In Il
whcnt iicin near Frederick. lic hui
disposed of I'LL of his last lot of fruit
Jars and In sold the hired team.
Owner Swcrc Gut Warrant.
ln the meantime The owner of the
team had Sworn out 4 warrant AMI
upon begin found lIammun was taken
to Frederick physician who was
called to attcn'l the prisoner foun!
him Ii be. apparently. In ar uilsoun'i
condition. mentally and physically. H,.
had given his name rs Sc hultz AT one
tire an! rs Johnson ut another
Didn't Know His Name,
fortunately an attorney named
Hart. an acquaintance tf IIamman.
N happcned To see aud recognize him.
7Ipcn questioning the prisoner. Hart
saw that he could give M account Of
his strans. actions. Itam,nan, whn
4 did not seem to known his right name
until his lienlury was refreshed By
Hart. could only ask the latter in LEI
his wife ami friends here know ct his
condition
Attorney Stauffer Called.
As eu1n as the nnws was received
here. Attorney W. T.. StauGcr. Il frcn.I
10 Herman nEd II !:lcmbcr of the
trinity Lutheran church, 10 which the
lattra Delongn. went to Frederick
Sunday the attorney had Hannah OK
anlincd by DR.. 7. y. johnson, n lead
ing physician of Frederick rfe pris
oncr was at TINT tinn apparently III
full possession of his mental faculties
ard ne declared .hr. he had 10 rpcuI
lection of anything that happened
from the time he arrived in Bpliinlurt
until he found himself I'm Jail at Fred.
a,it;,. He vas III Il Yery weak CON
ditjrn physically.
Letter From Or. Johnson.
Yesterday morning nr j w. Ayler
IF !liis ,';ty. received Il letter frnn Or
Johnson. telling him Of the case and
asking him for information cpncuir
Ing Eiem,lans personality AMI hlls:
ncss stan,lns III this city.
-tIthumsll Hamman's wife aud hl.;
f,innts are greatly HSitatch over his
reI.lnrha,lc experience. and present
condition. they arc confident that Tho
ugly charge against him will hc clear
O. up without DILIGENTLY They be.
lie,e that IL will b1 easy TO prove
that tie man was not mentally re.
s;ponslble fer his acts.
Business All Right.
llainmai, $ business has moi suffered
curing Ills abscnce. aa It has hern
Eeit In operation by tile clerks. under
fll'. direction of Representative nf
tie Baltimore Bargnn House. The
lelmcsentatt:" Of lie Baltimore flrm
cane fcie 10 examine Hnmman's