The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-06-19

PARAMNESIA-Falla of memory;
illusions of memory; supposed mem
ory of things which have never been
experienced; memory pictures in fall
lacious or defective form.
Prof. r. Yon Kraft -Ebing.
That is what doctors say in the mat
ter of "the mindless miss" whose home
and relatives the police have been striv-
ing to find since last Tuesday, when she
was found wandering about the streets
of Roseville.
Paramnesia Is a form of insanity in
which its victim tells things which are
not absolutely true, but which the vic
tim believes to be true. 1t is believed
by the police and doctors who have ex-
amined the young woman that intense
mental worry has deranged her reason,
and that she remembers" things
which never happened.
When first found she was believed to
be suffering from amnesia, form OF
aphasia. because she could not tell any
thing about herself, not even her name,
or recall where her home was or the
names and addresses of her relatives.
But today her mental malady took
another form, causing physicians to
look up their textbooks on paramnesia.
She said TO-DAY in the Fifth Precinct
Police Station, where she has been kept
since she was found wandering the
streets, that her name Is Irene Kemp
ton: that her fathers name is William
Kempton, and that she had lived with
him on a small farm in Orange street,
just outside of Red Bank.
The Red Bank authorities said that
there had been no one named Kempton
living there or at the place described,
and that no young woman nameo
Kempton was missing.
The mysterious Miss Kempton, with
seemingly apparent frankness, told the
police that she had been deserted by
her father. She declared that he had
brought her to Newark, saying that he
was going to seek employment here.
He left her at the corner of Broad and
Market streets, she said, last Tuesday
afternoon, promising he would return
for her.
After she had waited several hours
he returned and then took her to an
other part of Newark, which she did
not know, and told her to walt there
for him while he went to Roseville to
look for a job. She waited until late
in the day and then. she said, by ask
ing questions she found the way to
Roseville, hoping to md her 1ather. Sne
had no money, walked all the way and
was hungry when a policeman picked
her up At that time she was so dazed
that she was unable to remember her
name or where she lived, and for a day
was practically speechless.
The doctors then said aphasia But
now, that she tells names and incidents
the verify of which can be estab-
lished they believe that she Is suffering
from paramnesia and that she really
believes to be true what she has told.
No reports of missing girl have
been received by the police, but 1t is
possible that her mental condition Will
improve and that she will be able to
Identity herself in a few days
There is a chance, however, that sne
will not recover her reason. There are
now FIVE "John Does" in the Essex In
sane ASYLUM who are unable to identify
themselves and who are unidentified,
but otherwise sane. They must remain
there until identified and claimed.
Police Captain Ubhaus today re-
o,,ested THE EVENING STAR to take
photograph of the mysterious miss
At his police station and publish IT,
boping that she may be properly identi-
fed In this way.