The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-19
Topeka Man Who Disappeared
Suddenly Located.
Calls Himself A. H. Gresham
at San Diego.
REMEMBERS NOTHING
Says He Was Never in Topeka
or Kansas.
Descriptions and Photographs
Make Identity Certain.

That Geo. w. Harrison, son of ex-
Mayor T. w. Harrison, wandered away
while temporarily deranged and that
he did not desert his wife and family
was established beyond a doubt today
when friends of the young man def
nitely identified him at San Diego, Cal
Harrison Is going under the name OF
A. H Gresham and he maintains that
his name is not Harrison at all ana
that he never was in Topeka. But
photograph tallies with the ones mere
and friends are sure that he is the
same man.
Harrison or Gresham remembers
nothing previous to the first week in
January when he disappeared. AS far
as known here he went directly to Cal
ifornia and is engaged in business
there. Harrison was employed by F.
d. Coburn last fall. About the first
Of the year he went to Kansas City
and secured a position with the Hud-
son-Kimberly Printing company there.
During the first week of the year he
left the office of the company to take
a train for Garden City to pack up his
household goods and move them and
his family to Kansas City. He has
never been seen since until he was
found in California last week.
For some time Harrison was the edi-
tor Of the Garden City Telegram. He
conducted an anti-gambling crusade
and made things so lively for the gam
blers and jointists that he was attack
ed on the streets one night by w. H.
McArtor and beaten until unconscious.
After he recovered there were times
that he seemed to be partially unbal-
anced.
The search for Harrison has been
conducted almost entirely by his wife
who has never despaired of finding
him alive. She would not believe that
eli, Go1 Tod I'D cIa If
that he was either dead or had become
deranged on account of the blows he
received In the fight with McArtor.
Every possible clue has been followed
by Mrs. Harrison.
DR.. Lawrence Chamberlain, formerly
Of Topeka, was the first man that
identified Geo. Harrison at San Diego.
He talked with Harrison or Gresham
and insisted that the man was using
an assumed name. Harrison maintain
ed that Gresham was his right name
and that he had never been in Topeka.
Harrison. White had known Harrison
we'll and was positive in his identifica-
ton. r.
kilograms and letters were sent to
Mrs. Harrison and friends in Garden
City and finally Gresham was persuad-
ed to send a letter and a new photo
graph of himself to his wife. In the
letter Gresham says that he knows
nothing Of what happened previous to
January except that he had received a
blow on the head. He does not re-
member Of ever being in Topeka and
insists that he is not Harrison. The
photograph is an exact likeness of Geo.
Harrison. Gresham was willing to
come to Topeka and be identified and
money was telegraphed for an attend
ant to bring him to Topeka at once
DR.. Chamberlain in his messages says
that there Is a great improvement be-
ing shown recently and that Mr.. Har-
rtson will recover his memory entirely.
Harrison seems to have recovered all
Of his mental activities except his
memory since going to California.