Imperial Valley press., 1909-03-06
A Remarkable Case of Partial 0bIiteratiOn of the
 Memory,
D. B. Wyandt, of Fl centro, Was Mer- chant of Stockton--Recogni His Wife Only as a Girl He Knew Years Ago-Reunited by Chance Recogni- tion of Acquaintances.

A remarkable case of amnesia or lapse of memory, presumably induced by blow on the head, is that of D. E. Wyandt, business man of El Centro for the past nine months, who pre- vious to coming to El Centro was q dry goods merchant at Stockton, and who declares he has no recollection of that period of his life.
 Wyandt has wife and three-year- old daughter, but did not know it until Mrs. Wyandt arrived in El Cen tro Thursday forenoon. Wyandt was taken to see his wife, and remembered her as a girl he had known several years ago, but could recall nothing of their marriage. Incidents of his life in Stockton suggested to him bring no responding recollection. A complete lapse of memory concerning that per iod of his life is apparently the. condi tion in which Wyandt finds himself
 Wyandt came to El Centro early last June, took quarters at the princi- pal hotel and by his affable manner and attractive personality at once made friends here His evident capa. bility as business man opened the way for him, and for several months he was connected with the manage ment of the El Centro creamery. Re. gently he engaged in the creamery business on his own account, under the firm rame of the Crescent Cream Compau!
 For sc, ral years prior to h'i ap. pearauce in El Cel,-o Wyandt WAS engagGd ;' the dry {" ods business tn Stockton. He went to San Francisco the latter part of last May to pur- chase goods, and suddenly dropped out of sight. His wife endeavored to locate him but obtained no trace of her husband.
 Early this week, MT. and Mrs. E. P. Llewelyn, former neighbors of the Wy andts in Stockton, came to Fl Centro, and they immediately recognized the bl llICIh do LiG llloSluS WHdHuI, but on questioning him found he had no recollection of either themselves or his family. They at once sent for Mrs Wyandt to come and make their Identification certain.
 Wyandt's story is to the effect that he can clearly remember past events of several years ago, but that his mind is a blank as regards his mar riage or family, or his life in Stock ton during the time mentioned by the Llewelyns and Mrs. Wyandt.
 He says he found himself on the Southern Pacific train between Los Angeles and Imperial Junction, with ticket in his pocket for Benson, Ari- zona. He knew of no reason why he should be going to Benson, of which town he knew nothing, and as every one was talking of Imperial Valley and El Centro, he concluded to come where the crowd was going, and thus accounts for his presence here.
 q guess they have the man they are looking for" said Wyandt this morning. "I recognize the lady they say is my wife as a girl used to know several years ago, but that is as far as l can go. l hope my recollection will come of the events said to have taken place. If I have assumed obli- gations at Stockton l want to meet them, If I have business complica- tions there, l shall go there and settle them; but l shall make El Centro my home. l like this place and like its business opportunities
 After coming to myself on the train was puzzled at first as to my Identity, but finally it came to me that my name was Wyandt. My main trouble has been in regard to political matters. People have talked to me about acts of Roosevelt, the Ruef trial, etc, and l was puzzled that l could not remember about these matters. even got hold of old newspaper files and magazines to read up on such subjects"
 Wyandt can account for his condi- ton in no other way than that he must have received a blow on hIs head, presumably by thieves, while in San Francisco. When he arrived in .El Centre his head was bruised and