Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-11

Who Writing automatically Believes She Is Controlled
DeadWha Professor Hystop Thinks of the Case

nerves to their normal condition for was usually
very quiet calm
took side path where would be least likely 70
meet others who, like myself, might be out for an
early stroll. am walking along softly, drinking in the
beauty of the morning when not far way from the
l see a lying against tree, evidently asleep, for
he is not pale enough be dead. hurry to him. TO
discover if be of any assistance He is lying
arm, his head against the tree. He is not
dead to my great relief, but seems stupefed by
drug, for 1 detect the slightest odor of
liquor, he cannot be intoxicated.
1 make every effort to arouse him, but without
success. He cannot be left here alone in this cond
ton, for be may die. He is evidently man Of re-
fnement, to judge by his clothing. which are those
Of gentleman and a of means. l must do
something before it is too late l. unfortunately, left
my pocket medicine case at home and have nothing
with me with which to revive him, so decide that
the only thing to do is to through his clothes and
try to find who he is and where he lives. l can
then go back and call Il cab and take him to his
house. l go through his outer pockets, but find
nothing that will help to identify him. so un-
asten his coat in order to reach the inside pockets
and go through them
The only thing that 1 can find is envelope, adj
dressed to Mr. James Armstrong Manchester, Court
of Continental Europe What unusual address,
He must be of great importance if he is the
James Armstrong indicated but what does the Court
of Continental Europe mean? go through all of his
coat pockets and find nothing that will help me, and
just going through those of his waistcoat when
1 look up startled by the crack of a revolver just
behind me, and some puts hand on my shoulder
and says-"There you are at your old tricks again.
are you? We have been looking for you for a long
time, you thief. You cannot deny it, for caught
you in the act. L recognize you in spite of your
beard sir I will ask you to go with me as quietly
possible, while send a cab back to take this poor
man to the 'ospital. You need not attempt to ex-
plain We know all about it. You only trying
to find out who e was? Well, it would ave been
much better if you ad gone back and called for 'elp
and not let the poor fellow die. Come now, before
it is too late"
There was nothing for to do but go with the
bobby, for, to my horror, l had nothing on me to
back my statement that 1 DIR. Crandal, the
surgeon In my hurry to get out in the air l had
come away in an old house coat, so had no cards,
letters or medicine case with to convince him
was telling the truth. l knew 1 could telephone to
any numbeG of people who could identify soon
as 1 reached the court and told my story, L went
very willingly, for / was anxious to get the poor
man to where he would get medical attention at
once and was only annoyed at the Inconvenience it
put me to- but was glad it still early, so could
be in time for the important operation had for the
afternoon.
We were soon ont of the principal walks,
and the hobby who held my arm in a vse-like grip
told the first one of his fellow he met where to
find the man we had left and to take him to the
Southgate Hospital quickly as possible, while he
would see to it that locked up at once
We got in a cab, for l protested strongly against
going any other way and in his delight at having