The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-27
JOB REYNOLDS BACK At LAST
WITH YARN or MISADVENTURE
IN THE PICKLE Pacific.

TIE WIasW's sen % Greenwich Nnlage
says Ne Was sh0t. Beaten and sue
eoFed by sayaaes-Issst Ha Memory:
began 10 Get Il Back NIth Letter ..
Joe Reynolds. who Is q years Old and
has been missing from Greenwich Village
for more than four years. u back again
with a tale Of wandering over a great
deal Of the earth and most Of the seven
seas. He says be was shot. was beaten
20 badly that for a lOns time he Loot his
memory. was cared for by South Sea
Favages and had many other things hap
pen 70 him.
while Joe was away his widowed mother
says that she kept a lamp burning every
night in her window 10 guide Joe home.
When abe wasn't going over her missing
soma clothes or trimming the lamp she
was praying in a nearby church that
Joe would come back.
Joe left home he says. 10 learn something
about the world He wandered around
the United States for time and finally
boarded q ship and went 10 the Gilbert
Ialands IN the South Pacific Ocean.
Joe ian't quite certain what happened
when he landed on Easter Island Of the
Gilbert group. but a middle aged English
man, Edward Roper, who came back
10 New York with Joe a " ok ago, to-day
went into q more detailed account Of
Jos's troubles than joe could give.
Roper Gays that he landed on Easter
Island and learned that there was another
white man In one Of the villages, very
young man whom the natives had found
on the beach unconscious with a smashed
head and shot through both legs.
whereupOn Roper looked up Joe. but could
learn nothing from him that explained
how he had been injured.
Joe couldn't even remember his name.
ASIDE from his loss Of memory. however,
he began 10 pick up, and by the time a
trading vessel hove in sight he was able
20 hoard her and 20 with Roper 70 Aus
tralia. AtSydney therewas Dr Forbes,
who began 10 experiment on Joe 20 Try
10 bring his memory hack DR.. Forbes
began by pronOuncing various letters
10 Joe. Whenever he pronounced the
letter he noticed that HE patient seemed
10 show some interest In the letter
The name Joseph was then pronounced
many times by the physician and finally
Joe Reynolds would nod his head IN assent
each time he heard It. This was a. Tar
a. Dr.. FORBES could progress. Joe and
RopeF than left Sydney, Joe cured 81 hls
hurts. but still unable 10 remember HE
last name or 10 tell where he had come
from.
'lt was IN Melbourne Joe SAYS, that
my name came hack 10 me. think saw
the name Reynolds on a sign and then
! had a sort Of vision Of Broadway and
other New York streets. And after that
was all right
Then Joe headed for New York. He
had had $500 IN the Bank 81 Hongkong.
but his doctors bills had eaten into this,
leaving him enough, however 10 buy his
way hack 70 New York. While he was
away from Gresnwich village burglars
broke into his mother = home and stole
all the money she owned. Then she had
10 90 20 live with a friend. Mrs. q. l.
Gillian. at - Greenwioh avenue. and
had about decided 10 60 hack % England
and spend the rest Of her days there with
relatives. But Jos " hack now and is
all right. and last night his mother was
happy and hopeful.