The evening world., 1911-02-04
Found Wandering in Pough-
keepSie, i7-Year-O Did New
Yorker Lost Even Name.
COMMON TESTS FAIL.
Mysterious Sufferer Well Clad
and Wears Shoes Bought in
Upper Second Avenue.

FoCGlIK EEPsIE. Y. s.. FEB. -
Physicians from the Hudson River
State Hospital for tie Insane visited
Police Headquarters this afternoon to
endeayor by hypnotisn TO restore to
memoir a sill who has been In the
custody % the p.,!ce s!ace - u'c,ock
ias; nig';. apparently suffering from
snnee!a.
The girl Is about seventeen years old,
intelligent and seningly we'll educated
and rehned. There seems nothing ex.
ceptional about her excep; her complete
less Of memory as 10 ner name. rest
den"e. -elative- aSd o;aer personal
tacts.
The pclce and doctors tried every
lest they could think Of Ni:hou; sue.
cess and as a last resort communicated
with DIR. Charles ". Pilgrim. Supern-
endent ~ the state Hospital. and his
hrst assistant. DIR Frederick W. Par
soa-. who Is an expert in hypnotic re-
search. both Of whom told The police
that the experiment mlsht have good
results.
Shoes Lought in New York.
when the girl was taken to tae police
station che matron joined sergt. Sneedy
In questioning her. From the appear
ance OF her clothing II was evident that
she had not been long out Of shelter.
Her patent leather SHOES We're clean.
She wore a long black coat with metal
buttons. with green stones in their CEN
tres. a sreenish skirt. and white silk
Usni1t (which had hnan NM on altar Tho
skirt and vas tied over 4, around the
waist. Her shoes were laced and bore
a label Henry NJ. L~owenstein. No. 1882
Second avenue. New York CITY"
Her hat Is a broad brinlmed black
beaver. trimmed with black ribbon. a
brass buckle and an owl ornament. She
had an umbrella witt a wooden handle
and nickel tip, The girl speake German
and has a good natured expression
round. full face. dark ha!r and brown
eyes. h wears no jewelry. The ma
iron found her Only underclothinE was
a thin vest and a night dress.
During a Ions conversation with Dr
Card the girl was asked who Were
Mayor of New York and President oi
the United States. She replied corect
" and also told the names of some o'
the principal cities. She spoke OF tn
subway going to West Farms, which
she declared was In Westminster Coun
~. She also knows where Oss. ming
PoughkeepSie and Albany are located
and can do simple sums in addition.
Tells Time Without Clock.
DR.. Card found on the girls finger.
marks ike needle pricks. from whicl
he Judges tina she Is accustomed Il
sewing. Her hands are soft and he
nails we'll kept.
The girl responded TO some extent 4
suggestive questioning on curren
news, but she showed no inltiativ
whatever and will only go a little dis
lance In answering questions testinI
her memory. She failed ahsolutel'
when asked ANYTHING about her HON
and friends.
she was asked by Or. Card to-da'
what time IL was and replied: "a quar-
ter of three" II was exactly thi
time. but there was no clock or watc
in sight and the girl could not eXplai
why she knew II was that time, 5u
she knew II, she said.
When she awoke to-day she was CO.,
scious that she was in the police sta
tlon at Poughkeepsle, hut her memor
remained an absolute BLANK regardtn
her home and family.