Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-08
Wealthy Lumberman of VAN
couver Had Forgotten Wife.
Woman One Had Married Agrees to
Wait While He Returns to Scot
land to See II Mrs. Scott No.
Was Alive.

Seattle. Wash.-Curious instances
of lapses of memory covering long
periods have come to light simuitane-
ously here in the stories OF two men
whose minds have been cleared by
Illness.
George Scott, a rich lumberman OF
Vancouver, supposed himself bache-
lor until 1909, when he married. Now
he suddenly remembers that. twenty
six years ago. he left wife and chill
dren in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The other case is that OF s. Chand-
Ter Rogers, who was beaten so badly
In New York fourteen years ago that
he forgot his name. He drifted here
and has been known as George Kelly.
An operation has recalled him 20 him
self.
In all the years that Scott was pill
ing up a fortune be seemed heart
proof until musical comedy company
visited Vancouver two years ago. He
then capitulated to Jane Patterson OF
Allegheny, Pa. one OF its members
Although their ages we're far apart,
they lived happily Scotts finally met
with an accident which fractured his
skull and brought on. in addition, a
serious illness. through which his wife
nursed him.
Memory OF his youthful domestic
life came with his recovery. In telling
his wife OF 1t he said his name al
ways was George Scott and that he
never had physical mishap or Ill
ness to explain a loss OF memory
Nevertheless his mind had been ut
terly blank as to the wife and babies
in Scotland
Mrs. Scott did not question his good
faith, but said his story dictated a
plain course for her. through the d.
vorce court. They talked it out thor
oughly and II was finally arranged
that she should bring action for d.
vorce and Scott return to Scotland
and learn what had become of his
family. Should he find the first wife
he must make proper amends to her.
If she is dead he will come back to
Vancouver and the second Mrs.
Scott will marry him again
Rogers. or Kelly. was brought to
the Providence hospital here on Octo-
Der 10, suffering from an attack or
acute insanity. with which he had
been taken in his home in Port Berke-
ley. The doctors found that por-
ton OF the skull was pressing on the
brain. Surgery soon relieved him and
he became perfectly normal.
He called for pen and paper and
wrote: Il am In hospital and all o. K. =
addressing the envelope to Miss Flor
ence Douels, AIS West Thirty-second
street, New York postscript to the
letter asked that Father Doherty OF
the Paulist society be sent to him.
Picking up a newspaper after ne
had finished his note and seeing the
date line, Seattle. October 20. 1911.
he turned wonderingly to DR.. Milton
@. Sturgis and his nurse and said:
Am | really In Scatter"
Then he broke down with a 1T OF
sobbing. He told his story when ne
had composed himself today. The hos
pitai stan think IT one OF the most
remarkable on record For fourteen
years. ne said. he did not know where
he had been or what he had been do
ing. He was born in New York in
1880 and lived with his grandmother.
Mrs. Elizabeth Douels. at Alb West
Thirty-second street. New York. His
name was s. Chandler Rogers.
On May /. 1897. with boy friend