The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22
MISSING MAN
WITH FAMILY
Wierd Tale of His Wander
ings.
HIS MIND BECOMES A BLANK
Fever Contracted in War
Affects Memory.
Is Hunted by Police For Deserving his
wife and Children-NIarion Police
Joinin searcli--is Found TO be En-
tircly Innocent of Wrong Doing.
Under Doctors Care. ~

The following story. taken from
the Shelby Globe" gives the some
Whist uncanny account OF the expert
enos of w. c. johnson, the Fostoria
Iotel man who disappeared some time
ago and who was hunted by the po-
lice of surrounding cities for desert
ing his family. The Marion police
h,alped in the search in response to
request from the Fostoria authori-
ties: Hi 'l fI
Slowly recovering his memory. the
lapse of which caused him to become
victim Of wat the doctors call "A
dual personalitX, w. G. johnson. 81,
proprietor of the New Sherwood hotel
at Fostoria, o., Yesterday told for
the first time his experience during
the time he was away from homie.
That johnson WIS the victim of
dual personality when he disappeared
while on Il trip from Fostoria to Ply
mouth. o.. on July II, is the verdict
of Dir. Hoege Of Fostoria, who is at
| tending him. DR.. Hoege finds in
| Sohnson's lapse of memory a result
of the Cuban fever which he con-
tracted while serving with Co. M.
of the Sth o. V. |. before Santiago
dc Cuba.
johnson retmneds home last Thurs
day from New. York city where he
was staying when his memory came
back to him. Heswas still in SER
ihs condition whetr he reached home
and lis stil under ,Hire Of tbs doctor.
'"The horror off the Whole thing
|
Events here and there in which
| participated come back To me through
n sort Of haze, but the largest part
of my wonderings is still a sealed
| book.
THE worst thing | experienced WAS
| the remembrance while wandering
that ] had wife and child some
where but ! could not find them. That
n ust be what took me from place To
place to another. I knew that ! had
a wife and child, but / could not re-
member their names. Neither could
| remember my own name nor where
belonged. In a haze | kept on from
one town 10 another looking for them
At times tEe thought | could not finn
them made ME think of commit ne
suicide
"At one place--I don't know where
I remember being sick and a doc
tor giving me medicine. At another
place was working In IL big shor
or factory handling iron. remem'
Der wondering why | should be al
work there but | was unable TO an
swer tine query. 1 remember eating
two meals in restaurants and ] re-
call being in Philadelphia. New York
and some town in New Jersey | was
In other places also. but / do moi
know their names. When finally
learned my name and address IL
New York and telegraphed FOL
money, | was worried for fear thS
lapse of memory would return before
! could get home"
Johnson's case is similar to sew.
eral others that have been attract
ing medical attention throughout IA,
country. A short time ago doctors
at Lakeside hospital in CLEVELAND
found case I'm a patient who al
times was a travelling salesman bu
during lapses in memory wandered
away from home and became a da,
laDorer. In spite OF Investigations
the medical fraternity has not yel
ferreted out the reason for this ac'
tion OF the human mind.