The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-11-30
Wealthy Lumberman Of Van
couver Had Forgotten Wife.
Woman One Had Married Agrees to
Wait While He Returns to Scot.
land to See If Mrs. Scott No.
b. I Was Alive.

Seattle, -. Wash.-CuriouS instances
of lapses of memory covering long
periods have come to light simultane-
ously here in the stories of two men
whose minds have been cleared by
illness.
George Scott, 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 to him.
self.
In all the years that Scott was pill
ing up fortune he 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 were far apart,
they lived happily. Scott finally met
with an accident which fractured his
skull and brought on, in addition,
serious illness. through which his wife
nursed him. 4----.l-sa<
Memory Of his youthful domestic
life came with his recovery. In telling
his wife of it he said his name al
ways was George Scott and that he
never had a physical mishap or ILL
ness to explain loss of memory.
Nevertheless his. mind had been ut
terly blank as to the wife and babies
In Scotland 49,
Mrs. Scott did not question his good
faith, but said his story dictated a
plain course for her, through the d.
yorce court They talked it out thor
oughly and it, was finally arranged
that she should bring action for d.
vorce and Scott return to Scotland
and learn what had become of mis-
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 OF
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.
I. He called for pen and paper and
wrote: Il am in hospital and all O. K, =
addressing the envelope to Miss Flor
ence Douels, AS West Thirty-second
street. New York. A postscript to the
letter asked that Father Doherty OF
the Paulist society be sent to him.
Picking up a newspaper after he
had finished his note and seeing the
date line, Seattle, October 20. 1S11,'
he turned swond eTing to Dr., Milton
G. Sturgis and his nurse and said:
"Am l really in Scatter"
Then he broke down with e fit of
sobbing. He told his story, when he
had composed himself today, The hos
,pital staff think it one of the most
remarkable on record. For fourteen
years. he 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. NEIizabeth Douels, at 418 West
Thirty-second street. New York. His
name was S. Chandler Rogers.
On May 1, 1897, with boy friend