The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-24

with his eve sight gone and apparent.
" dumb In this condition he was
taken 10 the hospital and operated
on
When he recovered from the oper.
alton he found a woman sitting by
his bed side who wore fur coat and
a straw hat. She appeared to ne
very soicitous regarding his condi-
ton and later he asked an attendant
who she was
THAT is your wife, Mr.. Kelley" a
nurse told him.
My wife," he asked in a puzzled
manner and then he slept.
He awoke again and a newspaper
boy was walking through the hospital
ward with papers.
Got The World, Sonny" asked
Rogers of the boy.
The boy shook his head.
The Sum-
Nope" was the newsboy's an
swer.
you are a dead one, Rogers told
the paper boy. IF you haven't got
The World and you haven't got The
Sun, you'll never make hit in New
York"
You are quite a little ways from
New York." the newsboy replied
land it's a long walk from there to
Seattle"
/ The word Seattle slowly filtered
through Rogers confused brain, and
then he wanted to know where he
was. A physician sought to soothe
him gently and his wife was brought
in, but he did not recognize her.
The case then awakened the atten-
ton of famous physicians and they
traced down his record, They found
that he had been married, and that
when he was married the saw mill
employees gave him 500 for we'd
ding present. This sum was still in
the Port Townsend bank, payable to
X lley's order, but there is no Kelley.
In the effects of the man Kelley
was found a sailors blouse and cap.
Investigations at the Mare Island
navy yard brought to light the fact
that a man by the name Of Kenney
had served six years in the navy on
the Colorado and the Maryland. The
description of this man Kenney cor
responded identically with the mar
who called himself Rogers in the
Providence hospital in Seattle
When Kelley or Kenney or Roger.
had recovered enough to be discharg
ed from the hospital he sought tC
r have the marriage which he had con
; tracted in Port Townsend annulled
The Judge whom he sought in thi
t quest advised him that if his wifi
4 cared to have the marriage annulle
e and brought the libel it could be don
without a great deal of difficulty, bu
e Mrs. Kelley declined to do this
J. She was, however willing that h
should go to New York city and trac
the missing links in his past.
Rogers then came east in his Ell
, deavor to find his relatives and hi
former associations. He is thirty-on
: years of age and he can recall NJ
thing of events which occurred du
ing the fourteen years prior to tn
operation.
According to DR.. Shanks who col
versed with him for an hour and
half and questioned him very closel
: Rogers is sincere in all of his stat
ments. DR.. Shanks purposeely laid
>, number of snares in his way to Sc
if he would betray himself in al
:, way, but Rogers passed both Scyl
:, and Charybdis in safety.
:, They talked of New York in lS'
" and Rogers was familiar with loo
tions of variouos firms and Offices. +
was familiar with the streets in II
- business section and the men OF Il
- day. Asked abruptly about the w
80 liamsburg and Quueensboro bridge
70 he wholly in the dark.
IT DR.. Shanks related to a Standal
- reporter an interesting eXperime
to that was made with Rogers soon art
- his release from the hospital ]
an Sturgess dressed him in sailor III
~, form and took him aboard a bait
cr ship to see how familiar he was Wi
= the routine. Rogers was totally lgl
rant of the work and the duties. I
IN same experiment was tried in Il
&c Port Townsend lumber mill and
n gave the same result.
he The only thing that DR.. Sturgess
IN inclined to doubt about the man
nc his New York accent Rogers spea
co like tough, and some Of his
pressions are slangy This, DR.. Shan
an believes, would have been lost If
q had spent fourteen years OF his !
he in the western part of the Unit