Evening journal., 1912-10-18
UNUSUAL CASE OF
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CHICAGO. Oct 1S.-Transferred !
from an ilnterate person into a refin-
ed. apparently educated man by a
blow from a sandbag: operated on |
and again reduced 10 o state of IL !
literacy in which he reverted 10
thieves slang to which he was ac-
cusotmed la his youth before the at
tack
Such are the startling features of
1phasia, or lont personality, related
- Or A. c. Sturgls Of Seattle, Wash.
he issue of a medical journal
iust out
Or Sturgis' patient, whose identity
q hides under the initials IS. G. R.
fnparently passed through an even
Isore wonderful experience in some
respects than did George A. kimmel,
the Niles (Mich) banker. whose re-
cent restoration drew nationwide at
tention
In one respect only the cases OF the
two men are Identical Both suffered
a complete loss of their personalities
for IA years In Seattle IS. c. r"
was known as George Kelly
In the IA years IS. c. r. had
crossed the continent from New York
TO Seattle. had married and was liv-
ing with his wife In peace and hap
piness After his real personality
was restored he denied his marriage
and refused TO recognize his wife
The man was brought TO Dr. Stur-
gis. the physician SAYS, October 13,
1911 IS. c. r. had been working
in a sawmill at Port Blakely not
far from Seattle. for six months.
Nine weeks before he was taken to
fhn hoenitaI he Was married
Gnawed AZ Chains.
On October II. 1911. he complain
ed Of not feeling WE'LL and returned
70 his home az 10 O'Clock IN the
morning He ate lunch with his
wife and then walked 10 a store,
where he left an order He was not
seen again until 9 r NJ on the 18Th
Dr. Sturgis says. when man living
uear the village was attracted by the
barking of a dog
He took a lantern and followed
the dog into some brush" says DR..
Sturgie where the patient was dis
covered, naked. moving about on his
hands and toes He was seized
handcuffed and removed TO the hos
pital where he snapped at the attend
ants and gnawed at the chains until
his teeth crumbled and broke
An operation for depression of the
skull was made on October Is and
on the 18th IS c. R" appeared much
better He was able TO talk for the
FIRST time since his reception at the
hospital, but when his wife called to
see him that day he did not recognize
her, and denied that he was married.
He related the call of the woman to
the doctor the next day as a humor-
Gus incident.
On the 18th he again denied his
marriage and objected to being ad-
dressed as Kelly" He called for
newspapers. and on learning that he
V'as IN Seattle burst into tears, cry
ing How In the world did l get
there? I knew I was not In New
York. but thought I was in Yonkers
or New Rochelle
7eld Up and Sandbagged.
Then be said he lived in New York
with Granny" and a sister He re-
ombered that on May 1, 1897, he
vas held up, sandbagged and cast
uto the river. He swan to some
Eng and some men who heard his
cries let down a rope and drew him
up From that time he remembered
no more until he awoke in the hos
pital in Seattle.
Friends and neighbors who called
10 see the man marked the diner-
ence in his language Before the
operation he used correct English
After II he talked after the manner
OF an East Side (New York; gamin
Or. Sturgis also relates that IS. c
r." was hypnotised by Dr. B. L
Parker, of Seattle. and while in thai
state the man related the entire story
Of his adventures between 1897 and
1911. showing that he had been in tbs
navy and been subject TO fits OF apha'
sia there: also that he had beer
an inmite OF a hospital In Kansas
City in 1902 After being awakened
however. the victim could remembei
nothing Of his history after beini
drawn from the river in New Yorl
y 1897