Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-22
AMNES|A VICTIM
IS RECOGNIZED
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Thomas?"
He puzzled over this a minute.
mo. it was Thomaston." he ex-
claimed suddenly.
Did you know a Mr.. johnson,
postmaster of East Morris?"
"Of curse l did. Yes, yes, 1 re-
member him."
He recalled that he had suffered
with rheumatism, but he would not
admit that he had taken drugs to
alleviate the pain. In this he bore
out the testimony of the doctors, who
assert that he is not a d~rug-user.
He seemed gradually to regain his
memory, and at the end of the inter-
view his statements were fairly CO.
herent.
When he was asked whether he
wanted to go home his face saddened
and he said: mo, not particularly. /
have nothing to go home for"
Then you had some trouble with
your wife," he was asked.
He nodded his head, but refused to
go into details.
The case is the strangest on record
at the City Hospital. Although he
tiAOuBHl lie Hdiut WAS oulVdnO
Stoutman." Stockman could not re-
member a single detail of his past
life.
Stockman was found wandering
along Mulberry street on Decoration
Day. A policeman sent him to the
hospital in the First precinct ambu-
lance.
He appeared to be an American,
about SO years old. tall and we'll built.
He had nothing the matter with him
so far as the doctors could discover,
and he was not under the influence of
either drugs or liquor. Yet his mem
Dry was gone.
His picture was published in the
Evening Star Tuesday. June IS. A
clipping of this story was sent to
Postmaster Johnson, of East Morris.
He ~telegraphed the Evening Star and
later wrote a letter.
According to Mr.. johnson, Stock
mar is a member of a we'll known
Connecticut family.
East Morris. Conn. June 20.
Newark Evening Star. Newark, N. ].
"Gentlemen-This ia to confirm a
telegram ! sent you this afternoon in
regard to 'Sulvano Stoutman, amnesia
victim. at the City Hospital, your city,
Somebody, / know not who, sent
me a clipping of your Tuesday edition,
which l received this noon. At first
I did not give the matter any atten-
tion, as | was buoy. but later glanced
1t over and made connections, as
Salvino Stockman Is well known here
and fnf Thomaston, where his home
a We all know him as Vinie
Stockman. He is from a well-known
and respectable family, some MEM
bers of which now reside here. His
brother, Fred Stockman, was here
this afternoon. and when | showed
him the clipping he said there was
mo- question in his mind but that 1t
was Salyino.
He has been missing for a few
weeks and nobody knew where he
was. | learned that his wife and he
were not getting along we'll. / did
not know that when / wired you OF
would not have mentioned her in my
dispatch.
Mr.. Stockman has at times been a
great sufferer from rheumatism, and
IL la reported to me automatically
that the powerful drugs used TO re-
lieve the extraordinary pain caused
by those attacks had affected his
mind.
she was an expert machinist and cut
lery maker by trade and worked In the
Thomaston factories for years.
His father came to East Morris from
Boston. possibly after vinie was born
there. and lived here until his decease,
a few years since.
ellis likeness, as appears in the clip
ping sent to me, is not familiar
except for the deep-set eyes. We all
know him as wearing only a mustache,
His brother Fred told me this AFTERNOON
he had grown thin the past year or so.
Formerly he was a we'll proportioned
man, while in the prime of life; over
six feet tall and weighing around 21o
pounds. | think he must be at least
So years old, possibly nearer 80. He was
always we'll groomed when l saw him.
He has been previously married, and ]
think he has a child buried here at East
Morris.
"Thomaston, Conn, is his legal resi-
dence, and some of the Thomaston au-
thorities can put the hospital authorities
on the right track for Investigations. He
was not n drinking man, aud 1t seems
too bad, If SO, hat medicine should be
used In such large quantities to so af-
feet the mind of such a rugged consti-
tuition as he once had and not long ago.
Hastily, GEO. I'll. JOHNSON"
The doctors at the City Hospital
say there is no present indication that
Stockman has been addicted to drugs.