Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-07-26
WOMAN DISCOVERS
HERSELF AFTER
FOUR YEARS
Victim Of Aphasia, Resident
Of Philadelphia Leads An.
other Existence and Hus-
band Dies Of Grief Over Sup
posed Murder.

49,
Philadelphla, Pa. July ga Vie
tim Of aphasis. which blotted out her
memory Of husband and friends and
for four years made her wander
among stangers under an assumed
identity. Mra. Elizabeth J. A. c. An
thony. formerly OF ssse Master street,
has been located IN Baltimore.
Mrs. Anthony disappeared 'Febru-
AIRY 8, fa0e. and her relatives spent
Thousands OF dollars IN unnvailing
search from coast 10 coast II was
finally accepted AZ probable she had
been slain. She carried with her al
most sfop when she disappeared.
Airs. Anthonys husband. Samuel
Anthony. who was engineer OF tho
girnrd college. devoted his time and
money 60 search fof Ms missing wife
A. one clcw after another failed he
broke down ana collapsed on tho
third anniversary OF her disappear
ance, dying shortly after. convinced
Ills wife had heen murdered.
The death notice published In the
newspapers was read by Mrs. An
thony In Baltimore and brought back
10 her for the first time her lost
identity With the memory of her hus-
band. children and home.
She healtated To make her Identity
known for fear her friends would
Judge her mentally unbalanced. ~
naily. however. she made known
where she was 20 her son. Dr An
thony. choirmaster of the Park Ave-
Inuc Methodist church.
February G. 1908. Mrs Anthony
had gone from her Master street
home to the Hazel avenue home OF
her son To take birthday present to
her granddaughter. She did not re-
turn home. Just how she got Ia Bal
timore she does not remember.
She only knows she found herself
J In q strange city with hazy idea
she had been ovlcted from her home
somewhere, and had gone To- the city
to earn her own living. Try as she
would. she could not recall whore she
had come from aud the circumHian
cos of the supposed eviction were.
she could not recall her name even,
hut shrunk from appealing for help
or confiding her troubles to anybody,
for fear they would think she was
out of her senses.
She applied herself FOR some time
to solving the mystery Of her iden-
tlty, going over several lists of names
In vain efflrt to recall her own, AZ
last SIZE made up her mind ehe was
alone In the world without friends
and would have 10 work for her SUP
port.
Although she never before had
aonc any nursing she took a position
~ q trained nurse under an assumed
name. She assisted al operations
with the skin Of a trained nurse and
won testimonials from leading SUR
geons 81 baltimore, who had no rea-
son Ia doubt that tho gray haired
woman, more than 60 years old, was
q nurse Of many years experience.
DEBTORS Never Suspect.
In the meantime her pictures were
paSilshed la the newspapers from one
end OF the country tn the other; hand
bills were sent out by the police de-
paftthent. ana no effort was left una
done by her relatives 10 trace her. bui
the nurse who cared for the private
patients OF nRltlmore's leading physl-
clans never once was suspected OF
f'ANA NfAN NbANAAH W. NNWsN ~" WNWAf
country was searching.
The relatives received reports that
Mrs Anthony had been seen In Chi
eago. Boston. san Francisco and hall
q dozen other places, but all the time
she was attending 20 her baltimore
patenta and ponderinR on what her
real Identity might be. Then the no
ice about the death 81 her husband
got into her hands year ago. II Inn
mcdlately restored her memory.
Then the question Of her husbandi
estate occurred 60 her end ahl
thought that II she az once revealed
her Identity she would be suspected
Of doing IL only with the motive o
claiming her husbands estate. TheI
she decided that. having been givei
up as dead. II would be better for hel
to remain dead until her husbandi
estate had oeen settled up among IN
heirs
AZ last she decided 20 consul
friends In Wilmington, Del. befor
making herself known. She went q
her Wilmington friends two weeks aal
and from there communicated witt
her son.