The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-09

been true Of himself and his life, he
cannot be positive and there has been
no sub-conscious act or statement which
would corroborate his beliefs He be-
lieves that Walraven is his name; that
he is an electrician of considerable abil-
ity and especially trained in armature
winding; that he lived in New York
City and has visited Mexico City; also
that he was on his way TO perform
some piece of electrical work when he
was injured.
Realizes Situation.
OF all this and everything which has
transpired since he recovered his physl-
cal strength, Walraven talks intelli-
the average person, displays q knowl-
edge of things electrical which ind
Gates that he was we'll yersed in the
craft, and above all, is unusually capa-
BILE Of weighing the evidence IN an ar
gument and deciding intelligentiy. In
this latter respect Walraven has
worked out clever plan for hunting
least possible publicity because he feels
that it will injure him after be has re-
covered and seeks employment in the
responsible work of winding armatures
and fields.
About 7 'clock on Saturday even
, ing, October II, Walraven was dlscov.
cred by David Donaldson. plumber OF
this city, lying near the BamoeIger
tracks three miles south of Ogden, Don
aldson. who was a passenger on south
bound electric car, hastened back TO the
point where he had seen the man as
soon as the car had reached the next
stop. Walraven was all but uncon-
scious when assistance reached him. He
did rot mention his name at that time,
but declared in disconnected state,
ments that his partner, whom he called
Jack, had pushed him over an embank-
ment and robbed him of $500. After
the sheriff's office had been notified
| the man was removed to the Dee hos
pital.
Without Documents.
When the officers made an investi
CATION for the purpose of discovering
some means Of Identification, they
found that Walraven IS pockets had been
turned wrong side out. There was not
scrap of paper which might be used for
Identification purposes, with the OK,
ception OF crumpled receipt made out
to E. E. Worthing gton by A. B. Arm
strong, both apparently being residents
of Spring gfield, Mo. The man was suf
ferine from slight concussion Of the
brain, but has nearly recovered, SO far
as physical effects are concerned, from
that injury.
Following the discovery that the man
had completely lost his memory, Prin
cipal Henry Peterson of the Ogden
high school interested himself In the
case, believing that he might be able
to aid the patient and also for the pur
pose of making him subject OF
psychological investigation. Since that
time DR.. A. Smith and Dr.. Joseph Pc
terson, both Of the University of Utah,
have visited Walraven at the local hos
pital. The three psychologists have ar.
rived at no decision in the strange case
other than the conclusion that his af-
Fiction Is "technical loss Of mem
ory,'
Responds to Suggestion.
The word association tests given by
Principal Peterson during his investi-
| CATION of the case have been success.
| full The plan followed was to read
from list words which were easy Of
association with other words. For ex-
ample, the word "tootho was sug-
gested to Walraven and he Immediately
"sister' and "brother," he answered
with "home.' The first confirmation
of Walraven's belief that he is an
electrical worker came during the early
word association tests. When given the
word "pool," i" the patient Immediately
answered "corner brace.'' AS this
was an unusual answer, Principal Peter
son investigated and discovered that
"corner brace is term very familiar
in electrical science.
The convincing test as to Walraven IS
electrical science was given when Prin-
cipal Peterson accompanied the man on
visit to an electrical shop. The
patient had scarcely more than entered
when he spied a motor Of square de-
sign. "There is a G.-E. MOTOR he
said at once before he was near enough
to read the name on the plate. The
electrical device proved to be motor
manufactured by the General Electric
company of Schenectady, n. Y. Fol
lowing his first announcement, Wal
raven gave complete description OF
the motor, displaying marked knowl
edge of electricity,
It is n remarkable feature Of the case
that the patient has retained his ability