Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-12
HENRY MAY HAVE
 BEEN VICTIM OF
 BLOW ON THE HEAB
Investigation of Story of an Assault Sustained in Upper
 Brewery GulCh.

There has come to be belief that the insanity of R. w. Henry. who was last week taken to Portland Ore. to enter a sanitarium where it is hoped that treatment may restore his mind. is due to a blow on the head after he had been drugged, in Upper Brewery Gulch several weeks ago.
 Heniy's case is a peculiar one, in that he appeared to retain good rec ollection of incidents of the several weeks during which it is now known his mind was unbalanced. Those who had him in charge the last ten days of his stay in the city vouch for this, for many found that he remem- bered things they told him and held them to accountability
 This fact gives strength to story which Henry repeated several times to intimate friends of being thrown out Of a house in the red light dis trict after he had taken a drink which left him in dazed condition. He said that he had only indisunct recollec- ton of falling in the street and Of attempting to rise. when he was struck a terrific blow on the head. When he recovered consciousness it was near daylight He then found that he had been relieved of over ] $500, which he had in his pocket when he took the drink Going to ! his room. he said, he got his camera and went back to the scene of the assault to take a photograph of the place This was about the time that peculiar actions on his part began to | be noticed.
 The story has been substanuated in part as a thoroughly reliable person remembers his appearance at his ho- tel in a dissheveled condition at day flight one morning, and. his departure at once with his camera. This per son also noticed his return with the camera about three-quarters of an hour later and at the time comment i ed upon the matter with some Curi- osity.
 The red light district has not been ] free from rumors as to drugged drinks and holdups of varying kind ] for a considerable time. There have l been allegations of the presence there 1 of several bad characters and of rob- ] berries and assaults which the victims Ihaye aided the doers in covering up, in order to escape exposure through the activities of the police and the courts. In the Henry case, of courze there is only the story of an insane man except for the part corroborauo1 found in the camera story.
 or circums tantial character in sub l stanuation of the fact that Henry re- tained clear memory of occureaces 1 immediately prior to and during his acknowledged insanity, there Is no lack of evidence Among other things,
 ae told several of sending packages from the Phelps-Dodge store t0 ncti- uous addresses in Louisiana and
 Texas. the packages being of goods
 which he took from the store, and
 of the secreung of three cases oi I guns. He expressed regret for these actions. It has since been learned through recoyeries made by the store
 of the purloined goods that Henry [ remembered in corrct detail what he
 had done
 Investigation of the Brewery Gulch ! story is now being made It is pos sible that there may be other bits ! of information picked up there which ! will help to establish the story oi ! Henry as to the drugging and subse
 uuent murderous assault and robbery
 the blow on his head affecting the
 brain and. in the event of the man | failing to recover his sanity inflicuns
 worse than death.