The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-04-09
The STORY OF N. W. DRURY
Continued from page ~

where you manager hosiery factory
branch and from which city you tray.
eIed up TO the time Of your mysteri.
Jus disappearance March u, lD4. All
this Is gospel truth, VIII. Now don I
you want to ~ home 10 your wife
and boysr'
II do. and ! only hope may be
able TO remember them. ! am lind
ing myself at last.
Mr.. BELL requested Drury to remain
at the hotel, also requesting the clerk
to see that lie stayed there. He'll
went out and sent a telegram TO
Thomas !. sullivan, 2GaG Lake View
avenue, Chicago, the brother in.law
In whose household Mrs. Drury and
Earl and George Drury, the sons. are
living. lie told sullivan that he had
found VIII Drury and asked II lie
could send him to Chicago.
Then Mr.. He'll went TO the Wabash
Railroad offices and procured from
one OF the officials letter to James
Crawshaw, conductor Of the Wabash
passenger train that was to leave st.
Louis for Chicago at | y. m. directing
Crawshaw to look. after Drury on the
trip.
Sends Wire to sullivan.
He'll sent another wire TO sullivan,
stating that lie would put Drury on
the train and directing sullivan or
some other member OF the family to
meet him al the Chicago station at
$50 O'Clock.
shortly before o'clock lie was ~.
corted TO the train, introduced To
Conductor Crawsha~ and comfOfta.
BILE seat IN III. chair ear. ans few
minutes later VAS On lis way TO chi.
cagO and the wife and Suns. MIR.
liell lad bought his ticket Drury
said he lad - or - In hi~ pocket.
". W. bfury arrived In Chicago.
Wednesday night, and met his FAINT.
49, lie did not recognize them. III,
mind WaS a blank, he said
Drufy reached chicago alone on Tie
Wabash train from 81 Louis Ills.
hruthcr.iu,laN, John sullivan, Of 49,
Lake View avenue. and his ITO sons,
George and Ear. Ncrc At tie bear.
born station.
Don't you know me, father
asked Ear, placing hi> arm abou, the
elder Dury
No." wa> tie response, WHO are
your"
Then they took him to Mr. SuIi.
vans home. lie said he could not r..
call Mrs. sullivan ur III, wife. Mrs.
Julia prury.
Drury's Sensational Story.
"on tie list Of last March found
myself In Louisville, Ky, | did not
know myself, however, had lost my
Identity utterly, Ny name, my
home, my family, all my sn,ec,dents,
had vanished out Of my conscious.
ness.
II reported at the police station.
There discovered that | had a
wound on the left side Of my head.
Tie police doctor said the wound must
have been four or five days old. lie
dressed II, and II healed, leaving a
slight scar. had no recollect lon OF
the manner Of receiving the injury.
The Louisville papers carried my
story, but nothing came Of It. After
4 time ] left Louisville and began TO
wander about the country. Just
where ! wandered ! do not recall al.
together. In fact, my memory Is
Naly Is to events between March and
September. Some things l remember,
but much has been forgotten. But ]
remember everything since last Sep.
lember when ] arrived In Denver.
~ know that not long after ! left
Louisville I WAS In st. Louis. IL
crossed the river In . trolley car and
heard somebody say, This Is the
" ississippl.' wandered up TO .
place near Des Moines, Ia. Then |
vent to Minnesota, stopping and
SsNbH III - ttWo ~ toWUS Cettcu
Wsusecs and Mankato. At wauseca
lost my hat In river.
Walked 4 600 Miles.
~ visited Minneapolis, and then
started to walk across the country to
Denver. ] walked the whole way.
In fact, ! estimate that I have
salked 1900 miles since | disap.
'eared-possibly more than that,
,hich ! have forgotten.
MY health has been excellent all
Ilong. The only time was sick WAS
when ! drank alkali water at ALI
nee, Neb,, on my long walk west.
ward. ] walked across the Nebraska
'lains a hundred miles from any rail.
Dad, and at many points far from hu.
nan habitations. ] slept out In the
and or the prairie grass, also GOV
red a great part OF South Dakota on