The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-23
CASHED CHECK OF
$500; MONEY WAS
LOST OR STOLEN
An Unpleasant Feature OF
Redding Mans Unusual
Experience.

Redding, Aug. 23-The physical con-
dition of Perciva1 B. Nash, who was
found by party of Home Guaro
searchers last Saturday afternoon In a
field a short distance below Pine Tree
Corner proved to be worse than at
first appeared He is now at the
home of Randolph Bradley under the
care of a trained nurse and unable to
leave his bed. DR.. Moore of Bethel,
his medical attendant, says that ne
will not fully recover for several
weeks and that another day or two or
exposure and food deprivation would
have meant his life. He also says that
the patients nervous breakdown was
the result of heat prostration during
the hot spell of the first week IN
August.
AS to his experiences from Thurs
day. Aug. 9, until the following We'd
nesday Nash says that his mind Is
completely a blank, a statement which
might seem difficult of belief were
there not so many well authenticated
cases of the same sort of mental be-
clouding. When he did come to him
self he was on Broadway looking into
the window of a, ~jewelry store. He
then went to the Hotel Normandie,
where he secured room which he
occupied that night.
This part of his story has been veri-
fed by the hotel clerk, who says that
he hesitated about letting Nash have
the room on account of the latter's
very nervous condition. The 50 which
Nash paid for. the room was all the
money he had, although well supplied
when he left Danbury on either the
previous Thursday afternoon or Fri
day morning. On the morning follow
ing his stay at the hotel Nash started
to walk back to Redding. That he
had not fully regained mental nor
1nality is indicated by the fact that he
did not seek assistance from his father
at Tiffany &, Co.'S or from some of his
many friends in the city. AS far as
he can remember he had nothing to
eat on his walk to Redding, where he
arrived early on Saturday morning.
The evident purpose of Nash's visit
to Danbury on the 9th was to obtain
the cash for $500 check given him
by A. G. Barnett in part payment for
an auto. This check he had unsuc-
cessfully tried to get cashed in Bridge
port. He later obtained in Danbury
the money it called for. When reali-
zation came to him in New York on
the / 9Th there remained of the $500
and a considerable sum additional
which was in his possession when he
went away only the 81, which enabled
him to obtain a nights lodging.
What became of the money he has
no idea. He may have lost it, but it is
more likely that some one took adj
vantage of his condition to rob him.
A serious abrasion on his back may
have been inflicted in an assault con-
nected with robbery or he may
have received it from fall during
his trip homeward Since his return
he has been visited by his father and
three brothers who are at their sum-
mer home in Georgetown.
On the gounds whee General Put
nam and his brigade had their quar-
tiers during one winter in Revolu-
tionaHy war time the Redding and
Bethel companies of the Home Guard
and a detachment from the Newtown
company had their first military en-
campment experience last aSturday
night and the day following. The
three commands turned out about
100 men and marched to Putnam
Park from their respective head
quarters. Fifteen good sized tents
were put up so as to form a company
street and besides furnishing shelter
for those remaining at the park over
night gave opportunity for practice
in patrol and guard duty. Two mem
bers of the Bethel company and Joe
Broderick of the Redding Guard
were detailed as cooks to prepare the
evening meal. It consisted of frank
furters. green corn and potatoes,
boiled together, rolls, coffee, pickles
and bottled soft drinks. After supper
a large camp fire was built and
around it the guardsmen INDUCED in
song, story telling and speech making.
The Redding company left the park to
march homeward DIT about IL o'clock
while the other commands did not
break camp until Sunday afternoon.
For breakfast they had a refurnish-
ed edition of the evening meal and
for dinner a third edition REINFORCED
by a meat stew. Altogether the
guardsmen found it a very satisfac-
tory experience.
Coroner Phe1an came to George
town last Saturday and conducted an
inquiry regarding the death of a
factory hand named Gustason who
had been in the Danbury hospital for
two months with broken back