The Washington times., 1918-02-10
ALLEN SUFFERING
STRAIN AS RESULT
OF GIRLS DEATH
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Y. a suburb Of Syracuse. where Allen,
n few years ago. acquired q considerable
estate on the top OF a hill overlooking
the surrounding country and where he
had a comfortable but not pretentious
home.
wife UnsuspeetInE.
Mrs. Allen who il a retiring woman
has lived quietly there during the
continued absences OF her husband
who was supposed TO be called almost
constantly by the requirements of his
business interestA 1t was not until
about . week ago, so II Is reported,
that Mrs. Allen suspected that her
husbands absences were not alto
Sether IN the interests Of business
and then only because following jan
uary 10 she failed for weeks to hear
anything from him. Even now she
is loath TO believe that reports con-
cerninE him are really true and hopes
that he may return to explain every
thing satisfactorily.
Some OF Aliens friends scout the
idea that Allen was sufficiently in
terested in any woman TO have de-
serted his family and jeopardized his
very large business interests by run
ming away with her. They advance
the theory that Allen had been work.
ing very hard as representative in
Washington OF the Street Railway
War Board and that under the strain
OF the work he had broken down and,
afflicted with aphasia. had gone away
without knowing where he was going
or why. They point 20 the many
cases OF overworked business men
who have temporarily disappeared
only to return after a short absence
without any knowledge OF their go
ing away.
Experts Opinion.
In view OF this theory The Times
last night sought the opinion OF DR..
William Allen White OF the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane and one
OF the country's greatest authorities
on mental arrangements.
"If Mr.. Allen was suffering from
any mental trouble which would re-
suit in his wandering away said
DR.. White. at would probably be am
neBia rather than aphasIa. Apashia
is a disturbance of the speech centers
in the brain and has nothing to do
with the loss OF memory.
"Amnesia" he continued" Is not n
rare disease and we have treated
tnbny SasNN III inc nOEplldAs w
ordinary worry, however. Is sufficient
to cause amnesla and II would take
profound trouble to account for a
mental disturbance which would lead
a man to wander away from business
interests so large as Mr.. Allen IS
represented to have and 10 leave his
family without knowledge OF his
whereabouts for period OF more
than q month. The excessive use OF
alcohol might lead to this disease,
but I have not been Informed that
Mr. Allen was Of intemperate hRbits.%
SYRACUSE. N. Y, Feb. 1O-WIth
thirty days having elapsed since he
WAS last heard from, Syracuse friends
or c. Loomis Allen, local trolley mag
nate, today for the first time are a
unit in admitting that his whore
Abouta Is unknown to them.
Conferences are being held today
at the office of Stewart L. Hancock.
counsel for tho missing mans wife.
to determine on plans for u marshal
ling OF forces looking to a search
that Is expected to assume interns
tIonal proportions.
1t was stated today that the Allen
homo. at Fayetteville, near here.
would be closed this week and Mrs
Allen and her oight-year-old daughter.
Mary, will return to the city.
Attorney Hancock today stated
that Mrs. Allen was. not yet Contem-
plating divorce.
Naturally. she Vas almost pros