New-York tribune., 1920-01-10
Cultured DIR. X.
Memory Gone,
Found in Rags
Supposed Oxford Graduate,
Rescued From Cell by
Pastor, Is Accomplished
Musician and Scholar
Recalls Titanic Sinking
Believed To Be Physician,
BenefactOr Seeks Trace
of Relatives in u. S.

LAMBERTVILLE, N. j., Jan. 9.-An
amnesia victim, who is known as "Dr
K" and whose mind is a blank regard
ing everything that has happened since
the sinking of the Titanic, is a guest
here at the home of Dr. ]. T. Bensley
rector of ST. Andrews Episcopal
Church.
The mysterious stranger is an ac-
complished artist and musician. He is
man of culture and refinement, and is
we'll educated. He appears to be ma
tive Of England. His memory has been
improving gradually for the last few
days, and 1t is believed that in time
he will be able to reestablish his iden-
tity.
Has Many Visitors
The "lost memory" ,ictim was first
seen December % while "watching a
sunset on the Delaware River. He
rode into town with truckman, and
because of his ragged apparel and his
childish babbling was locked in the city
jail, only to be rescued several days
later by DR.. Bensley, who became in
terested in his case. The stranger has
received many visitors at the rectory.
DIR. x" is man of middle age. He
is five feet seven. inches in height,
weighs about 140 pounds, has dark hair
and a beard which is streaked with
gray. A barber was one of his recent
visitors, and his beard is now cropped
in = semi-Vandyke style. When found
he had pipe, two boxes of matches,
small purse containing a nickel and two
pennies, a fountain pen and an old
wallet
In an interview here day "Dr. X"
said: ~ may have been married, but l
don't ever remember having had wife.
land and that / attended Oxford. It's
n dead certainty that l have had Eng
lish church experience. There is a
strong presumption that my early life
was spent in Mississippi.
II have only spotted memory and
realize that mentally am but ten days
old. I do remember when President
Mckinley was shot and that Roosevelt
became President"
do you remember when Roosevelt
died?" he was asked.
"No." answered the stranger. as he
dead?"
LII. a. UeCldTcU tldC ne TtIueH-
bered nothing of the war, but remem-
bered the sinking of the Titanic very
distinctly. He is positive, however,
that he was not q passenger on that
vessel.
The day the stranger arrived at the
rectory he saw a piano and began to
play. DR.. Bensley then took him into
the church and showed him the organ,
which he played with ease. He dis
played an unusual knowledge of music,
particularly Gregorian music.
Believe He Is Physician
DR.. L. C. Williams, a local physician
who has been attending the rectory's
strange guest, is convinced that "Dr.
x" is a medical man who has been
deeply interested in anatomical re-
search and microscopic photography.
DR.. Bensley is of the opinion that the
man has been lecturer on medical
topics rather than a practitioner.
DIR. Bensley said tonight that he will
do everything possible to aid his guest
in re-establishing HIS identity. Con-
vinced that the stranger has been an
active member of the Church of Eng
land, DR.. Bensley has written to DR..
Mercer Green, Coadjutor Bishop of
Mississippi, asking him to make an eff
fort to learn what he can of Missis-
sippi churchman's son who attended
Oxford and disappeared. He also has
given details of the case to church pub
lications in England and America.