The Washington times., 1920-01-10
'MEMORYltSS' MAN.
RECALLS TITANIC.
"Dr. X" Shows Skill In Medi-
cine and Surgery-Thinks
He Went TO Oxford.

LAMBERTvILLs. N. j.. Jan. io.--A
man who does not know his own
name. who has ehristened himself ''Dr.
x." and who retains but hazy and
indistinct memories OF his life and
events since the sinking OF the IT,
tanic is staying at the home here OF
the Rev. J. T.. Bensley.
The stranger. who was found wan
dering In rags and babbling childishly
near this city on December %. is a
cultured Englishman, versed in medi-
cine and surgery. learned In research
work and music. Attracted by the
mans evident culture, DIR. Bensley
rector OF st. Andrews Episcopal
Church, took him to his home from
the city jail. where he was being de-
tanned
TRisks he Attended OHferd.
"Dr. X" said in an interview to-
night: 81 should say that I am a ma
tive OF England-that's certain. That
attended Oxford--that's certain
That ! have had English church ex-
perience-thst 10 most certain. That
there 10 q strong presumption that
my early life was spent In Missis-
sippi."
How long he has been suffering In
through what experiences he went be-
fore being found on the outskirts OF
the town watching a sunset" the man
says he cannot remember.
While being questioned by DR.. Bens-
ley the man pointed to a picture OF
President Wilson and asked who Il
was.
II remember when President Nc
kinley was shot and Roosevelt be-
came President. and then remember
that he was elected" he said.
\ DO you remember when he died P"
he was asked
NO" replied the man of mystery
quickly. '1s he dead?"
The first that the aphasia victim
had heard OF the war was when DIR.
Bensley told him about II, and he APP
peared startled when he learned that
Germany was a republic. He jumped
out OF his chair excitedly and said.
"What?
"Dr. y" recalled vividly the tragedy
OF the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
but he Is positive, however, that he
was not passenger on the vessel.
When asked IL he had a wife, the
stranger answered: 81 have no recoI-
lection OF any: probably have none"
DR.. Bensley, an Englishman and
graduate OF Oxford. said that he be-
lieved that DR.. X attended Oxford in
the eightieS and that he probably
graduated about 1855 or 1856.
Plsys Church Organ.
The first day at the rectory the
man saw the piano and he sat down
and began to play. He was nervous,
Or. Bensley said, and moved his feet
repeatedly as IL searching for pedal
notes. When taken into the church,
"Dr. X' played the organ with ease
nd displayed an unusual knowledge
of church music, particularly Gregor-
ian music.
One of the most vivid Impressions
which the memorlyless man has re-
tanned in that of large Colonial
house which he thinks is in the State
Of Mississippi and where he spent his
childhood.
The man, who is apparently be-
tween fifty and sixty years old, has
eyes OF battling color. He describes
them as being greeninsh yellow. They
are clear and steady. He is five feet,
seven inches tall has dark brown hair
streaked with gray and brushed back
from his forehead. His black beard,
which is also tinged with gray, is
cropped in semi-vandyke style. He
said that he should weigh about las,
but that he is now five pounder un-
der weight.