Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-20
SOME SUCCESS ATTENDING Eff
FORTS TO IDENTIFY AMNEsiA
VICTIM AT DUBUQUE.
SERVED IN WORLD WAR
WITH CANADA REGIMENT
Remembers Of Landing in Canada
After Overseas Service and of Be-
ing Discharged in Toronto-came
to Iowa in Search Of Chaplain Who
Could Tell Him Who He Is.

Dubuque. Dec. Decentralization
/ of the man suffering from amnesia
l,who applied to DR.. A. NJ. Fond sew
Eeral days ago for treatment has not
yet been established, tho progress
has been made in gathering certain
| facts as to his past. In his anxiety
TO clear up. his identity. the man tells
everything he can recall by cropping
IN the darkness of his past. Incidents
and places come to him at times,
tho he is never very sure as to their
authenticity Many of these have
been investigated and have been
found likely.
/ Remembers Nothing After Wreck
1t is evident that the man is a
French Canadian as he speaks the
FRENCH language fiuentIy and with
the idioms which are never learned
out of books. Also he was in the
Canadian army, On that point he
has no doubt whatever His memory
of landing in Canada and of his
rehabilitation in Toronto is quite
clear
Il know that l crossed the ocean
on the Olympic and locked at Hall
fax" he said in an interview Satur-
day. THE period extending from de-
barkation at Halifax to demobiliza-
ton at Toronto stands out clearly in
my memory. I landed at Halifax on
July 1919, sand on July left there
for Amherst, Nova Scotia. Some
where between Halifax and Amherst
the train was wrecked. reached
Toronto on July IL and was dis
charged from the army on the same
day. but from the moment of re-
ceiving my discharge have not the
slightest recollection of what I did
or where i went"
Probably Member Of Kings Rifles.
I Inquiries have brought out the
fact that the Olympic did dock at
Halifax on July 3 with 5000 Ca
nadian troops returning from Ger
many where they had formed part
or the British army OF occupation
The divisions returned at that time
were the First and Fourth. the man
speaks OF the Kings Own which
leads to the BELIEF that he was a
member OF the Third Canadian bat
TALON, a unit Of the Kings Own
Rifles Of the permanent forces of
Canada. v.s 40 '..s5, ~
THE one man of whom I have a
clear recollection during my mill
tary, days. he says, '1ss Captain War
ing. He wasa chaplain In the unit
of which was member and 7 had
learned that he came from Dubuque.
Iowa. That was what led me to this
city. thought he would be able to
tell me who am and where my
home is."e In this the man seems to
be on the right track. Father War
ing Is priest of the Dubuque do
cese, but his present whereabouts are
not known here. He is now a major
in the United States army and will
be located as quickly as possible.
The patient has a recollection Of
having spent some time in Chicago.
A New York Central Railroad time
table which he had in his pocket on
arrival here bears out the theory that
he went from Toronto to New York
and from there to Chicago, and then
came to Dubuque.
Never Uses Slang.
The mans knowledge Of stocks and
have been employed in brokers' Of
flee in Chicago, but a thorough In
vestigation failed to find anyone in
that city to whom his photograph
and description were familiar. His
recollection Of Chicago Is very faint:
he has no idea where he stopped
while there nor what he did and it is
thought he was there but very
short time.
He is a man of refinement and
courtesy. In all his conversation he
never resorts to profanity or slang.
In answering inquiries which are
commencing to reach him he die
tates his answers in clear, business
like letters. He is a very efficient
typist himself and has a thorough
knowledge of the various makes of
typewriters.
Whether he had any considerable
amount Of money at the time of his
Rehabilitation from the Canadian
army he does not know. When he ar
ANSu lNS,iS iS Hdu DuI one uOlldr d!lO
no baggage whatever. The clothes
he wore, were all he had. These were
all new and OF fine material and we'll
cut, but not mark could be found
on any of his garments to show who
the makers were or where they had
been purchased
Nerve Strain May. Be the Cause.
All competent authorities on tile
subject agree that the man is a gen.
uine victim of amnesia. Nerve strain,
or probably financial troubles may
have brought on the trouble, they say.
His excellent physical condition pre-
cludes the possibility that his mental
condition was brought on by i'll
health.
Those in charge Of the case are
confident that when all the clues now
at hand have been followed up the
mystery will be solved.
The hunt for information now goes
to Toronto Canada, where he was
discharged from the army It is also
thought that when Major Warning can
be found he will be about to throw
light ON the matter. In the meantime
the patient is enjoying life as we'll az
he can; is In fine health and as
conversationalist is pleasing and In
telligent.