The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-11
HE CANT
Remember
WHO HE IS
Feeble Old Mans Mind Goes
Blank on Past Life; May
Be From Bremerton

Mind blank. physically helpless, a
swcdish man. 30 years old. ia in city
hospital. unidentified. while police
are exhausting every clue in search
Of his lost Identity.
oiov Jonasson. or olavus Kali. ls
thought 20 be hts name. Altho ap.
parrnuy sane. he is unable to talk
cohcrensIy even TO those OF his own
nationality. because Of his senlic con.
dition.
Henry Mork. OF the police protec.
tive division, asked The Star Thurs
day TO aid him In clearing up the pc
cullar case. Mork finds that he can
place The man In none Of the public
charity institutions.
because Of those who should be
Interested In this nan--hs says he
has son--we have worked five
days trying 10 find hls relatives or
Identify him. Mork said. -and we
arc just about where We started.
'Alsho his talk Ia wandering. |
have no doubt he 4 someone 3
fnther. HE must live somewhere
iir didn't drop from Mars. But we
cannot find where he bsloses. nor
can he tell us.
FOUND LYING IN
GUTTER. HELPLESS
He IL certainly In piflfui condi.
ton and sadly IN need OF the aid OF
those who should care for him.
Kali. or karli. which Is one Of the
names he gives. was picked up on a
downtown street Saturday. He w-s
lying In the gutter. helpless. and was
brought 10 city hospital. Physically
he is not injured.
When questioned Thursday the old
man looked back blsnkly, mumbicd
unintelligibiy. and then appeared 10
despair because he could not make
himself understood. His fingers arc
shrunken with aEc. his few siumps
OF front teeth are yellow and de.
caycd. and hiS lower jaw trembles
with seniiity. He has blue eyes and
H. OF medium height Aisho he says
he Ia 30 years of age. he has not a
gray hair on his head. His hair II
tow-coiored The clothes he wore
when picked up we're badly worn
and contained not single identifi.
cation mark
SAYS MS HOME
IS IN BKEMERTON
lie maintains that hia home II In
Bremerton, and II Is impossible 10
make him understand that he is now
In Seattle. He speaks OF his son.
who works on boat.
officer Mork communicated with
Brenerton police. but they said they
could not find anyone by any OF the
several names the man gives.
The sons wife's name is Lena. ac-
cording to rambling statement
CLEANED from the old man.
Jonasson. or Kali. IL unable to give
any address. and his mind appears
very feeble. Mention OF names In
Isremerton failed TO recall anything
TO his mind. He declared he had
once lived at Mrs Anderson's =
boarding house here.
ONE FEEBLE CLUE
GIVEN BY NURSE
Mrs. Anderson formerly operated
"A boarding house here to care for the
overflow from the county poor farm.
Strength was given TO the lead that
he might have been cared for by this
institution. when Miss May Loomis.
head nurse at city hospital. told
Mork that a nurse was positive that
Kali had been In city hospital sew.
eral weeks ago and later sent to the
poor farm.
The county poor farm told Mork
that a Jonasson had recently been
sent there. but they assured him
that this man was still there.
$50 another lead exploded" Mork
said.
The welfare department said they
had no record OF the man being
cared for by them. and this also dis.
couraged the theory that he might
have been confined at the poor
farm.
I'VE intended now to send the
man to the poor farm. when he men.
toned that he was from Bremerton, -
Mork said.
Because OF the address from an
other county which he gives. he can.
not be received at the King county
farm.
NO ROOM FOR HIM
At CITY HOSPITAL
''rhe city hospital has no room to
care for the man for any length OF
time. so. really. l have on my
hands one old man, not in the least
attractive or liable TO be wanted by
anyone not his relative. and not a
place to put him."
Check OF the missing person re.
ports az police station failed to show
any man missing answering the de.