The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-10
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Prominent SeattIeite Dis
appears; Brain Slips
Cog, Wife Fears

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Bank building. al ii:ss Tuesday
morning. Ralph C. MoAIiastsr.
pruxniD~nt churchman. brokcr and
past state grand master Of Masonry.
Was chatting pleasantly with his
bnripe@ associate. George w. Nc.
cauley. and making entries Ia n
black. cloth bound book
Thsre WAS nothing In McAiiast~r'r
conversation. appearance OF demean.
or 70 cnuse alarm He s~cmcd 20 he
perfectly normal. exccpt for = sliGhi.
iy run down physique due To q trn
days sicg~ Of M that had confined
him 10 his home At seoi Eighth ave
NJ r.. n month h~for~
II was election day. MeAiiaster
and Mccauley talked Of the various
candidates and mSAsur~s 10 b vvsed
on. Mcc2nl~y saw ~ 4 lissfer r1a~ts
3 shsst a paper into " black book.
~ spuns nesaatsaa ess = png& and
INm~1or@rs--
l4EAvuB OvyICE: NOT
HEAuW FROM A<aAIN
MeAilAsser had on hip dsrk-gyay
cvsrco&f and black fe,s hat. He vas
going out. NJ sid. 10 \ meeting u
the Washington Congregational ccn'
ference at plymouth Congregational
church. Mccauiey knew his partner
was TREASURER OF the conference. and
took II for granted tho black book
was the trcz~urvr's recovd
A few minutes later McCauiey put
on his coat and hat and left the OF.
fsc~. lie VIVA an election official and
had to be- on the job
At fis<e O'Clock. McAliasser phoned
his wife and told her he war wolng TO
vvte. His volc~ and manner OF speech
were perfectly normal.
Presumably. he left the office i'm
snediafeiy after hanging np the trans
snitter, with the book under his arm
but be did not appear ~ the confer.
ence.
WIFE BECOMES ALARMED
OVER HIS ABSENCE
MrH. McAliaster became worried
when her husband did not return
home for dinner. seven years before.
she recalled. he had suffered a
stroke of amnesia or sudden loss OF
memory. and had been missing for
- hours.
ON this occasion he was walking
down Marion at. after addressing a
meeting. He was suddenly seized. he
ssid aft~rwari. with desire 10 40
away somewhere and go 10 sleep. He
camc 20 himself the next day In the
woods back OF Port Angeles and re.
turned home. His mind. for "a
hours. had been blank. 40 far as
his past was concerned.
Recalling this incident Mrs Meal
laster phoncd the church and learned
that her husband had not been there.
She next called William ]. Steinert.
attorney. and close personal friend
Of McAIlaster, and asked his advice.
They decided 10 wait - hours In the
hopc thnt the missing man would
como TO" and return.
when he did not. and no trace Of
him could be found. Stcinert gave
the alarm wednesday evening.
Friends. relatives. lodge brethren.
police and detectives began a wide
spread search
DEFINED As SORT OF
DOUBLE IDENTITY
According 70 DR. A. p. Calhoun.
an authority on nerve and brain dis.
orders. amncsia is sort OF double
Identity. A person stricken with
amnesia. he said. forgets where he
is. who he In and what he is about,
and becomes, no 10 speak. another
person. Usually he is overcome with
a desire to go away to new surround;
ings in search OF some employment
While scarcbers were investigat-
ing TO learn whether McAllaster had.
as before, gone sbsentmindedly TO
Port Angeles. woman phoned to
Stcincrt.
She WAS Mrs. Jennie Hasbrouck.
3116 33rd ave. s.. who gave the first
this morning. She told Steinert that
McAllaster had visited her home
about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. at
the time the conference was In prog
ress at Plymouth church. and had
talked with her about listing her
property for sale. He seemed per-
fcctiy normal. she said.
A few minutes later long dis
tance call from Tacoma informed
Steinert that McAllaster had visited
the Tacoma Masonic temple AT .
o'clock yesterday morning He had
stopped but n moment TO exchange
the time Of day with Horace w.
Tyler. secretary OF the grand lodge.
and had gone on his way. He seem
ed in poor health, according To Tyler,