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Show SKULL WAS But Officer Was Unaware of It Until 12 Years After Accident New York, Oct. 23. Ab hough Corporal Cor-poral William F. Rl liar Is suffen d a fracture of the skull when the bat- j tl ship Maine was blown up in lla-unu lla-unu harbeu'. twelve je'iirs ago, he did ' not know It until a few days ago, ' when he was Informed of the nature fo bis Injury by a Now York hospl- i tal surgeon. Al the time of the accident Richards Rich-ards siippo.-ed his injury wus nothing , more than a scalp wound. But at In- j tetvals ever since he has had severe headaches which oomM'lb d him finally final-ly to seek the naval hospital here for treatment. His ailment will be p-lleed p-lleed by a serlej of operations, w liich bale already l-en begun by the naal surgeons. D-splte his fractured skull, Richards Rich-ards fought throigh the SpanUh-An. SpanUh-An. rlcan war ami continued in the go eminent service as a cavalryman on laud, and as a seaman on Water, and pas. oh several physical examination examina-tion rn-anwhlV'. |