Show OFFICIALS ARE MYSTIFIED Unable to Account for Conduct oMan o-Man at Bellevue New York SepL Physicians at Bellevue hospital and officials of the Outdoor Poor department arc greatly hystlllcd over the conduct of hysLled a man who was taken to the hospital on La bor day suffering from malaria He i has not spoken a word since arriving there I I was assumed the patient was a for elgner and effort was made to hit upon some language he could understand Ono after another was tried Without success Fifteen different tongue were turned upon him without effect Finally the sign language of deaf mutes wns brought into play but the man evidently understood what was licing done and merely shook his head The illness passed away and some dlspfcfcltlon had to be made of the patient so he was turned over Co the Poor department Here an effort was made to put him to work A poll and scrubbing brush were placed In his hand and signs were made that he should clean the floor He shrugged his shoulders wearily laid the articles on the floor and resumed big seat Efforts are being made to find Koreans Ko-reans and Esquimaux in the hope of getting him to talk to them as nearly everything else has been tried Evidently Evi-dently the man is a recent arrival in the country and how he got past the immigration officials Is a mystery |