Show 3 NEGRE5S WHITE II E FOR THIRD TIE FORMER SLAVE UNDERGOES UM i USUAL TRANSFORMATION r IN COLOR OF SKIN S MYSTERY BAFFLES PHYSICIANS I Indianapolis Woman Offers Puzzle to Severn Doctors Who Havo Made 1 Study of Case Thinks Another An-other Change Camino Indianapolis IndI For tho thin lino In her life of CO yearn tho wife of America Massey nn cxslnvo whme lives with loorgo Laswoll ut Mlnncuo In street amid Churchman avenue has turned from black to whlto I Tho lint JO joars of her life WHO spent In slavery us a housemaid null I as she can remember nothing about her parents she does not attempt to explain tho mystery which lute lialllc ovory ono who has seen her us well as 3 numoiotiH physicians who have ex nmlnnil her Having completed tho third trans onnntlon Mrs Alnssoy IH now of ft fair complexion Her skin lu not light In patches but Is complotuly whlto with tho exception of three small brown spots on tho right aide of her taco nUll one on tho left A tint of pink on each chock adds a bit of color to her appearance and tho curly hair which Is fray only In patches brlnga additional contrast When working about tho liotiuo oho rolls her sleeves showing arms whiter than would bo expected on a woman with n fair skin skinFor For time lust 12 yearn Mrs Massey says limo trntiHformatlon has been la lirocoss and as tho change has been completed for HO long she Is rather ix > peeling tho reverse performance to begun be-gun before many months She has 1111 + yet noticed none of tilt moro marked sensations experienced In fonnni changes limo only things that have caused her to believe n trannformntlon Is duo arc the appearance of tho small spots on her faco and tho fact that ale has remained white longer than usual this time In making tho first comploto change from black to whlto and then from 1 j lj Hn ii M Mrs Masseys Skin HaD Turned Completely Com-pletely White 1 white to black as well an In the second sec-ond complete change Mrs Mnssojr says sho noticed an Itching sensation jot j-ot tho skin before the appearance of the spots dark or light as tho caso might bo As clue tolls It tho Ilrcl white spots began to dot her colored skin In 1888 and In tho course of two years oho turned perfectly light During Dur-ing the next two years a reverse process pro-cess followed Tho next four years saw a similar chango from black to white then from white to black ana Mrs Massey was still moro astonished In 1890 when shin began to turn white for tho third time Since that date she has been turning color moro slowly slow-ly and the enrprlslngthing Is Hint the hue has held for tho exceptional number of years Although she has not as yet noticed the accompanying itching sensation the appearance of the little spots on tho face has given her ground for fear that tho tovoreo process In tho third 1 transformation may not bo far off J Mrs MaHsoy Is not worried about the II matter however clue Is not as affected l affect-ed physically by tho chan e of color I In fact she says she has always enjoyed t en-joyed tho best of health ana although 1 she Is getting pretty well along In J years expects to see many more birthdays birth-days d I Mr and Mrs Massey camo to Indianapolis t i In-dianapolis from Howling Green Ky In 1890 Just as she was beginning to turn whlto for the third lime When sho lived In tho Kentucky town many physicians examined her In nn attempt at-tempt to 11 lid a canso < for the change In color In Indianapolis sho has attracted at-tracted considerable attention Wher ever sho has gone but nono of the city doctors has ever called < on her she nays Mr and Mrs Massey have a daughter daugh-ter Mrs Jeremiah Redman of Nelson street where they BpendMiiuch of their time |