| Show A mysterious disappearance yew york sun sum there is a story about a boy feeding his fathers false teeth to his hungry dog in in search of a bone there is another story about a man who swallowed his teeth and lived on acid until the teeth had been eaten up by the acid history does not say what effect the acid had on the stomach there is another story about a man who grew tired of chewing ing his food so that he swallowed his teeth and his gums and masticated his food thereafter as the chicken is popularly supposed to do all of these stories are false but it is is true that mr william H humphreys a salesman 57 years ot age living at the united states hotel in new york did lose his false teeth in some peculiar manner at an early hour the other morning just how he be lost them is is a mystery some say that he swallowed them himself but there are other theories advanced the police of that section of the city are working on the tha mysterious disappearance of the teeth but until they find some clew they have li ve decided not to talk about the matter mr humphreys says himself that he swallowed them and that they are now in his department part ment of the interior the doctor from the chambers street hospital is mystified and as usual knows nothing about the case humphreys refused treatment and would not go to the hospital it is said at the hotel that a set of teeth were found under mr Humphrey humphreyes ss bed and that he merely had a nightmare and imagined he swallowed his teeth mr humphreys himself was not at the hotel today to day he had left there at an early hour to go to his work the clerk refused to tell what he knew about the case only one man who knew about the case or who said he did could be found 1 I understand said this man that mr humphreys was sitting in his room reading he gaped a great deal and sucked his false teeth down into his stomach that was at about ocl I 1 heard a great noise and the gentle rushed down to the desk Some things dropp edl he cried what is it exclaimed the clerk my teeth said he geel gee was all the clerk said with that they sent for an ambula an oct the doctor came but humphrey e have him at all so he W wes back back again to the hospital this mc mon ing hum humphreys creys went about his work usual Y 1 dare say if he can stand it taj teeth can at the hospital it was said that tf d doctor 0 actor by the name of woods had at arteni t ded the gentleman who had swa swallowed W his teeth the man refused to some come ta the hospital and so after warning not to crow until he got out of the wo we the doctor left the doctors would not talk m mu about the case they said that since a stomach pi had not been used they could not benu tell true inside facts about the case T did not know exacts exactly how the t i would be recovered in an operation t thought would be necessary it depended upon where the teete teeth lodge |
