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Show EIGHT-YEAR OLD MYSTERY SOLVED Brother and 8lster Affirm Mothers Identification of Mysterious J. C. R. Recognizes Mother. All Efforts of Expert Surgeons to Restore Mental Faculties Unavailing. Chicago, Juno 5. When brother and sister today .affirmed their mother's moth-er's Identification of the mysterious "J. C. R." as her son, and the latter, whose mind Is practically blank, and whose vocal cords are paralyzed, gave evidence of affectionate remembrance of his mothor today, tho eight-year old mystery of tho "man who was" was cleared to tho satisfaction of alt concerned. Mr. H. E. Pitkin last night Identified Identifi-ed tho man as Earl W. lies, her son by former marriage, but his brother and sister protested that bo appeared (o be too old. lies, a mining engineer with interests inter-ests at Goldfield, Nevada, disappeared In 1906. Some time thereafter a man whoso voice was gono and whoso memory was all but a blank, ap peared at Rochester, Minn. An operation op-eration by famous Burgeons, failed to restore his mind. When pressed, ho wroto tiro initials J. C. R. or sorao times J. R. R. Patient Suddenly Disappear Last NoTomber the patient suddenly sudden-ly disappeared from Rochester, but' was found here and taken to an infirmary in-firmary nt Oak Forest, a suburb. Mrs. Pitkin, a woman of wealth, before a clinic at Rush Medical Collego yesterday, yes-terday, Identified the man by tatoo marks and Infantllo scars and other evidences which satisfied tho authorities author-ities sho was tho patient's mother. Thcro is only ono word which J. C. R. or lies, can articulate. That word Is pie, exclaimed Mrs. Pitkin. It was always his favorite dessert. That ho recalled Incidents of his boyhood was indicated In the gestures of assent or negation that he made While ho was at Bchool in Kansas City there was a tornado which tore away the belfry on tho school house and Injured a little girl. Asked It any unusual thing had occurred to him while at school, lies In panto-mino panto-mino described the storm and tho falling wreckage. Mother Explains Initials Mrs. Pitkin explained tho uso of tho Initials J. R. R. by statingHhat they wero thoso of her father. They woro engraved on his watch of which ho made a present to Karl. Earl was carrying tho watch at tho tinio ho was Injured. When lies left Chicago In 190C ho had $5000 with him with which to comploto payment for machinery to bo used in his mines fit Goldfield. In tho fall of that year, Mrs. Pltktn received re-ceived a letter from him dated Minneapolis Min-neapolis stating that ho was on his way homo. That was tho last sho heard from him. Apparently ho was stricken with paralysis, or was Injured on a train, near Waseca, Minn. Thero was nothing no-thing by which to Identify him and ho remained in that village for several sev-eral years. Rochester Is nearby, but efforts of expert surgeons tlscro-to roi storo tho man's senses were ineffective.. |