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Show I KNOWS NOT' WHERE HE WASBORN H C. F, Widdows is in the county H Jail this morning under the spell of Hj mental aberration or some poisonouB drug, the presumption of the officers H being that it Is the latter. H The man confesses to the excessive H usu of drugs, hut ho labors under the H impression that there is .something H elec wrong with hlin. H He stated this morning thai he had always supposed that he was born in 1 England, hut that since spending a H short time in this country he had be- H come convinced that he was born in H Ainorica, his parents having come H hero in early days, afterwards return- H ing to Uio old country. H The man seems to be quite harm- H less hut he has no idea as to where he H came from or where ho was going H when arrested. H "Wlddows will bo retained in the pad- H ded rell of the county jail a fnw days H pending consideration whether he H shall be examined for his sanity or M fient to the hospital for treatment H for the drug habit. H oo |