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Show MEMORY COMES BflCK! TO Mill OF LOST IDENTITY After a total lapse of memory for vcr three months, W. O. Wortblng-ton, Wortblng-ton, known locally as W O. Walraven, suddenly recovered his bearings, last night. L Worth ington was picked up uncon-Bclous uncon-Bclous along the Bamberger tracks, early in October. He was Injured by a blow on the head, which was thought to have been dealt by robbers. rob-bers. He was taken to the Dee hospital, hos-pital, and when he recovered consciousness con-sciousness he had completely lost his memory, not even being able to remember re-member his name. Prom his inco herent mutterings, the physicians and nurses were able to piece the name "Walraven," and. during the time he has been in Ogden he has been known by that name. I Principal Henry Peterson, of the. lOgden high school, became interested in the case, and watched carefully all developments having n tendency to 'give light as to the man's previous ! identity. Worthington's memory returned 'him in the Kennedy cafe, where he iwas having dinner with some men who have been closely associated with him since he was brought to Ogden. Following the transition, he did not know any of the men who were w;ib him and "did not recall a single thing I that had happened while he had been k in the city. One of the party got him professor hurried to the cafe. They talked for a while, but Worthington could not recall any of his Ogden experiences. ex-periences. His memory of the things , that had occurred to him here were as completely forgotten 'as were tne things of his former life, since he was found unconscious near the railroad tracks. He remembers now, however, howev-er, all of his associates in the east, the names of several of whom were secured from him several weeks ago by Prof Peterson through the use t.f hypnotism. It will be recalled that while Wor thington was in his peculiar state of mind, he visited the Guthrie family on the Sand Ridge where he had worked previous to being injured, but he could not remember the place nor any members of the family. Today he was met by William Guthrie and he readily recognized him. He also recognized a man named Roark. with whom he had been acquainted before his injuries. He was taken to a rooming house on lower Twenty-fifth street where it was said he roomed before he fell from the train and he recalled the room, stating that he lived there a number of days However, the past three months continues to be a complete blank to him. He does not remember any of the faces which he met every day in that time. Professor Peterson accompanied him to the Dee hospital today where he was confined for a considerable length of time after he regained con sciousness and he stated that he could not remember the place. The room in which he was kept was as strange to him as would be a place in the South Sea Islands and he could not remember the faces of any of the nurses who attended him. Neither Nei-ther could he recall the high school building where he was taken a number num-ber of times, but he remembered the postoffice when taken there, and he recalled that he sent out money orders or-ders a number of months ago. Professor Peterson states that there seems to be a complete barrier id his memory between the occurrences of the past three months and those of former clays, but he is convinced that in the course of time the man will regain his complete memory and the entire part will be clear to him |