Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1915 — MAN HAS QUEER AFFLICTION [ARTICLE]

MAN HAS QUEER AFFLICTION

Can Talk to Animals, But Is Unable to Bpeak to Friends Except at Diatance. Crane, Mo. —Physicians are puzzled by an ailment which strikes W. H. Hilton dumb when he attempts to address persons near him, but permits him to speak plainly when addressing persons at a distance or when talking to animals. ' Hilton is a termer near here and i*«« suffered with the affliction since he had the whooping cough two years ago. He is stxty-flve years old.