Osage County Chronicle, Burlingame, Kansas, March 11, 1880, p. 1. NOTE: This may be H. H. McClellan who was enumerated in the 1880 census as a 39-year-old merchant living in Economy, Franklin Township, Washington County, Indiana. In 1900, he is noted as Harrison H. McClellan, age 59, without any employment. A STRANGE CASE A Blow on the Head Destroys a Man's Power of Consecutive Thinking Near two months ago a youth by the name of Huston brought on an affray with a Mr. McClelland, a merchant of New Philadelphia, a small village eight miles northeast of Salem. Huston threw a brick at his opponent striking above his left ear and breaking both tables of the skull bone. The course of the fracture was such as to involve the third convolution of Broca's region. After lying in a precarious condition time, Mr. McClelland has recovered so far as to be able to come to Salem for the purpose of attending an examination of the case before Esquire Ward. It was found, however, that he was not able to testify. While he is perfectly rational, Mr. M. has not the power to frame his thought into language. The day previous to that set for the trial, on being asked to described the circumstances, began: "I was nailing up." Here he paused unable to advance, and the word fence being suggested, he nodded his head in the affirmative. He then continued, but after uttering four or five words, again stopped, unable to proceed, until the proper words were suggested. It is in this manner only that he is able to converse at all. The same difficulty occurs in attempting to write. He can often tell one name of a person whom he sees without being able to give the other. His condition is slowly improving but there is great doubt as to whether he will fully recover. The circumstances of the affray are said to be these: young Huston had been ordered out of McClelland's store, and a few days after passed where the latter was repairing a fence. Huston directed M. to lay down his hatchet as he meant to whip him. M. refused whereupon Huston seized the club and made the attack, finally breaking the club, M. meanwhile using his hatchet. Huston then seized a brick. A gentleman attempted to separate them and prevent the throwing of the brick, but Huston threw over his shoulder with the result above stated. McClelland is about 40 years old.