PROGRESS REPORT 14

           June15

           Ourescapehitthepapersyesterday,andthetabloidshadafieldday.OnthesecondpageoftheDailyPresstherewasanoldpictureofmeandasketchofawhitemouse.Theheadlineread:Moron-GeniusandMouseGoBerserk.NemurandStraussarereportedassayingIhadbeenundertremendousstrainandthatIwouldundoubtedlyreturnsoon.Theyofferedafive-hundred-dollarrewardforAlgernon,notrealizingweweretogether.

           WhenIturnedtothelaterstoryonthefifthpage,Iwasstunnedtofindapictureofmymotherandsister.Somereporterhadobviouslydonehislegwork.

           SISTERUNAWAREOFMORON-GENIUS’WHEREABOUTS

           (SpecialtotheDailyPress)

           Brooklyn,N.Y.,June14—MissNormaGordon,wholiveswithhermother,RoseGordon,at4136MarksStreet,Brooklyn,N.Y.,deniedanyknowledgeofherbrother’swhereabouts.MissGordonsaid,"Wehaven’tseenhimorheardfromhiminmorethanseventeenyears."

           MissGordonsaysshebelievedherbrotherdeaduntillastMarch,whentheheadofthepsychologyde­partmentatBeekmanUniversityapproachedherforpermissiontouseCharlieinanexperiment.

           "MymothertoldmehehadbeensenttotheWar­renplace,"(WarrenStateHomeandTrainingSchool,inWarren,LongIsland)saidMissGordon,"andthathediedthereafewyearslater.Ihadnoideathenthathewasstillalive."

           MissGordonrequeststhatanyonewhohasanynewsaboutherbrother’swhereaboutscommunicatewiththefamilyattheirhomeaddress.