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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 26, 23 October 1937, Page 16

So prodigioug waB tlio mlnd of Kexre Lutec, world-famous "memory man'' on the stage, that he could remember 10,000 dates, among multitudes . of other things. But one thing he apparently did forget — that he had sold the wonderful brain which "never forgot anything." He sold it to New York Anatomical Institute, who were to analyse it when he died. Pierre lived for a long time afterwards, and, although he made great sums of money, some of which came to hihi from London audiences, he was always bard up. It was in Chicago that Pierre's marveJlous memory began to go wrong, he sold his brain again — to Ch'icago's Anatomical Institute. He sold it agaih and again. He died in Paris and no sooner had the announcement appeared in the world's newspapers than 775 telegrams arrived from institutes all over tho world — claiming the brain.