Telegram-herald., 1888-03-13
A VERY QUEER CASE
oAssUsrs prysloloslesL WONDER
a usa who Con coas~rss y IN osiy Two
L4sfaE ksFs.Gs~JSe "a l~ssrai
Ba8bDs-s - iEsxor4bi~
P,Jehs- 4 = slois. teal Law.

tor s1Hie riNe go Dde-cniiuens lnterest e
tbs old C9naectlcut toNA has cenferai 10
resilient Wlo IS frola a pays.oiosical @ni
Fsgcho.osiea view. a NonieF. Hl strange
ne-s eaa saiy be sccoustsi Ter ia The light q
niassaasl aafe- -natzi exp~ri snce, which seems
q influence ali h.s biological pheuomer4s.
joan Tice. or Dummy as he IS ssecraly
called ss-i alou4 i.l resides n ia eastern
part Of DanDory. lie * = farm hand. engaged
most of sae tiase IN tic service of AIs. II yGeE.
Rao owns a Ia IA la The ouss9irts. "Duaimys'
soarique1 indicates ess than hair truth, sor
As conTerses readily enough Nish two peEsos,s.
bgg i absolutely unable - talk 20 any ono
slse 0u sartn. This statement neceSssGates
retrosrcct
~Dumlays' mother, according 10 undis-
put-i witness. was xnzzon!an, in1exi0le.
vin,.ictlve. gnEeirntins Her aBlfnoslLles
were a. bitten ss her friendships we're en-
during Her husband was shiftiess. iado!ent,
a poor prov hler an bibaious. often ar0cslng
her wrath. About slx months before Dunn
ms'sn birth her hgsOand committed al at 50
hoinogs ia her syes as fairly 20 st.is tbs az
cuss0med torrent e her vitup~ration In her
f1Fy she could oaiv salk and murbls and
grind ter teeth. Finally her suppressed rage
loand ven. Ia single sentence:
"Yot- brute' III never speak 70 you again
D. nay dying cay
Cntl afser tue birth q heF child sho nnrsei
hef wrath aai kept her wori. She spoke.
indsed. 70 10 ous except 10 her mother 10 her
fl.eGd, Nrs. McCann. n young widow, and
the .a5ters iisIle daughter. The Nemesis thac
has pursued ~Dumny through lie GEst man
ilested rs presence IN infancy. When alone
with bis mother, Mrs McCsnn or her daugh-
tsT, Johnny wes able without any moro diff
Guilty than other children Of his age 70 frame
words and to Hni.e them into sentences. ous
To everybody eise tho child Was utterly un-
abio TO articulate. lie was never able, try as
10 might, - speak word 10 lis father As
hs could nos reci5e anything he was not sent
to school is cannot read ga write.
He WAS NOT suAxzIxG
A party Of rcushs, some time ago, believ-
ing that be could but would not converse, in
weighed hinl 20 a secluded spot and threatened
him with death II he did not speak to them
-nd answer their questions. He colld only
Plead in dumb show for his ufe Then they
beat and Iearfuliy nialtrcasod him. fully con-
ylnced at lsst that lie was not snamming
After A.s mothers death. be married one of
tae two remaining persons be could talk TO.
the widow Mccain. He lives with Der at
tho present tiFne, conversing readily with her
and her daughter, now Mrs Pudgeiey. A
single incitlcns will iIlus.rate now he ccmInu-
r.cates with them.
\ gentleman recently desired TO buy one Of
his roosters and ne called upon Dummy" and
the lattsr's vie lie made bis offer to them
and inquired whether it was accepted.
~Ill take h.In ono side and sce what he saws
about IT," che replied t. the visitor. Ten
Dummy aud lis wife went out near an out
hoGs-. beyond hearing. bat the visitor conld
Sc -Drrlsny'~" lips moving and the pair IN
evident conversation Upon their return the
woman accepted the ofTeg in her husbands
name Tic cannot converse With his wife in
snoth.r's p-eseaca lis hearing and under
standing are normal, an1 the two persons hs
can talk % say he manifcsts 10 difficulty IN
expressing himself TO them clearly, nor in
enunciatlon
Mrs Eyaer. Tor whom he works in COM
mon with al others who have had relations
with him. prcuOunoss him a good workman,
faitksEl. intcliig-ns. compreheaGing readily
everything requirsi OF him. but doomed 10
general duia5ncss by an inexorabls law ants-
dating bis birth \ physician. who takes
great interest IN the CASE en1 has examined
Danny throat. explains his physiological
dif..csitie. ss follows.
There is always nervous excitement at
tsudant upon his efforts "a speak before
straagsrr IN ord.nsry speech the epiglotts
IL Gissended and the vibrasorv chords are ex-
pandcI In his casc they do not respond 70
rho viii A sort II paralysis exists. In the
absence ~ neryou~ excitenrnt they would
49, normally and speech ,vonld follow"
This IS The pathological view. but Il does
not ,xpiaiI -by spoech Is vouchsafed only
when addressing thor his mother favored
Just prsvicus 70 his birth. IL dos not eS-
pisia he prrtsrnstural phases, which puEzls
psvSiolo9isas md scientists alike. and are tho
wonder % townsnen sud strangers. Cor.
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