The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-11-26
CURED DRUNKARD'S TALK.
Believe they are Really Cured by Kee1y's
Treatment
Ncw York Sun,

Ncw York Sun.
( The death of Col. John F. Mines hat
been followed by the disappearance o
John Forgie. Both had tried the KeelJ
bichloride of gold treatment. Col. Mines
went to Dwight, ILL.,, stayed there six Of
seven weeks, and returned to New YorE
in the firm belief that his taste for al
cohol had been killed. a couple O.
weeks ago he surrendered to his OLD
enemy, went on prolonged spree, and
died in the hospital on Blackwell'f
Island. Forgie was treated at Keely'E
branch establishment at White Plains
but was not discharged as cured, as was
the case with Col. Mines. He insisted
however, Oh going back to his business,
be did, made one successful trip through
the West, returned to New York on Nov.
1, preparatory to leaving here few days
later, and he has not been seen since.
It has been thought that perhaps Col.
Mines's downfall caused Forgie to despair,
but that is only conjecture.
A reporter went to White Plains yes
| terday and talked With several men who
| said they had been cured by the Keely
treatment, as well as with some who we're
undergoing the treatment.
Charles Walker keeps q hotel, and
every one in the town knows him. He is
q ruddy-faced man, so years old, and
seems to be the picture of health. This
is what he said when asked if he had
lost faith in the cure by the death Of
Mines and the disappearance Of Forgie: {:
"No, no, no I will tell you my ex-
perience. I used morphine for fifteen
years. My arms and legs, in fact nearly
my whole body, was covered with pune
lures '.aused by the needles. I used to
take seventy grains day, enough to kill
twenty-five men. / would never leave
the house to be gone couple of hours
without taking my syringe and three or
four needles with me. L was then using
hypodermic injections forty times day
with the double solution of morphine.
I went to the institute four times day
for nine weeks. At the end of that time
I was cured. If q man can get out Of
such hell hole as was in through the
cure, I say, God bless Keely. TIE re.
cent death and disappearance you speak
of have not shaken my belief at all.
Keely says: I don't give you new set
of brains, but if you are not lunatic
I'll cure you.' They gave me sixteen
ounces Of whiskey every day for four
weeks, and I drink now if I want to,
but never had the slightest desire to
return to the morphine habit. The in-
ebriate asylum men say that the only
way to cure drunkard is to turn his
toes up. Keely says, you lie.' A fel.
low went away Saturday and gave his
patient bottle of whiskey that he had
carried for month.
A wealthy man, resident Of town
near White Plains, was next seen. At
his request his name is not printed. He
said:
II have not lost faith in the cure. I
have drank more liquor than any man
living to my age. I have been in asy.
lums. have been around the world in
asailing ship twice. Ihave done every.
thing that man could do to get taway
from rum, but l could not do it until !
came here. For four months I have not
touched drop, and have not the slight.
est craving for it. My faith is still per-
feet"
Another patient WAS seen playing cards
in one of the hotels. He said he had
been on spree for a month. Out of
sheer desperation he came to White
Plains. Re began the treatment, and
whiskey was given to him for two
days.
"Since then," he said, although I
have had bottle in my room, | have
never touched it. l don't want it. The
doctor told me to drink all I wanted at
the institute; then, he said, we will know
what you drink, but don't drink outside.
When I came here I could not hold
pen. Now I am as steady as you are.
This is the work of three weeks. Lost
faith? No."
DR.. Vanderburg, the head of the in
stitute was seen next. The doctor said
that in the case of patients newly arrived
and under terrible nervous strsin the
news of the death of Mines and the mys'
terious disappearance Of Forgie might
cause harm. Itwoud cause despair and
take away all hope. "Why," he said,
"two cases out of ten thousand have been
reported in the newspapers. We do not
even claim such percentage. We will
allow that perhaps five out of hundred
are incurable, owing to some chronic dis
ease or to natural weakness of mind.
What we do is this. We put man back
where he Vas when he was born. He
had no desire for liquor then. After the
treatment here the desire is gone, and
if he resumes the habit with his knowl-
edge of the past, an insane asylum is the
place for him. We kill the taste and
desire for liquor. The man who leaves
here cured has no more desire for it
than the child net yet born. AS for the
psychological influence or the influence
of hypnotism, which DR.. Shrady and otn-
ers of his class think we exert on patients,
that is mere bosh. I have physicians to
bring men and women here and say
you can do ten times IS much for them
as we can. We don't know how you do
it, but take them.' Now that brings me to
the secret of the cure. DR.. Keely said to