The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-18
CURED DRUNKARD's TALK.
Believe they are Really Cured by Keeley's
Treatment-But don't Expect New
Set of Brains.
New York SUM-

ASclcy UICulOlloe VI SOlu lltdlIIleuG
Col. Mines went to Dwight, ILL.,, stayed
there six or seven weeks, and returned
to New York in the firm belief that
his taste for alcohol had been killed.
A couple of weeks ago he surrendered
to his old enemy, went on prolonged
spree, and died in the hospital on
Blackwell's Island. Forgie was treated
at Keeley's branch establishment at
White Plains, but was not discharged
as cured, as was the case with Col.
Mines. He insisted, however, on going
back to his business, did so, made one
successful trip through the West, re-
turned to New York OH Nov. l, prepa-
ratory 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
Kelley treatment, as we'll as with some
who were undergoing the treatment.
Charles Walker keeps hotel, and
every one in the town knows him. He
is ruddy-faced man, so years old, and
seems to be the picture of health. This
is what be said when asked if he had
lost faith in the cure by the death of
Mines and the disappearance of Foggie:
"No, no, no! will tell you my ex-
perience. I used morphine for fifteen
years. My legs and arms, in fact
nearly my whole body, were covered
with punctures caused by the needles.
l used to take seventy grains day,
enough to kill twenty-five men. I
would never leave the house to be gopz
a couple of hours without taking Ely
syringe and three or four needles with
me. Until June Is of this year I be-
Iieved there was no cure for me. I
thought that my time was very short.
I was then using hypodermic injections
forty times day with the double So
luton of morphine. I went to the
institute four times day for nine
weeks. At the endgsf that time I was
cured. If a map14n get out of such
hell hole as I was in through the cure,
I say, God bless Kelley. The recent
death and disappearance you speak OF
have not shaken my belief at all.
Kelley says: I don't give you new
set of brains, but if you are not luna
tic III cure you They give me six
teen ounces of whiskey every day for
four weeks, and I drink still if I want
it, but have never had the slightest
desire to return to the morphine habit.
The inebriate asylum men say that the
only way to cure drunkard is to turn
his toes up. Keeley says s,''You lie.' A
fellow went away Saturday and gave
patient a bottle of whiskey that be had
carried for a month"
A wealthy man, a 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 drunk more liquor than any man
living of my age. have been in asy-
lums. I have been around the world
in a sailing ship twice: I have done
everything man could do to get away
from rum, bus~I could not do it until I
came here. For four months I have
not touched a drep, and have not the
slightest craving for if. My faith is
still perfect"
Another patient was seen playing
cards in one of the hotels. He said he
had been on a spree for month. Out
of sheer desperation he came to White
Plains. He began the treatment, and
whiskey was given for two days.
"Since then," be said although I
have had a bottle in my room, I have
have never touched it. I don't want
it. The doctor told me to drink all I
wanted at tie institute; then, be said,
we will know what you drink, but
don't drink outside. When I came
here l could not hold a pen. Now I
am as steady as you are. This is the
work Of three weeks. Lost faith? No.'
A half a dozen other men were seen,
and they all told the same story. "Be-
cause one or two men have given way
does not discourage US. We believe in
the cure and believe that any one who
is not really lunatic can be cured per-
manently."
DR.. Vanderburg, the head of the in
stitute was seen next. The Doctor said
that in the case of patients newly ar
rived and under a terrible nervous
strain the na,2s of the death Of Mines
and the mysterious disappearance Of
Forgie might cause harm. It would
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 a percentage. We will
allow that perhaps five out of hun
dred are incurable, owing to some
chronic disease or to natural weakness
of mind. What We do is this. We
put man back where be was when be
was born. He had no desire for liquor
then. After treatment here the desire
is gone, and if he resumes the habit
with his knowledge of the past, an In
sane 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 not
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