The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-27

going through tho asylum to become &C.
ouainted with my new field OF work. found
Olesg confined In . strong room and In re-
straint The attendant said the man was
subject 10 terrible flts.' ordered him to
have the restraint removed and to inform me
ct onoe when another &c should occur.
"Afew days later came the announcement,
Oegg II In 1T went to him at once, and
found him on the floor. his face distorted and
ivid. and frothy saliva tinRed with blood
oozing from his mouth. An attendant and
two patients were holding his legs and arms
to prevent him from INJECTING injury upon
himself His muscles were rigid. his head
drawn to one side. his body twisted upon It.
sen. and commissions followed upon each other
in rapid succession. There were alternate re-
laxations and contracttons Of different parts OF
the body: and these changes were sometimes
30 sudden that his head would come In such
violent contact with the floor as to break and
tear the skin. His tongue was wounded. and
ct. each expiration from the lungs bloody
we're turned G up Is Tar as POS possibe MS eyes
All this was what would be expected In q
q pe4sy "9d sde an st cSa
quite thoroughly enough: he betrayed him
hands were lightly slenehed; but 1 was struck
with the fact that the thumb was not inside
the Ss'nehsd A. p all pi Of
your real epiieptic never does Wills the At com
S nsss xers no Iva 'n
tween the eonvulsions. be would partly, open
hs as s5s sg ssn S9 ct the
two he simulated . state Of great mental and
and pretended to have q continuous headache.
certainly : eiess 5it q acting. i vas 50 nat.
impostqre notwitnstanding the evidences Of
fraud have lust deserlbed said. however.
ming. and the attendants were instructed to
let him know very plainly that he was looked
ops%P IS ne SHEET Time went into the ward No.
cused him q fei9nins. H. sto1tiy denied th u.s.
pointed to the SCARF on his head and face; and
would hurt himse ike that ss purpoee re
peated the accusation. and told him 1 thought
he would be sent back to prison.
sdsp aHSn
into the ward C!eeg fell down on the floor In q
Hs MH bha sha s9
though this time he Put On e touch Of exag.
Thing was 9 fraud. that certain charae-
G mss s %s thf It this aaaS SaSs
studied the subject in books. and have seem
great many epieptics In fits. and have prac-
Tsea !. Ior n,teen years myself. until thought
After this second iltI was certain that Cegg
to and @ 9a
~ was struck" the Doctor went on. with
ysd tSs S
inde a 6 gloomy expression which he
xss to s
success the peculiar cast OF countenance seen
in N eP saspIs|an, were now ,uv confirmed
and had Clegg sent to my private office.
Thrp h% a?he and 9d him
but this time I noticed that he was not
20 and TSs sd to the
aushed and adn!tea i shas the t ss hn ni
ta hst s did
Is q fraud. with instructions to the officials 10
aRs another Then ns tds hs shGna
3 %Sae and 81 last ssd Eater slowly and with
TIA. n %ss S g ssI are
yppIshed his lace like d ee Il the 's sSn
and served out bis sentence.
Before ! turned him over to the prison
81 4 Is eiye thu M
an s n4s En- OF G fEm 4obbes Wis Ks
he ran away and turned up in the famous East
End OF London. where he entered at once upon
To Which, s rst 9GSSks s nf
he scored success from the very start.
\. "0ne day q he was going along tie stree.
saw that the people had gathered around =
nan man lying on the pavement in an epileptic fit.
sRs d ws ss se'S t. b sw
him steal the watches and insisted upon q
dtyision;;, III, TG this Clesg had to consent
hslasHa af %ha
SssSs $ss fsE5 :,dSSd zig ssss
Later. EIsaa 10 AGAIN met ske tSIst e %So% 6s
q den Of thieves with whom he lived and
worked: Cleg9 accepted an invitation to 90
MI tseves asset Of ffsm waas
women sa. and S Sriminals Of ths worst kind.
through an sxamination, which, proving sails.
t. H 81 SK bis S Ssn az. Ss Ct
t K psech on a. any member he should fall into
epr she a member o, III. hand
i%Softa9Se IN the world Hs 10 could
to tIe plan q campaisn pursued b" By his com.
poRus epiieptiS ITS Tor successful pocket pick
wealth he, saw. in It. But. alas! '' even IN
the annals OF crime, budding genius
anticipated and. as II were. copyrighted by
others. Clegg was pained to learn that his
scheme was not only In long use already
that the r0gues vocabulary had been enriched
tack Of epilepsy while his confederates rob the
crowd was known IN the padding ken as o
dummy chueker. McCarty was the chief
Ciege. at once began operations as q PICK.
pocket But MccsTty was finally arrested and
sent to prison. and the role OF dummy chucker
deyolyel. upon Clegg. who showed that the
mantle OF his master had fallen upon him. He
Ct once made brilliant record for himself
was put into q. cab and hurried to q doctors.
where remedies were applied and he was
Once he chucked q dummy. during which
bis accomplice stole valuable watch. The