The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-10
GOLD TREATMENT ACCUSED.
,rxsoNs WIFI EARLps FRIENDS THLNK
TT MADE HIM INSANE.


The RichIorids OF Gold Injections Make
card Players So Forgetfnl that "sud.
denly No Ono Caa Remember Who Dealt"
The relatives Of Walter B. Earle OF Yonkers.
Who died last Friday at tho PouRhkeepsie In
sano Asylum say his mind was affected while
no was undergoing tho Kelley treatment for
drunkenness ut the White Plains Institute The
authorities OF the institute declare that that
isn't so. but Earles relatives contemplate tax.
ing some sort Of action against the institute
for causing his death. as they allege.
Earle was 10 years old He was q travelling
salesman. Four years ngo he took to drink.
Ne hnd been living apart from his wife. For
two or three yehrs past no was employed by
Warren q. Clark. a manufacturer. OF Troy.
He drank heavily for year before his death.
IN December last his condition became so bad
because OF drink that Mr.. Clark advised him
10 try tho Kelley treatment On Dec. 81 he
vent to White Plains and began the treatment
At the institute there. under tho direction OF
DR.. A. C. Haynor.
Earle remained in White Plains until Jan.
81. On that day no returned to Yonkers. He
went at once to his parents house. At Ravine
avenue Embracing his mother no cried:
Smother. I'm cured. I'll drink no more"
His friends soy that he was very enthusiastic
over the treatment On the night OF his return
no wrote to evory one no knew who was i'd
dicted to drink. telling them they could be
cured Of their appetite. The day following he
went to rqyto tell Mr., Mr.; Clark 2, k. that he was
On the niornoon Of Jan. 20 he was taken
s sSs the II TX KesisY trsatment He was worso
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; haSnor teiegraphed back that Earlo had had
III leaving The institute; and that he had 81,
advised that carlo should be, treated as, any
person with acute mania would DO treated.
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was sent to tho Poughkeepsie Insane Asylum.
where no died last Friday.
Institute auth,orities committed grave Of,
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fa eatd I sS esss
tut a. According to them. no said that many Of
tho patients exhibited defective memory. alter
they had received the treatment. He told that
:sSden es
last, Another instance re!ated by Earle. ac-
that a physician who was undergoing the
treatment became 50 absent.minded that he
often forgot when It was time to 20 to the inst.
celye this injection four times a day.
son became Insane he received n letter from a
man named McDons ID Of DnlSt who wrote
that at times he sh 6sa sh esn his k
tt5sa IT. which he had received responsible
vSj SSf F FsDster saw Dr. Hayn0r yesterday at
had ,S .hHt the trSstmsnt
Ee can Do is to take away their appetite for
sSsfssns liz n1 tsas nc ssf th sa'%
mar, who leaves here cured Of his taste
ny d dasa.s h n sG h. hsr down with Tn
tally disordered. That was the result OF his
@ es III s5sef
he had symptoms o. meptel disorder ord two
but thst as have tod you his h hard drinking
Els discharge he and his sister visited the
institute. and must say have never seen a
more cheerful or more grateful man who had
that his insanity was caused by his domestic
hess mAn et Re ss ss he he
with pneumonia It was In Tint spirit that
recommended that Earle should be treated rs
he was insane"
The reporter, told Dr. ,Haynor OF the stories
o. Earle sfriends about the defective memories
the minds Of many OF the men under treat
ment were so discussed from drink that 1t was
toms. He declared emphatically that tho
treatment had nothing to do with it.
X Persons the manager OF the institute.
institute for damages. Earle's record will DO
investigated. He declared that there are cases
are brought to the institute Is enough to drive