The herald., 1893-07-21
NEVER DRINK AGAIN"
DIR. ADAMS VOW AFTER SIX WEEKS
IN AGNEw's ASYLUM.
Tho Family and the Friends Had Him
Committed and Then Had Hard
Time to Secure His Release
From the Asylum.

San Francisco Examiner: "Please let
him 60. Judge. can't live without my
husband any longer"
Judge Hunt shook hjss head. "I'il
leave it to pr, Hstch,,,s ~ = be said-
DR.. Hatch shook his head rs'I'll leave
it to the tcourtT be echostLtoe s
Then judge and doctosI held a con-
sultation and the problem ~ hat should
be done with Dir. Adams Hash finally de-
termined.lia law ,yQ dafbw E5tis
DR.. Adams ia iaaIwell-tosda Los Angeles
dentist. who enjoyed the spfofits of a
good practice as we'll as an unusually
good appetite for Liquor. The latter
caused all the trouble. af
Some six weeks ago friends of the wife
advised her to do something. While
she was meditating what something to
do, the solicitous friends stepped in and,
by making the proper showing, had him
conveyed to the Agnews Asylum for the
Insane. The wife told the commits
eioners of insanity at the time that her
husband was dangerous and had
threatened her life. She explained yes
terday that she had been led to say all
these wicked things because, as she
naively expressed it, the lawyers wanted
to make out good case against her hus-
band and ffighten him out of his love
for liquor by little methodical dis
cipline in an asylum.
The plan succeeded admirably &C.
cording to the confession OF DR.. Adams,
but the patient was nearly overtrained.
"Im bleet if don't think I'll go crazy
Mi they keep me there much longer" he
Explained Yesterday.
1t was "a united family effort that
swore out writ of habeas corpus yes
terday and had him brought before
Judge Hunt. 8
DR.. Adams is a man scarcely so years
old. He plainly showed in court that
he had been on a six months tour of
the gold cure, insane asylum and other
keep-off. resorts,
'The gold cure did me no good" he
confessed. '.Half dozen gold cures
wouldn't have affected me in the fix I
was in.
"But that asylum cure" and bis eyes
rolled fervently towards the ceiling,
that asylum cure would bring around
a snake picked in alcohol"
1.-The patent is not demented in any
way" explained DR.. Hatch, superin-
tendent of the asylum, "but be is ner-
vous and irritable. Whisky did it. l
was going to keep him till August LIST
and then let him out on probation"
Nervous" repeated the patient. II
can't sleep nights on account of the cries
OF my neighbors. I'll be as bad as any
OF them if Pm kept there much longer.
I tell you, judge, Pm cured. No man
could 90 to that asylum and not come
out cured or crazy. Pm in the cured
stage now, but if you send me back my
reason will topple. I'll never drink
drop again If you'll let ms out. Never,
SO help me-" And the speaker looked
as if he meant what he said
'If you break your promise you'll be
returned to the asylum without an ex-
animation" warned the court.
DR.. Hatch of the asylum advised the
court that il the patient should keep
quiet and let liquor alone he could be in
comparative health in q short time.
Mrs. McGune, aunt OF DR.. Adams,
promised to take him to her ranch near
Colma and to help his wife take care OF
him for the next 80 days.
On these promises the Agnews-cured
man, very much satisfied with his
escape, was permitted to depart.