Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
rur o,ouMoND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. soULY 10, 1881.

duct n IN large measure, * not wnoi'y'
dne 10 the dIsordercd condition OF MS
mind and body, brought about by the
Iiouor-habit, for which he was uhusr
treatment such short time ago. Indeed,
serious doubts are expressed by them a.
10 his responsibility as a rational ihai-
vidual.
UNDER TREATMENT.
I'm IN. occasion OF his visit TO New
vorL two years ago, Debs applied for
treatment 10 DR.. r. =. Robertson.
sn.ciaI,st IN disorders of the nervous sys-
torn He bore with him a letter OF IN
truductiou from Colonel Robert q. IN
gsrsoll He was under treatment for seve-
raj weeks. and returned to Terre Hsute
Debs was suffering from alcoholism In
its worst form when DIR. Robertson pc
ga, work on him. The patients VIII
noyv.r was almost gone. and his memory
had become impaired. He gradually IN
proyed. however. and when he lett tns
hand. OF his doctor he seemed TO De Ia
perfect health. 49,. ora
But panaceas for nervous disoroers a.
not of lasting effect. mat peps
free from a relapse ~ i'oiea'eu ~ -
foIlowing telegram. which was sent "
~, no mr. Robertson on Saturday;
"As your friend and physician, I'M
,,ors Won to stop where you are ans
condition OF your nervous system and IN"
srsat strain upon 1t make you irrespoh-
sible for your own orders. io''s ~
friendship. .. i' - IN :,
the telegram and the facts concernihs
the condition of Debs when he applied lof
treatment were given out by Dr. hooer1s
SONS assistant during the absence
that specialist. When a reporter ~. .'e
New York Times called last night al ,ne
Doctors office. Is east twentieth STR,
tho Dootor said that he regretted very
s,,,oh that the information had become
nublic. but admitted that 1t was true
81 have not, however" he added, peer
IN Communication with Mr.. Debs-that IT,
not recently. The last time hearo liV'li
him directly was about one year anu
half ago, when he wrote me saying .ha'
ne had been entirely cured, ana tha' "'
was then in the best OF health
HE WAS WARNED.
",fv reason for sending the telegram 10
hin, was this: He had been patient OF
mine and. personally. l have a hign re-
carl for the man. ! therefore teit IL
nv duty. as one who had been his medi-
cal adviser to warn him OF what eo"-
sidered a danger. .,
s,rr Debs. YOU must know, Is man
of an exceedingly nervous temperament
and is an earnest and hard worker.
can easily imagine the TREMENDOUS stain
under which he has been, ana the re-
action Is bound to come.
while have respect Tor MI. Deos
personally, l have no sympathy "hat ,,'
with the movement which he IL leauine
ri 4
lapse utterly 81
"you know he has devoted much OF his
life to the building up OF that organization.
and when IL fails in this great hght anu
ne sees his lifes work undone am AFRAID
that the reaction will be too great Tor MN.
His nervous energy may carry MIN
through to that point, but when the eS-
element is over and the strain relaxes.
Mr.. Debs may appreciate the danger or
which | warned him.
II cannot say anything more" con-
tinued Dr. Robertson. II would not nave
said this much, but that the fact that
sent a telegram to Mr. Debs, and that
have treated him for dipsomania had
already been given out by my assistant.
The relations OF a physician TO his client,
you know, are rather peculiar"
would you have any objection to
stating what opinion you formed OF Mr..
Debs's mental ability?" the reporter
asked.
He impressed me-" Dr. Robertson re-
piled "as a man of more than ordinary
ability. Mentally he is very bright, and
he struck me as being a man OF great
energy. He has a most pleasing address.
inherited with his Alsatian blood, per-
haps, and he is undoubtedly tireess
worker. When saw him he was smooth
shaver, weighed about 100 pounds, and
was rather prepossesslpg in appearance"