Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-28
PRECIOUS ROGUE.
:. sxeErDIN6tY CLEVER IN Wa' Wo.,na epILEPTlc FITS.

ovate RKpediens D''p'' carefnliy watched by Ex- ',''rs ''' rss 1oas rim',~fifAlts hssr>y- v s,upis Msnnsr.
 oo,srt saford Newton tells an
 nogs's saa story of all impostor who Iisiauss s,s. ssiened epilepsy for a great EsSiplss' vssrs, in spite of the fact lssr 'ss. v watched by the most skill. z leaIO.oss ' " ssien epileptic fits forms 8 |Bss sI's, v Usrt Tt .. 5s education of many Fiial! x. is P Europe and America. h llna'' q ,sbers it has been successfully aau' 2 so, 1 q great many years aad ia { |'sa ssd,su - to the police, the fsigning Ills,,sy lpSs is called throwing of its 'g,sg,y nrov chuoking.' 1t is invariably aaDla ;a tbrees. after this formula !: Ssa ',a ', ayI2ently friends, are walk Is asa tbs street, when suddenly one |ssn tIsa' falls in an spilepsio as. The ~ 'a, v ,vorried aad gives all of bis at. 'S' N. to the fesusoitation. Naturally 'oa '0a v crowd gaaheTs around. The 'su ! man Hits pOokethooks aud watch .kasz off with them.
 ss |sss,s is one msn whose career as 8 pr 'ss ot spilspsy is moss rsmArkabls. '. nsa,s s uame was Craig, and my .aowledee -s. of him was wheil l WAS I''ssS ' with the Whiteohapsl Road ]. hospital, the biggest hospital in ssaa It had been noticed that Ssyer s. Craig fell in a fit in the streets "ndon. reports were sent iu to ths ss If money and jewslry lost. He 'noys than suspected and was sent 'tba hospital, both to bs treated ARd v.tehsa. This man was 8 Perfees S bub he was so well up in his act. '.a.t though he was most carefully .hsd hs escaped detection. He was sasbls naa. but perhaps his pals N tbss the London police had too an sye on their movements. At Rents C.aig was next heard of in |6ss, The old formula was repeated. 'bll in fits, and vsluablsa stolen were 'TDsa to the police. He was shifted \ iga capital to hospital. and s.RI watch WAS kept upon him, bosh N hswsa in oae of shsae ats and in |ans Of theiE insermtSsion.
 8tsis began to thiak that 8 coup de sIgs Has aacasEary to save hia repu- M Re vas at this ttns cOuanasd in aDitaI snd was ia ons of the upper li ia ths front part of the building. a wers doors that opsasd out on |Ay This balooRy was 3s f$et from |a9und, and at iss base there waz a akcns pavement. ESileptioa are us \ } aull, stupid s0rt of people, aYen A not in tits, and Craig feignsd thIs Ali.y aa veil as the other sympsoms Hs disease. ns was allowed to wan asOut tbs hospital pretty muoh as Skased, and every once in awhile ' he would fall in & fit. phe doctors |gs discovered hia fraud, bat Craig EIEUls than uneasy st the way he was bsd and suspected. One morning he "a from his chair, and, with a dazed M s look, at the same time putting &andI up to his head, he staggered N the balcony and tumblsd over asagd--doWn, down, the fall s8 feet EAs stOne paYsmsnt below. When M picked pp, it was found that one kWEists tswas breksn and that he was |siia hurt, though, wonderful se altssFiOusly. Of course this settled
 ninds of the doctors the doubt ssd previously existed aH to whether
 a tss,ad or not. The thiag work Etly ss Craig had planned that it
 aud ia course of time he was 9ged as 8 true but AiAourahla epi-
 Once again on the outside, he
 successfully the old game of fits Rket picking ia thrsss.
 es more hs was taken sp aad sent
 loapisal. Hsrs g young doctor set nssif tho task of wRtohing this
 '0gue. He had avery symptom.
 sala tfoth at the mouth, blood
 s'vsam from his tongue that he
 'asa n his eonyalsiohs, and there
 noshlng Waasing in real spilep- raS this young doctor kept his
 tnd patleHee had it's reward.
 day, just as Craig waa going
 tue preliminaries before falling
 ohag dazed, the slowly attempt.
 asnt oit the coming spaanas, tho
 ps Of the hands-ths young doo-
 was watching him observed
 aaIead of closing the haads with
 Esls over che thumbs, as would
 Fsa The case necessarily in nus
 F-for the thumb, having the
 muscle, must feel ths contract
 ps dtst--Oraig sAst his hands
 A fingers On the inside Of the
 The dOotor gave him 8 gentle
 sae side end said: 'Thas,ll do,
 ve cansas you, You ars a fraud.
 uoha your tricks we'll and for a
 'eS' but your tims is up. If you
 su true epileptic or just 8 little
 eaa ID medicine, you wsRld have
 nS hagers over the thumbs.
 singie protest Craig straight.
 ana said, Well, l knew it was
 " Nae some time. -
 " became of ths mani"
 as talents eound a market. He
 sa Saown, had been so written
 as L-edscal journals of both Flu
 AiieF'ca, that the doctors hired