The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
GOLD OozEs OUT OF HIM
Abraham Boyle Absorbs Wealth aD6
insanity Through His Pores.


From the Chicago Chronicle
Abraham Boyle of Lander v,,o 49,
inc Great Northern Hotel yesterday en-
route to New York. He has Just been
discharged from the insane asylum at 81
Joseph, Mo, after an experience In The
Alondike which few men would care "a
repeat. He obtained much gold in Alas
ka, part Of which he absorbed in his ava.
tenn and got rid OF with a great deal q,
difficulty.
II don't care to talk about my trials .
said he. "The HOMEOPATHIC News ,,ea
ical journal Of repute, prints the follow
Ing story Of my case
ABE boyle went to Alaska I'm the sum-
her or 1875 and was one of the frst 10
SET out for the Klondike diggfngs. His
claim was one OF the few from which the
nIsset5 ana coarse gold had. to con-
SIDERABLE extent, been carried lower down
the creek, while the washing from above
Ieit me gravel heavily impregnated with
what Is known as flour gold. !" This ts
ehe nnest FORM taken on by the yellow
metal which in\thet shape manifests its
presence In the sands of oil the Rocky
mountain plateaus, and even ia the wa
tiers OF the Pacific ocean, into which a is
carried by the streams heading westward
from the great continental divide. There
Is no known method OF saving -four gold.
whlch wiIl escape over the quicksilver
piates OF stamp mill in spite OF all ef-
forts to capture It,
Boyle, during the summer OF 1897 wa.
much OF the time immersed to the waist
In the waters of the Yukon Being In the
water constantly, his body seems to nave
accomplished what no inve alton OF man
mas yet done, for through the pores of the
skin there was absorbed an Incredible
quantity Of -four gold.
he was seized with what he thought
was rheumatism, but kept on with his
work untrr his limbs became unmanagea-
pie IL was as " Justification, II not ratri
hcaton, had set Ia. This condition grad
ually spread upward, and he lost his an
petite and eventually became insane.
There being no physician in the camp cap
able OF handling the case, he was sent
back to the states in charge of a friend.
who kept him for several months at his
old home In Lander, Wyo. His condition
did not improve, and he was finally taken
70 Laramie, Wyo., where DR.. William H
Harris, one Of the most noted practition-
ers in the West, thought he had located
the source Of his trouble and resolved upon
an experiment to test the correctress OF
his theory.
In Turkish bath house BOYLE was sub
mitted for a week 70 a treatment in
which the medicine administered consist
ed largely OF mercury. Then he was Civ
en- a thorough Turkish bath. His chair
in the sweating room was placed in a
shallow basin of zinc, so that the perspt-
ration that poured down from his body
would all be retained. He was afterward
rushed through the remaining features Of
the bath and put to bed When he awoke
he was found 70 have entirely recovered
from the hitherto unaccountable stiffness
of his limbs, his flesh being soft and
pliable as an infants though his mind
was still affected.
The next thing done was to examine the
contents of the zinc basin In the sweat
ing room. An assay of its contents show
ed that the mercury, administered In thu
form Of pills had passed Off through the
open pores or the skin. carrying with II
the -four gold with which Boyles BODY
had been saturated. An ASSAY by Supt.
NJ. A. Grant Of me Keystone mine showed
that the value of the -four gold drawn
from Boyle's body BY means Of mercury
Appropriated $270
Gold is all right externally" said Mr..
Boyle, but for an internal remedy / don'k
want IT, even to cure drunkenness"