Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-04
SIi.aMMING SICKNESS.

Shamming sickness. tech. ie1lf kngmil
rs malingering. il an arr 81 when som
persons have made fine art. IN .ih iio9
pitfalls are records of patients wno ~ "
long time have fooled the apctofs- - =
successful maiingerer Charles tar'fr
claims the championship. There are m !
ingerers or record probably WI" co.'..
DISPUTE the title with him. bat on inc
face of things Carter would be a pretty
sure winner. His claims Ia the cham-
p!onship rest on the following rec2lo'
lie is an Englishmau. p years OLD y.
other day q local paper of BEDFORD ting
Hand. published an account OF a remark
able recovery IL stated mat Ihari,iS
i 'arter had been received into inc work
| house twelve months before. re was
deaf and damn. but he wrote out II story
| OF his case. in which hc declared that rs
| bad fallen from the mast OF hsnilS
1 boat and. while unin5rrtd in other ways.
| had been ever since unable TO speak or
4 hear The doctors were delighted with
| such an interesting case on the ami
yersary OF his fan Garter suddenly re-
gained the powers of speech ana near
| ing and exclaimed TO an attendant; 't'.s.
year ago today. Thank God my specc'
! has come hack.
| Now this WAS such an interesting item
that IL was copied extensively by the
other British papers. and carter re-
ma rkablc history came 10 hight Garter
Was deserted by his father at birth and
was 4 wSif up 10 The age 81 Il. when ne
was arrested for theft and did tine.
When h. came out o. prison n enlisted
in q regiment stationed At Aidershot
MOI finding life ri fh.. = rmy easy
| he had expected b.. simulated insanity
and did it Wei! that he was discharge
land sent To- the Thorn workhollsr- The
| Thorn workhouse was tn one where
tCarter had been taken when abandoned
and the officials knew that. whatever clsss,
he was. Carter was not crazy. - they
| kept hun on" day and th.n DISCHARGED
\ him. Then Carter enlisted again III he
army. choosing this time th- army srr-
rlcr CORPS This curI,S Is supposed ~ br
| 4 desirable service. bat Carter soon got
tired OF j; and simulated insanity - Lac
| for. What with has ar; and tho f@ct
! that ne held CcTtiilcat" OF disshaTg"
from his former enlistment for insanity.
/ h. soon got another discharge ana was
I Installed CONT priably i-i thv f1aiti *
vu-l house. EIc recovered from his in
sanity now, bl,; simulated other dis'ca Ses
\ with such sklll * To fcep himself near :
authorities ~ tile Halifax institution
found him rllt and Tired MIN soon
after H. appeared IA Manchester and ~
/ piled FOR admission 10 M ChVTitcIl
I Mon. an elee-nosyuary Institution q
/ that city. He was an acrobat. nc SAID.
a nj had hurt his back rs falling fr"ni "a
trlI"zc. He was Just lbio - Maik vheh
| h. applied ~ tia. relieving Officer aHu
tone" being admitted te entirely host the
1 power Of motion.
/ carer vas II once placed IN thc hoEui-
( tai-a most interesting iati.Ut-Ind m
! the hearts of IN. nurses bv tn. talrs n-
tpld uf his adventures ~ land aud re1
land by his cleyc!a-ss with pvi.cil ara fs :
( ing pictures for Ihem. some really pf
rl.erit. lie had the best The hospital .tf-
/ furd-J and might have lived pu iru.e-
:iuttrly in luxurious lole1eSS EI' Tor "a
letter which he wrote 10 4 uJ-St- It'll thg
llIalitaN workholsr. Ills corresponding
with "A nurse Ia N. Halifax institution
l somehow excited suspicious y0 ;!e I.tTt
q. III, authorities of t'hVrltO1 G8iou. 9 iC
I they wrote to The Halifax people. FMS
/ Halifax people l"ci1Ted that 1hs. roTi-
siderel Carter a rogue. ana weTe criin-
I dent % o1lC thing. Nat His ''stttlvu1-r-t
The i-,orhoEsc where h - lcHEedi W.:
Thorn. The Thorn people Ter., eptnfnu -ii-
| carcd with an at cIlcc S"rt for Garter -
npl-tcly had ne deceived II" medical
staff l- Chnrltuu Tnfun. however tlat
I y ten they came 10 take him arIy 'he
doctor IL charge would not consent 10 li@
/ being removed except in a recImbcut
| position. and sent with the patient $50 If
licI4l report that "thr man y perrnane H.
ily disab IeG " Whom he Ent -p Thorn tae
/ scene changed ''nl. its you. * Elm 7lS
the greeting '-Gtt up." AMI Garter ~
! lCctaEtly got up. T.ncEE H. had not iut
/ ms foot Oh tn grurud for SlN months DE
= as Ablc - walk upstairs almost uut.4-
| e-i. IL. vas supc disc harEer from thr
/ Thnrn. ana WIS next heard rf in the IL -i-
| fnr! workholsc- H has been II consistent
I and successful TnaiuEeT.r fa- ten years.
and has deceived TH4ylr- expert pnySlg.l- s.
| can auE one beat him