The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
HUMAN THINKING MACHINE A SUICIDE
Krewer Developed Mind at the Expense of Emotion
His Brain Presented to Medical Association


decided to present the brain of Prof.
Joseph w. Krewer, suicide, to the
American Medical Association as a
rvne of the man of 2OO8-the human
thinking machine.
The decision was reached follow
ing a clinic in which leading medical
men of Cook county participated.
They met to study the brain of the
man which higher education had de-
veIoped at the expense of his heart.
They conceded that Prof. Krewer's
brain was a marvellous mechanism,
the triumphant product of years of
study and culture in the great uni
versities of Europe and America.
But they contended that as his mind
expanded his heart shrank and his
soul shriveled until he attained the
stage of an Omniscient character
loyeless, feelingless, expressionless,
fearless-and useless.
He was loveless because he did
not want to see his own mother. He
did not hate her He simply ignored
her The fact that he had once
sucked at her breast was nothing to
him. She was ignorant. She could
teach him nothing. Therefore, he
didn't want to be annoyed by her.
Was Barren of Emotion.
He was without feeling because
he expressed no emotion. No human
being had interest for him. He was
never known to utter an expression
Of pleasure, of pain, of interest in
anything save mental development.
He was fearless in the manner he
chose of seeking death. DR.. c.
Pruyn Struggled, who first was
called when Krewer's body was dis
covered at the Grand Pacific Hotel,
says kreWer made a brain study of
death even while in the throes of It.
He was useless because he felt
mere was nothing more on earth for
him to learn.
he had learned for the priesthood,
and then rejected religion. He had
mastered ten languages. He was
marvellous lawyer, a finished physi-
can, learned in the fine arts, an
authority on astrology, meterology,
botany and history.
Parents Poor.
hreWer's father is a laborer. His
mother is a supplemented, everyday
housewife. His brothers work with
1lelI hands. His whole family is
pldln' He was born in Chicago Al
SedIS ago. At the time of his boy
loou MS father planned to place him
IN a sawmill.
But the boy expressed desire,
hiourished by his mother, to enter
gne priesthood. He went to Europe,
was educated at Sarbonne with high
uouors' but renowned all religion
"l Ine very hour he was to have been
9Iua'hed, He took degrees at the
A'auemlc de Besanoin, France.
ne then launched into a career of
."u.yIuuaI research, serving as tutor
" IAe sons of Marshall Field, Jr.,
"nu sons of other Chicagoans of
TeaIlh at the university school.
l-%'eE he taught at the FleXner
gnooI and the University school at
t-ouISFlIle. He often said that teach
ns was a drudge and that he only
SSa9snt that he might live and in
'''se IN his appetite for study.
Grim Method of Suicide.
MO-. hreWer's method of seeking death
,. aS awful in it's grim certainty. He
G GeuI TO the Grand Pacific Hotel Tues
r"S S evening. He had $4,000 in his
,og He paid for his room in adj
r n%nCe, He had no baggage. He
doul TO his room, doubled locked the
1 ,oGI closed the transom, closed and
}JtAeu all windows, and drew the
linus tight. He then turned on all
=, Ights in the room.
fle had two bottles of chloroform,
so oollde of carbolic acid and a pack
o9 9g Oh rat poison He took six
20. ICES OF carbolic acid, part of the
af ~ poison and emptied one bottle
HE ' I. chloroform. He also slashed
MS left wrist.
fo, Llghteen hours later his body was
'unu' When DR.. SPRINGFIELD en-