The Washington herald., 1909-04-04

HObOken. n. J.. April s-Ether was ussd
az St Msry's Hospital. probably for the
hrst time, TO determine whether an able
bodied young man. VINO maintained thst
he was deaf mute, was really sucb OF
just common faker. The experiment
proved conclusively that the subject Dos
sessed rare gift OF CAB and satisfied
the doctors and policemen who worked
the unusual third degree that they could
tel q nlske-oelievs dummy ct siSht when
they saw one.
The subject was arrested Al The Dels
ware. Lackawanna and Western Railroad
station two days ago while panhandllng
among sympathetic Jersey commuters
with the aid OF cards containing "a mes
sage from the deaf and dumb which
explained that a severe attack Of typhoid
fever had deprived Charles Seymour OF
his speech and hearing and had driven
hi1n 10 the painful necessity of earning
an honest living BY selling the little cards
az TIE rate OF 10 cents per. The deaf and
dumb alphabet was printed on the reverse
side Of the DastehOard- Seymour was
locked I'D al police headquarters as a
disordeTly person, and different policemen
wasted hours IN writing 70 and receiving
notes from the prisoner.
Seymour Would Net Peep.
Chief OF Police Hayes and Patrolman
Daniel Kelly, the BertiliOn operator. had
hunch that Seymour could be induced
10 5alk with the aid Of little well Sc
lected moral suasion. and invited DR.. VIII
lam J. Ariitz. the police surgeon. 70
engineer the Job James FORBES. special
agent OF the New York Charity Organiz-
alton Society. and head OF the rnends-
cancy department was invited 70 witness
the third degree. and went e HobOken 70
see how IL worked
Dr. Arstz had a session with the
mute" ar police headquarters and
polzed ali the familiar funny bones IN the
prisoners BODY IN well meant endeavor
70 make the man say Ouch but Sc--
mour never peeped.
lets take him 70 s.. Marys and give
him ether" said the police surgeon. That
viii make him tax II anything VIII
Seymour simply smiled and dashed OF
a message on pad that he c0aidnr Tn
derstand why all hands were worrying
about a poor deaf mute Then Re Nas
+ put into the patrol wagon.
When the prisoner was led into an
operating room AZ the hospital he glanced
: az the bare walls and. calling for paper
and pencil, wrote
Why an I brought here? I an not
in need OF medical treatment This IS
1 hospital
Dr.. Arlitz wrote: You srs going TO
be etherized 20 determine u y0u are
faker"
7 an not a faker.' wrote Seymour,
and ! object 10 being placed under
I the influence OF any drug Furthermore.
Z I have eaten heavy meal this a. N.
4 Nobody ever heard Of heavy meals
/ being handed out in the Hoboken CITY
! prison, and the workers o. the third &C.
gree were more convinced than ever that
I the mute" was an impCster.
Seymour was directed by signs and
/ otherwise 10 talk mighty quick or strip
J for the ordeal. and before climbing ou-
OF his dUds he scribbled the following
7 object to this and VIII see about
I redress when | get out
Then he was stretched out on the
/ operating table.
speech Is Emphatic.
Seymour is a powerfully built man of
I twenty-three. strong wffted and deter
mined. and IL took some time for the an
/ esthetic 20 work As he was coming 20
he cleared his throat and began TO warbie
/ WHO sang That Song. Jce7 He re-
peated the line three times before opening
his eyes Then he quietly asked. "Wha-
am I talking about. George ans ever
body replied. Wen have 70 give II %.
i The doctors begged Seymour ss a So
cial favor 20 quit his nonsense and talk
Ike a decent citizen. bGt he pretended
not 70 understand and reached for MS
pad
I Il guess he'll have 20 have another
dose" said Dr. Ariitz. and again ether
was administered. SeymOuTs second
coming-out speech was as follows;
Let me go, Joseph Carey told me Re
came from Providence. I am just IS good
a fellow as he is
Where do you come from. George"
asked Kelly
There are gentlemen where I CONS
from. and dca't you forget ,hat," replied
the mute"
Are there any more al home Ike yogc''
LGueried Kelly.
Seymour then raised himself on his
right elbow ard said. Dan. III cult. 7
can hear and talk IS well as you can"
As soon as he vas able % steRd the
fellow was taken back q police head
quarters and arraigned before Recorder
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