The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-27
CHARLTOES NERVES GTVE way
w RDERER GOES TO PIECES IN
ms HOBOKEN CELL.

rr~,er Charlton got into such q state Of
ives last night in the Hudson county
... Jersey City. that Wardsn sullivan
ans uneasy. He telephonsd to Dr.
William Jerome ArlitE. who 10 a police
-.-ceon a. well as one % the insanity
.,.erts retained by Judge Charlton.
Obj. prisoners father. and a little later
u- Arliiz came rushing zap in his auto
nohlle Ne went Immediately 10
nartons cell.
The hoy prisoner had been crying and
falling on his knees and lying on his bed
while he moaned and wept. He wasnt
noisy 70 the extent Of bOthering anybody.
nut he warden was afraid no might make
himself thoroughly IN. Dr.. AriltE took
'm IN hand and after looking him over
dsrided 10 administer no medicine AZ all
not even a bromide.
The doctor sat down on CharltOn's
I'D and for an'hOur and a half talked a.
-oothingly and intimately with the boy
r., he could Az FIRST he had hard time.
charlton would get on his knees. gripping
the doctors hand in afrenzy. II wasn't
penitence. IL was grief and sheer un-
happiness that seemed to move him.
Nfter a while Charlton got quieter and
the doctor left him. DE-. Arlitz said he
thought Charlton would lbe all right
through the night. but added that ths boy
was worse than when he examined him
on saturday
Ne is on the edge OF a nervous break
d0Wn' said the physician. Confinement
and mental Loneliness will soon make a
wreck Of him
The four alienists whom Judge
charlton has engaged 70 eSRNine' into
the sanity Of his son are not all
working together The three New York
cVperts. Doctors Charles l.. Dana, Allan
NCIAns Hamilton and Edward \. Fisher.
nave entered into an agreement. ac-
cording 70 Or. Fisher. TO view young
charlton simultaneously and then con
sult one another about their opinions
h@iore reporting on his condition. AlaS
the three will take their time about de-
Gliding whether the hoy who has con-
isSsed to numbering his wife by Lake
Como Is sane or insane
Ut. AAuAAs INC luuItu Aheltsl tn~
gagged by Judge Charlton. Is pursu-
ing his studies Of Charlton alone. He
will make his report independently Of
tho New York experts and he will have
II ready very soon. probably by to-mor-
row. II will be made directly TO Judge
charlton. hut as DR.. ArlitE has already
practically said what he thinks Of young
Iharhon's condition there Is no doubt
that his decision will be that the youth
u suffering from dementia adOlescens,
a form Of paranOia.
Dr.. Hamilton and DR.. Dana were out
~ town yesterday. Or. Edward \.
Fisher said that he would not discuss the
case in any way. since he and Doctors
Hamilton and Dana had entered into
an agreement TO act together. DR..
Fisher would not even say Il he thought
DR.. Arlitz's opinions pointing unmis-
tAkably 20 adolescent insanity. were
correct. He added that he and the two
other New York experts would make
no effort 20 have their report on Charl-
tons condition ready tomorrow. when
Charlton is 70 be arraigned before Judge
btaAI IN tAAF A1uAN " bNNA anu
m Jersey City. He did not know when
the report he and his two fellow physi-
clans are TO make would be ready. The
three Of them have only seen Charlton
once and they will visit him only to-
Eether. AZ least ono other joint inspec-
lion Of the prisoner viii be necessary
and no time has been agreed on for that
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and awoke yesterday looking refreshed
physically but seeming still 10 be in that
REGULAR bewildeFment that he has shown
ever since his arrest. He spent the whole
LAY quietly. reading. talking in little
-purts % Tile Burke the alleged hank
burglar who IL his cellmate. and enActing
little dramas in his minds eye which
brought into light play all Of his varying
emotions.
charlton ate everything that was sent
nm 4 brief religious service IL held In
Inv county jaii on sundays. He did not
attend u, but his cell u where be could
hear most % Il. He would listen TO a hymn
or PRAYER and then begin % sing in an
undertone 10 himself. A. times Il was
suuna simple ftmiliaT ar he sang. but
more often he limned an aria from grand
urerA or seemed 70 revel Ia the cadenCes
II an Italian folksOng. He went vaguely
over ia BOhAms' and Faust with
.Drties into -Funiculi. funicula- and even
Tho Marseillalse Then he would talk
uriahy % Burke concerning things that
gentleman had heard 81 vaguely but COM
pri-sd not IN his philosophy.
think ! snail write poem. he said
% Burke Not now. but a. soon a. IL
l. - in
10 clOudlike soaring fashion u the
ln'mations Oh Immortality
Ye-e-es.' replied Burke In tone
evidently Intended %. be pleasantly
affirmative and not interrOEptive and
vrIch was actually acquiescent. almost
sIurnIssive For a long time afterward
narltnn seemed 70 be contemplating
tho poem he vas 10 make. At last he
shed. shivered and smiled and picking
u1a book fell TO reading He has q supply
a. books and magazines 10 choose from.
An alisnist who has SEEN Charlton
ruIuntsered this yesterday, provided his
rsfne was not used.
Picture 20 yourself" he said. a boy
born with peculiar attributes. born with
genius for poetry. an appreciation Of
music - keen that even no worn melody
..ud leave him unmOved. no cheap
popular air fail 10 influence his mood
This boy has many terTors. He - AFRAID
Of darkness. He is not perfect physically
Ha feels a being apart. He never can b.
r.rs,laded that he n like other boys.
N.' that he thinks himnelf better. No.
Na - convinced IN his heart that be Il
ufarior % other boys and ~ brands
himself = coward through and through.
70 his own heart.
As he grows up he decides that he
will be- courageous before all men. kbOve
HI men Ha haC0man a stole. He N