The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-18
4 QUEER CASE
Seven Years Terror Of Dea!b is Due TO a
Tiny Needle IL BODY.
DOOMED, SAID DOCTORS

DOOMED, SAID DOCIORS
For Many Years Richard Dohc-t,
Has Waited for Supposed Atrnnh,
to Extend All O,e- EoGy-Ess
nova, Of Bit OF Steel Pressing oI
Nerve Centre Saved Him.
The New York World says with lis
right hand unwilEnS!y c!aSped il:
that OF a spectre which be had been
told hy PHYSICIANS was death. Rich
ard Doher,y traverSed the daily
walks o. life through seven years.
Every day the spectre tusged at his
hand, sometimes gently. sometimes
brc:aily. but always as Doae-ty ha1
been assured. Is a reminder that n"
must hurry anc earn the money FOR
the grave TIA, Re would I'll or. fail
ing. have pa-pers burial.
But now the spectre has been put
to fight. Within = few days even
Its shadow will have vanished Do
her,y has been promised. He said
yesterday in his home. No. Il Nc
Kenaey street. BROOKLYN. th,, coz
stant nearress 20 death hss. net en-
biete-ed him: his appetite .o- DEG
life Is whe;ted.
He was an enE:nee: on an OCEAN
liner seven years ago when. making
the trip from New York 10 Liver
pool, he w2s seized with pains il his
right hand Being thirty and TN
usually healthy and courageous. Be
would not give in 20 :he pain c2.;l.
on his return 70 New York. he foun,:
himself helpless. His hand vas pa.-
.lyzed. Soon his arm became af-
tected. He was compelled 20 gre u
his work and went 20 hospital
There the surgeons diagnosed bis all
ment as progressive muscular afro
ply. After UNDERGOING p-otractec
treatment. which exhausted his say
ings. he was told there was no hope
for him. that the disease would al
tack his entire body and af.er every
masc,e had succumbed the end wcr!c
overtake him.
Dohe.ty left the hospital almost
cra.ed with anguish. Tanta'izsnClr.
It seemed to him. his affection WIS
less extreme at times aad-ae--toos
advantage OF these respites 10 work
1t odd jobs which supple! him with
sufficient money on which 20 Av--
He managed even 20 Law aside little
FOR the fund for his coffin and grave.
The thought OF dying paurer OBJ
.sessed Doherty He says he felt
powe.less 10 oppose the spectre AZ
his side. but there WAS certain grim
satisfaction in fshtiaS against
nameless sepr!chre.
On three or four occasions in the
seven years. Dohe-tr became so i"
thst be bad 20 return 70 = hoso!t.!.
In the several institutions whore he
was treated he was told the same
story os inevitable death from his
disease. Recently. more frequent at
tacks prevented him from working
IS much as formerly and Re Was
forced to so into hts burial" savings
until they were exhauste'. Three
weeks ago. with his last cent spent.
he caught a severe cold. II ts-nat-
ened 70 develop into pneumonia 2n2
his condition became so serious he
was taken 20 Bellevue Hospital.
The surgeons discovered in their
examination that Dohe-tv's right
hand was helaless and there was
discussion concerning n" cause.
Failing 70 a-ree on the verdict O.
muscular atro2hy as handed down
Ia the other hoscitals. It was suS-
gested TIA: an E--av examination b.
made oe she entire muscular srs-
ten. Many photographs were taken
and deYelo,ed. One OF the neck dis
closed . substance that locke: Ike
needle.
Dohertv was question and recalled
that when ne was child he aad
swallowed needle. additional Y
ray photos were taken and proved 70
the PHYSICIANS that the-" really was
2 needle I. Dohe-;vs neck and that
Il was pressing on the Canglis g:
nerves which controlled his right
hand
Dohe-ty was Informed be could hia
ad!eu to his <ever-y"ar oo-:1a-:on
Death. and the surgeons s"r 2 s?eci-
fed time for the leave-takic~. Z
will come within two CT three days
when the needle viii pc removed ov
an operation neithe- dangerous no.
exceedingly painful. Il IS exoecs"'
that relief vii! 30 i3,re6!.tc. and
that Dohectr w':l be hotter mar
than eve-. ph-s;caliv as soon as .h"
strength Of his tight arm IS restored
by exercise.