Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-12
lellege. Pby;|Ile ID Can Fad
Career d Crime BY
Operation

w ~ r.
that habitual criminality is q disease
/ Of the brain. and can be cured by
cerebral operation.
The subject will be William Ham.
ilt0n,, now In the county Jail on two
warrants charging robbery. Recent
~ he was charged with a third and
more serious oifense.
Morris Froehiich;,1 who was shot
when in front Of his home, 1922 South
Michigan avenue, on the night Of De-
cember 9, has identified Hamilton as
the. man who shot him In attempting
robbery.
Hamilton has served two terms III
the Pontiac reformatory and III
the Joliet penitentiary,. all for rob
Bery, and he admits the police are
Notwithstanding him a bad man.
.TheasHrMpner Is only 333 years old,
but has spent about half. of that time
behind the bars. and has been arrest
ed repeatedly. sometimes for fighting
and. other misdemeanors, and some
times on, suspicion.
Hamilton says he did not commit
the crimes with which he now is
charged. Why he committed other
crimes, and why he has earned the
name. of ':;bad man. ssiiss what DR.. Wild.
err will try to determine, and at the
same time try to make him a goou
man. u !,
Explains Own, Case.
HAMILTON wrote to DR.. Wilder under
date saof,s january 5, the following let
ter:
sr,.Haying read in the newspapers Of
yo1rss N6nderfui. cures. | wish to suo-
NIT certain facts regarding myself,
and Trust that you win give them
careful and prompt consideration.
II am now In jail, accused Of rob-
berry. ! am 80 years old, and have
had trouble with the authorities,
more or less since I was IA, years
old. ! have been four times convict
ed and have served three tearms in
the .penitentiary.
II wish to undergo. an operation at
your hands, regafdless of conse-
quedces to myself, IL you believe it
will benefit me. I do. not want to be
tn my present condition, because |
armstrong and healthy, and willing to
make an honest li,ing, but the feel
ing comes over mi now and then to
be in bad company. and to take what
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ,r-est'. '"ata
The punishmentI get doesn't seem
70 do me any good. 1t makes me
worse. 4 am willing to be operated
on, no matter what the suffering may
T., IL by; doing: SO, it would be Of ben.
aAtsto, humanity, for. as it is. l am
only. Q Sdetriment to society and a dis.
g4ace' to- my people.
@"An operation on me would prove
to- the world, that we are not Grim.
inals at heart, but that it is a dis
ease of the brain. l believe your
theory is correct, and am convinced
that You can cure me and other Grim.
inals II you will.
please let me hear from you at
Your early convenience.
Examination 10 Made.
D I. Wilder was rather dubious, lest
he be victtmi5ed by q ;shrewd crimi.
nal, but sitter making inquiries he
yesterday examined Hamilton at the
jail. Today he will ask Sheriff, Zim-
aner for permission to make an X:ray
picture Of sHamilton's head. If the
picture shows what he expects to
find, then he will operate. subject to
the consent Of the authorities, which
Wall he contingent on the finding in
Hamilton doesn't look like a "bad
man. though long and hard expert
ence with police, jail and peniten.
tiary have not made his countenance
benign.
From the time Hamilton was a lit.
tie boy he has suffered from ealrtrou-
bic. For. years the left side of his
head would become sore. He is deaf
In his left ear. In recent years
Jumps have formed behind his ear.
accompanied by violent headaches
and insomnia.
l cannot say just what l can &C.
complish for this man." said DR.. Wild.
er yesterday, "but / can tell ii | take
q: picture of his head. There is am.
pie ground for proceeding
Why do you commit crimes. what
is your feeling before o 20 out ON
these expeditions?" asked DR.. Wild.
eIs ySStGFUay. 49,
sss,I don't really know" replied Ham.
ilton. Il will be working on some
respectable job and the desire to take
something that dOesn t belong to me
comes over me.
Has Desire to Fight.
II will lie awake for hours at night +,
and not q decent thought. I'm asham.
ed. :!of myself. l don't want to feel
that way, but l can't help it. want
to fight somebody. And when | am
working / feel someone is watching
me-"
".That," said DR.. Wilder, after leav-
ing the Jail. lis n of the most point
ed symptoms. It has been marked
by some Of the most eminent surgi-
cal authorities in the world, WHO
have been following this line of re-
search. DR.. Krouse Of Germany, and
Drs. Horsley and Hollander Of Eng
land, all cite definite cases where the
victim has had the hallucination of
being watched.
II feel certain that so per cent or
more of the criminals In the world
are criminals, not because of born
tendencies, but because of brain dis
ease, and that a large portion can
be cured by operations on their
brains.
Careful examinations and surgical