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Ian examination the Kev MR. Burton and His Diagnosis John B H
STSHE foregoing facts aroused the profoundest in
terest in medical man.

eT1SHE foregoing facts aroused the profoundcst in.
terest in me medical man.
Was Mr. Burton seeking to free him
self from condition in life burdensome him? Was
he chatting against its restrictions-a condition which
TO most men would be ideally happy and comfort
able one? Was he who had simply perverscy
taken to another life? And he now, Il disgrace to
the service the honor OF which he had sworn TO uphold
an educated man Conversant with stories of dual per-
sonaities acting his sailors part in order to
his actions?
was only cunning mangcrer OF no scientific interest
to either physician or psychologist, but simply
demeanant TO be handled by the police the disci-
plnary authorities of the navy.
Or, on the other hand. was his really Of
time being submerged while the dual less worthy
personality. the alter temporarily in the
ascendent? Had we here case in which the nature
and soul OF the clergyman had utterly disappeared
while MS body was in the possession OF the and
soul OF stranger?
II Mr.. Durton'8 such one as this latter
consider how great misfortune here for him,
his family. his friends, his congregation. At min.
God.earing. respectable and respectcd Christan
minister steadfast in righteousness as he would
have all men be. power for good in his community.
htcd. and TO have the body of this Gospel preacher
pass suddenly under the control OF another and per.
verse identity craving adventure and irregular living
Inc antlpoues oil ali cleric should be, No longer
disciple OF the Prince OF Peace here was now a being
committed to warfare, and, if need he. to slaughter
no" 40 longer feeling the responsibility of pastoratc
no longer given to he gentle and kindly enjoymen, OF
'hnreh functions and entertainments. here was a
S'''''t''' mo i'othCtS StuIcu Win match boxes
re subs and other evidences of another walk in life
Which then, was Mr. Burton? Malingcrer or mar
iyr2 To determine for myself if | could | visited Inc
patient in the Navy Yard Hospital.
ne cay was nearly ended. 1t dusk when
entered ne physicians had most kindly arranged
,or my seeing ar. burton The nurse led me TO his
be'!slde about which screens placed SO that we
were alone and could converse unGisturbcd in the dim
light OF the ward. $50"
The rev Mr Burton, in 4 clean nighgogn crack.
Ing from the starch, and in Immaculate clean he'd
gave, 70 begin with every impression of 2 Cuc,.r, n
neFed cultured gentleman delicate scnsibiIjtios
MS way OF speaking courteous and at the same
'llne frank and unanectcdly straightforward
HIS appearance altogether In MS favor Have
seemed 10 be man naturally cean--ccan of body Of
nature OF mind or medium height Of BODY not
oraWny, nor fashioned for rough work of tho hi,,d
aho WIN the arm OF scholar and with the hand nd
taperng hngera OF cleric. his forehead was fun birh
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words key Vest. were hurled upon hin, Nov, !,
n nt nur'on had not been telling the truth he
be absolutely certain that he would either have hest
1atea before giving the associated word" to key
west or that, the fact of enlistment being sronr in
MS mind, he would have answered navy" or nerhans
sailor or perhaps enlistment" itself ANY hesita.
tion or the giving of any word related to cns;ment
would have been proof according to psychology that
me Rev Mr. Burton had ao forgotten the clrcum.
stances at Key West he claimed. But instead OF
taton cigars" 0'
Again the monitor which he made his VOYAGE
was the ozark. In the way when this word was
given him, ii Mr.. Burton had answered sea or boat
or anything related to ships voyages this would
nave been still further proof he had not forgot
tans" 'ioun'
He passed triumphantly through this test as he did
through all the other psychological put to him
y am glad 10 you, doctor" he said to me- "But
on these frightfu pains In my head" He put his
h'hds up TO both sides of his head just above and
about his ears. ~
Just what is the pain like" asked.
Sharp at times: at times gnawing. But since
awakened on January II have not been without pain
SIS the pain constant?"
Not constantly sharp. But always dull ache
and sensation though the brain lust here were
tired-oh so tired He touched again the sides of
the head His hand indicated just location of the
centres whose arrangement mysterious NAL
sonality." o pP'
"The pain is worst on the left side" he said This
was significant because 1t is the left that the
centres of memory. speech and so on are located The
do not exist the right hemisphere of the brain-or
II they do it is as in such documentary state as to be
negligible 80 W 0
learned his family history must. for lack of
space abrdSe it. His mother had been prone TO rvs.
terra and TO exhaustion. had periods of
profound mental depression. There would be periods
OF weeks when she would forget who she really was.
Ihus in so far parentage is concerned Mr. Burton
would come naturally enough by odd mental stages
l!s mother had also been a hysterc. What strange
states of the mind. OF the psychism what decisions
Illusions Authorizations, possessions the like have
not from time immemorial been classed under thar
ttle! What physical diseases. from tuberculosis 10
the most diverse forms OF paralysis have not been
simulated in hysteria!
AS child lie had at no time been strong of body
though very good mental capacity He had had
several OF the exhausting diseases of Childhood
measles scarlet fever and tonsilit;s SIX during n
severe illness. he seemed In fatal coapse-no longer
indeed to breathe-"when clarct poured down my
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Diagram Illustrating the Probable cause Of the Rev.
Mr. surton's Transformation. The Upper Drawing
Shows the Four Memory Centres Of the Brain.
The Lower Diagram Shows the Normal Course OF
Nerve Impulses to and from These Centres, and
Their INTERPRETATION. When This Normal Inter.
Relation Is interfered With Broken "hiind blind
ness" Occurs, with Tia Mysterious Manifestations
Of Shifting and Multiple Personalities.
New York Hospital, and had been found negative.
That IS to say. they had given evidence of
deception.
The most important OF these the association
test, Briefly, this consists in addressing the sus-
poet series o! unrelated words and In having pa.
tient speak rapidly the first word which the word
has called up in his mind For instance The Rev MIR
burton enlisted at Key West Florida. lie made the
journey TO New York the monitor Ozark. Natu.
rally the two facts Of enlistment sea Jour.
ney would have been impressed very deeply in his
mind.
After several words such white" TO which Mr.
burton replied black" warm" to which he replied
sun,' and 30 on had been given MIN. suddenly tho
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These the last received in Fairmont
from the missing pastor until the morning OF January
H. when member OF his congregation received tele
gram from him. dated at New York City. as follows:
was picked up unconscious In street Remember moth.
ing since December 49, Severe pains in head then.
Don't know where have been.
WALTER BURTON"
Mrs Burton had remained in Fairmont until Janu-
airy l. Then she left with her child for Boise Idaho to
make her home with sister.
II developed that the Rev. Mr. Burton had drawn
from local bank all the money he had deposited In
his name. amounting nearly $500. addition he had
borrowed s25 on his note from the banker. re.
ceved his months salary pastor but the day before
MRS; burton. at Boise, was asked what she thought
OF her husbands explanation of his absence
II believe him and trust him." she said. "IIe has
always been the kindest and best OF husbands And
In the church and his family He had planned many
things to do this year and what beautiful church
strange malady. that he will come back as soon
as he can and when he does he explain away all
The Navy Department Is so convinced OF the truth
OF the minister's story that the department Washing.
assured his family that within short time he will be
formally discharged from the service which is
pugnant TO him as minister and which he joined under
the influence Of his other personality.
Lieutenant Commander Johnson. commanding the
receiving ship Maine said: THE will be dealt
sympathetically after absolutely proven that when
MT Burton took the oath he mentally respon-
sble.
But meantime. from our point OF view, here is one
OF our men seriously Ill in the shore hospital. II is
duty 10 take care OF him. After he has
clentiy thorough medical survey will ordered OF his
case, and he will have opportunity prove the
truth OF this amazing story"
These tests II Is understood here have since been
made to the satisfaction OF the Navy Department.
Members OF his congregation here, while expressing
the utmost loyalty for their pastor and maintaining
their unqualified belief in his statement that the past
months events are blank to him. will to have
MIN resume his pastorate They declare the church
would suffer thereby and that the pastor would not be
the power he has been heretofore Also they say an.
other OF these attacks may upon him at any time
and they could no longer have confidence him. not
knowing whether his actions taken while In the
possession OF his normal consciousness while under
the influence Of his strange malady
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throat revived me and became WE'LL" clearly a hys
Since childhood he had had several malad,es-
malaria and typhoid fever the worst. All of which
tended naturally to such physical weakness as must
Ponds sane thought and reasonable conduct and right
Judgment. e
The Rev. Mr. Burton showed me then the bend of
MS elbow where vein had been opened and he had
been bloodlet for test-which gave, however no
evidence of any blood disease Also he showed
lumbar puncture Tin the spine), which had been made
% ascertain If there had been any brain or nervous
disease any tumor OF aoscess Of the system
TO account for the psychic alteration he been the
victim o. But this test had also been fruitless
negative"
You remember absolutely nothing?" I asked again.
AS God is my judge, nothing" he replied solemnly
II remember only that in Farmont that after.
noon of December Is. | had frightfu pain In NV
mead There followed time Of haziness, OF frag.
mentary impressions. But there is nothing clear
Suddenly seemed to awaken from these vaguenesses
MY mind was clear. was lying clean white bed
in what was evidently hospital. / called Nurses
came asked what was doing there. They told me
was In New York and that it January H.
could not realize it, All could remember was
that yesterday in Fairnont had had pain In nv
What had done? Where had been? There was
not fragment Of memory"
He raised his hands to his head again and groaned
"My head My head"
noted that whenever food OF memories rushed
In on him he gave this same evidence of distress
the same when the river sounds became nro
nounced when the sailors in the ward raised their
voices bit, the Rev. Mr. Burtons face would flush
and in tired way he raised his hands TO both sides
OF his head above and about his speak of the
painful and fatigued sensation in those regions.
Now, these portions OF the brain where he indicated
nave to do with memories-memores of speech and
the like. ANY disease either functional or physical
in them produces the mental maady known as
amncs'a'loss of memory. Loss of memory for words
is known as aphaSd Such loss of memory for words)
is OF four kinds, as shown in Fig 1: A. loss Of mem
Org for words heard is known as auditory aphasia .
IL. loss OF memory for words is visudf apha sia
o. loss of memory for spoken speech motor aphasia or
"phrm'0, ana ID. forgetfulness of written speech is
graphic-mofor 0phasia or agyaphia and p have to
addressed and n uith
words spoken or written by the patient.
The four centres in this memory group are mutually
dependent, and are interreated by system of con.
meeting nerve fbres In healthy people. like ourselves
whose minds working Alright. the normal mentality
depends upon the right association INTERPOLATION be.
tween these nerve centres. tSee Figure II) But
when such association is totally lost there Is total
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Fairmont, Mimi. February IS.

Fairmont, Mimi. February 49,
~ n afternoon of December Is last the Rev.
Walter r. Burton pastor of the First Christian
~% Church of this place stepped the train to go
a nearby town, Austin, to oficiate at funeral.
From this moment the Rev. Mr.. Burton completely
dropped sight his wife and children
his devoted friends In the parish concerned.
Where he had gone and why he had gone and what
had become OF him mysteries without the slight
est clue.
Two days later postal card signed by the Rev. MT
Burton received by his wife. The was post.
marked Des Moines. Iowa. and Its contents such
as to deepen the mystery of his disappearance.
On the afternoon of January 10 in the uniform
OF United States Navy sailor reeled along the Bowery
In New York and, casping his hands to his head fell
to the sidewalk.
This was the Rev Walter R. Burton the missing
pastor of the First Christian Church of Fairmont,
He was taken, unconscious to the New York Hos.
pital where. hours. he opened his eyes All
that had happened to Rev. Mr. Burton from the time
he stepped on the train at Fairmont on December Is
until he opened his eyes in the New York Hospital on
January 10 will be known. But the astonished
shipmates OF the afflicted clergyman have told him
enough OF what did during this period when his
mind was blank thoroughly to shock his moral
sbilities clergyman
AZ the time the Rev. Mr.. Burton reached the New
York Hospital he was still unconscious Enlistment
papers found In his pocket gave the of Richard
Hudd and showed that he had become musician OF
second grade in the United States Navy Key West,
Florida. on December &C. Other papers showed that
since January he had been living in Young
Mems Christian Association In Sands street Brooklyn.
William S. Porteous. frst-class yeoman in command
OF recruits aboard the receiving ship Maine visited
hospital.
That's Hudd," said he. "He hasn't got q uniform
yet lie enlisted in Key West and north on the
monitor Ozark. He's been waiting for uniform and an
assignment to ships band and living meantime
near the navy yard He leave Saturday
and was due back at 80 O'Clock Monday morning It's
2iudd oil right. I've him every day"
Ana then the Rev Mr.. Burton opened his eyes gazed
without sign OF recognition at Porteous the doc.
tors and nurses and inquired anxously:
where am ]? Why am here? What happened?"
, He glanced nervously, almost aTrightedly, around
the ward The doctors told him of his collapse and
told him he was In New York. He listened, obviously
she'd
claimed petulany:
Il don't understand anything about 1t. I'm the Rev
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aphasia. Then. as would sG1
to have been the case with N
Burton on December Is last
mind.blindneEs comes on
livion Of the past-in con
quence OF the temporary i
gearing OF those memory fac
ties. And this mind blindnc
exists so long as that ungear!l
continues.
But the bocy can and m,I
go on. The higher conscio,
ness. the thing that recogniz
itself. is helpless. 1t has be,
"unhitched" from the rest
the mental mechanism. T.
sub-consciousness takes char
because there must be a dire,
Ing force to guide the hum
animal.
Now, just as In sleep, VIII
the normal consciousness is {,
off and dormant, the sub.cc
seriousness creates dreams, So
mind-blindness 1t creates Y
greater dream. The differen
LIS that In sleep dreams we n,
sue strange adventures vii
our bodies are still; in mil
blindness the victim acts \
dream. The sub.congciousns a
has full charge and from its OF
activities, its memories and
e.. habits it creates the new p|
sonality.
The sub.consciousness
membered that 1t could play n
sic-because the muscular NJ
tons OF trained musician j
come largely. sub.conscious
habitual." Therefore the nd
personality enlisted as a mu|
clan. 1t remembered that
Hudd." 1t took that name.
TO be United States navy sai
But here is no doubt an ct
terry of good and evil. RobSrt
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" outlined
Why has this tale 80 fascil
IL or have seen 1t played? BED
thlng intrinsically human; sol
lie. 1t puts 1t up to us that in !
De TWO or more natures, ofte
one TO the other-mortal foes,
OF one flesh and of one blood
Anytime, reader, that you|
tan Museum of Art you will 81
nard has expressed much the
nature OF man striving to risI
man mas been striving these al
from the Goldfish and unwoj
ever be dragging us down.
struggle of the s,ood and the j
Life. indeed-its good, and
30 good seems to be about
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Walter r. Burton of the First Christian Church, Fair.
mont. MINI. had pain in my head yesterday, and
that's all remember"
From the date of his enlistment until he opened his
eyes in the hospital the Rev. Mr. Burton his move
ments were easy to trace Aboard ship and Key
West his shipmates said he had been "a good fellow
In New York he had made many the rounds OF
amusements to which sailors In port prone and had
been seen examining with interest the Bowery.
But what happened during the twelve days elapsing
between his loss memory his home and his enlist
ment in Key West there is absolutely no trace Where
he went before he reached recruiting station In
Florida what he did and what happened TO him M ono
knows or Is ever likely to know.
Fairmont is peaceful little city OF about 1000 In.
hanitants The Rev Mr. Burton came here in March,
1913 from Oregon with his wife and their baby boy
He was but tweny.nne years old pleasing personal.
once. An athlete. he fond of wholesome outdoor
sports and readily gained the sympathetic friendship of
me younger people of the town He was accom-.
Under his guidance the little congregation of scarcely
and numbers double what it was when he came
He was the idol OF his parshoners and they reposed
In him the utmost confidence.
On the afternoon of Dec. Is Rev. Mr. Burton told
his wife that he had to to Austin, MIMI to preach
know. He kissed wife and little boy goodby telling
mem ne would return rs soon as possible He appeared
10 be in perfect health and spirits when the wife
following day 80 >'
At the station he chatted with acouaintances and
told reporter for local newspaper that he was 20.
Ing to preach funeral for some one whose
name he did not know His actions aroused no suspi
con in the minds of his most intimate friends
He purchased ticket for Austin-and that was the last
seen of him by Farmont!
. When he failed to return at the anticipated time
MIS- Burton assumed that. he had been Unexpectedly
detained and serious thought to his absence
Two days after his departure however, there to
MS wife postcard and letter. The was post.
marked Austin and the letter was marked Des Moines
Iowa and the time Of posting less than an hour
apart.
II have helsh desire to destroy something" the
pastor wrote In his letter. 81 going away to take
treatment in a sanitarium You may never see me
again know this will be hard for you and for the
church. but think 1t is better fear that may do
some criminal act which may bring disgrace on us
awake at night somtmes with an almost uncomfortable
desire to do violence, and am afraid OF myself"
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BY Professor Charles w. Steiner

FUDENTS Of abnormal psychology keeny interested
not only In studying the extraordinary experience which
~ the Rev Mr. Burton has Just
lating as to what will happen to him
VIII he be able to retain his rest or his
e or VIII this other personality time to
time Just as did with such December?
II this happens possible second personality
may sometimes complete ascendancy over Mr. Burtons
original self?
Another exceedingly interesting whether Mr. Bur.
ION Is not dual personality Are
st other selves besides the two which
themselves which may day mind and
oooy ana lead him into even stranger adventures?
Scientists inclined to believe the case and
mat Mt Burtons surprising experiences only Just begin
h'hg All that is yet known about the per-
soha!ity leads TO the belief that limited TO dual
FORM but is usually manifested Ave or six dis
nnct personalities in the person this reason DIR
Morton r. Prince and other this subject have
discarded the term dual personality case like
me KEY MI Burons only
lions OF a multiple" personality.
ooaoly the most remarkable multiple personality
hch science has ever had the opportunity
OF MISS beaucnamp. Massachusetts woman in whom
sera personalities developed struggled
with one another for mastery. 90
one was says DR.. Prince who a biography Of this
woman able to change her personality time
W the oiten from hour to hour, and with
character became transformed memories altered In
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BY the Rev. Clifton Hardy Levy

~ VA4C NOV. Stll GOU f1dTUy Levy
Pastor OF the fremont Temple, New York City
TT HE moral aspect of the Rev. Mr. Burton
is an interesting one.
- We are told by the shpmates Mr.. Burton that he
made use OF his shore leave indulge
diversions OF the ordinary sailor when easy to
believe Once understand that Mr. abnor.
maj state OF mind when he enlisted In the
psed that he should have
he found around him board ship only
natural for the unfortunate
In the customary frocs OF sailors are the moment
freed from the restraints OF discipline aboard a ship
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His Future in the Light of

addition to i
born and VII
be any one |
Although
had a dlstind
tested by diff
ideals and Il
habits. expeiI
EdCn OF
the other tw|
them had no /
such informd
hand. SO thai
blanks which
in the flesh. |
"Of a sud-
she knew not
Just a momel
the lives OF |
character. SO
the TRANSPORT
self was mod
Miss Bea|
afforded Of q
his DR.. Jekyl
OF Action. hsI
SO her life wa
OF embarrass|
But sclend
OF the best
which. in one
as that OF STD
must haunt d
day @ crimind
spring into II
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inteilectual his face smooth; the lips sensitive; the
teeth even and well dentifriced. and his eyes were
clear and of the looking at you straight" kind Elk
treme mental fatigue plain, however.
The Munsterberg tests. kind Of mild and unob.
trusive third degree by which malingering is estab
shed and crimna1ity detected, had ma DE In the
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The Moral Aspect of the Rev. MIR.

But from
Rev. Mfr. Blu
may have II
degradation
tunate man
have enliste
lowed that
duct and va
NASty oAL
he did not XII
In a dream. !
While 1t
Sad an expe
regret, still
that whateY,
tude attache
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