The Washington times., 1920-10-19
Writer Calls Doctor 'Euil Genius
OfAdoring Woman Who SleW Him
Marjorie Rex Coniectures on
Personality Of Medical Con-
fident Killed by Patient.
BY MARGERY REX.

NEW YORK, Oct l9.-Can one
person be the "eWl genius" OF
another
Fesrfully obsessed by the person
Ality OF a man in her thought for
twenty-seven years, Mrs. Mabel Ken
yen. of Stonington, Conn, last June
shot and killed DIR. Herbert Tetiow,
her lover for the last nve OF those
years that ran stiii and deep.
Tetlow, who was one day 10 madden
her TO the point of attempted suicide,
was introduced to Mrs. Kenyon when
she was girl or seventeen. Since
then she was married three different
men and has had four children. Three
of these listened in court while their
unhappy mother tried to explain
things TO twelve jurymen.
How a woman VINO had run the
aamut Of love, marriage and the bear
ing OF children could finally and
secretly practice such emotional EN-
bexzlement upon her family is a prob
lem beyond the grasp of laymen.
Whether she knew II or not,
whether or not the thought OF Tetlow
WAS woven into her life like leit
motif' throughout a musical compost
tion. IL did finally become the ruling
fact OF her existence.
HOW HE SHIELDED HIMSELF.
Mrs. Kenyon's vision of the tragedy
would lead to the theory that though
Tetlow knew and admired her when
she was girl of seventeen he did
not want to marry her. His acquaIn-
/ tance covered twenty-seven years OF
! her life, but not till after she had
married several times and was the
mother of several children did he
rI. l. i. l.
pened he then would not have to
make her his wife. and his own posi-
tion was secure from the threats of
wronged woman, whose husband
and children would mean her silence.
His love was not the love that
shields and protects; nor the affec-
ton that chooses to assume RESPONSE
hility. 1t was merely the mad desire
to conquer another personality to
make her subservient to him. 1t was
u satyr-love. This purpose was
smouldering for many a year, slowly
coming to decision.
But what particular hold did DR..
: Tetlow have over this thrice married
mother of four?
Answer-That relationship which
many woman has with her physi-
elan.
1t is a curious bond, and rarely, as
such, is discussed.
A physician. so many people be-
lieve, is a safe" person to tell things
| to. And a woman cannot be indif-
ferent to man who knows her well,
better than any one in the world,
more completely than she knows her
self. She will either like him very
much, or he will be repuIsivc, yet
even in the latter case he may hold
her fascinated against her will, il he
should so desire &s.-, .s.g.,,... IA /
sOSfE DANGEROUS PHYSICIANS. 4
Needless to say. only the finest,
ighest-minded of men should be act
ing in this capacity. But it is inevi-
table that a few miscreants not above
preying upon foolish women should
creep into the profession. . =. !,
The doctor is the recipient of con-
fdence, so sacred it cannot be given
any other friend or relative. He is
in position to do much good, and
likewise harm. DIR. Tetlow may have
got the habit of advising unhappy
women, and many have been ready
for the role he was to play with Mrs.
kenyon
II he had been her girlhool cd-
mirer and did not win her then, and
had not met her later till she was
married, it seems as il he might have
left well enough alone, unless she
sought the solace of advice.
Ttelow might have been the early
ideal of Mabel Kenyon. She may
have unconsciously compared her
three husbands with this man she
failed to win, to their advantage.
Finally when he was thrown con-
tinual1y in her way. sne may have
thought it fitting to take the love
offered too late.
Clandestine devotion had, after five
years, disgusted Mrs. Kenyon, who
wanted to give up Tetlow, but
couldn't. She decided to kill herself