The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-09
DRINKING STEADILY
fOk EIGHT YEARS

NAfhAAN1 N'AFAAAEFAa
DRINKING STEADILY
fOK EIGHT YEARS
Il believe that Dr. Durand Ia
normal" Dr. Smith declared. His
decisions. II any. were caused by
secret drinking lie has been drink.
ing steadily on the quiet. believe.
aimee his last trial on insanity
charges eight years ago"
DR.. Smith described ono bout
where his colleague was noticcably
affected from drinking "Payko." a
patented tonic composed OF sherry
and pepsin.
The witness asserted that the
doctor was suffering from incom-
patibility In hss family life ard that
he had recently advised Mira Durand
TO secure a separation.
Marital inoompatibiiity - rather
than inHanity--is my diagnosis.- he
concluded
Evidence that DIR. Dursnd was
thrown into a dark. noisomc and
filthy cell was adduced by his at
torney, Stanley Padden OF Seattle.
Both Or. Smith and Jack Kofeit.
jail trusty. testified that DR..
Durand had been frighuuiiy beaten
while In the black hole OF the county
Jail.
DR.. Durand was later removed 10
the second floor OF tho county fall.
where a special guard was provided
for him and whore dozens OF pa.
tents throngcd daily for treatment
STATES WITNESS
CO>TitADlCrS TESTIMONY
In direct contradiction to the tes-
tlmony OF DIR. Smith was the dlag.
noas OF DIR. Nicholson. who asserted
that Durand was suffering from
chronic dclusionai insanity. The
Judgment was based on a hypothet-
teal question propopnded by the
states attorney.
DIR. Nicholson. one of the foremost
aiienists on the Pacific coast, was an
cxper, witness at tho last trial Of
Or. purand. NJ which time he de-
ciarrd IL would be dangerous 70 per.
init him to be at largo
Dr. Durand took over the cross.
examination Of the alieniat. and the
two experts engaged IN rapid.
fire exchange OF teehnlcaiiiies.
zone Of the symptoms OF para
noia." Dr. Nicholson asserted. lis
that the patient may reason clearly.
sometimes even brilliantly. but tina,
he starts frofp false premise"
The man on trial for insanity
leaued across the table.
Then since you arc testt
frinr - to my condition with
out ever having examined mo-
form Of reasoning lacking any
kind Of premise. ~ II were--
you, yourself. are suffering from
chronic deiusionai insanity" he
flashed back
DuRA>D FIRES CONFUSING
STRING or QUESTIONS
DR.. Durand asked permission Of
the court 10 test the knowledge Of
the expert. and fired string of
questions at him. many Of them re-.
iatlng 10 obscure functional troubles
known only 10 tho student
who invented the term pora-
noiag"
what Is the germ theory Of In.
sanityf-
who IL the supreme authority
on the subject7-
what was the Lombrospan
theory"
Does insanity como from the
spinal cord as well as from the
brshn7"
Jack Kofci'. jail trusty. who was
employed by tho sherifrs office 10
act as guard for DIR. Durand. tcsti-
fled that his charge spent his days
In playing chess. In reading Shakes
pearc and In receiving visitors.
kofelt spent only ono night In
the dark hole. where DIR. Durand
was at first incarceratcd.
at was terrible" he said. -the
cell was filthy. the floor covered
with water and the room filled with
an almost unhearablc stencil"
Attorney Padden charged that
Kofelt had been discharged as guard
when he refused TO testify as the
prosecuting attorneys office dc.
sired. Kofelt. according 10 his own
statement. removed the strait.
Jacket in which DR.. Durand had
been tied.
Kofeit emphatically denied that