The New York herald., 1922-02-26

outerson, local police surgeon conducted
the examination.
lnasmuch as both are bound to report
in court at the continued Gearing next
Friday, neither would mako known his
estimate of Mullgans mental equip
ment. Nevertheless, great significance
is placed upon the fact that neither doc
tor thought it necessary to ask the boy
to appear again, and. furthermore, the
boy emerged from DR.. Waterman's office
quite composed and mistaken.
1t is confidently expected that the doc
tors will tell the court thai they found
MuliGan neither more brilliant nor less
competent than the average lad of his
age who is not endowed with an aggres-
'sive personality or studious tempera-
ment. Ne boy is behind n his classes
but not so far as to indicate that he Is
what is generally known as backward" :"
Because of the somewhat bizzare ac-
counts of what to-day's examination en-
tailed and promised. it was made known
that neither doctor had any expectation
that any form of mania would or could
be proved. The questions were shaped
merely TO reveal Mulligan's reaction
Speeds" general intelligence and lean
ings If any, toward morb:dity.
covered Muligan quite average and with
no subnormal tendencies.
Not Sure of Fathers Age.
How old is your father?" asked Dr.
Waterman noddihg to Mulligan's father
who sat beside his son.
Mulligan was uncertain. He guessed
sixty-one, whereas his father is fifty
eight
WAS your father alive when Abra-
ham Lincoln was shot?'
I'm sorry" replied Mullisan, but
I'm not sure of fathers age. But father
was born about that time"
Then they proceeded to ask Mulligan
what games he liked best and what
books he read and cared most for. They
asked him his age, the date Of his birth
and sundry simple questions calculated
to bring forth his readiness to reply.
Precise details are missing and there
was no stenographic record made, but
it is known that Mulligan did quite az
we'll as the average person subjected
to the newest intelligence tests. Due
allowance was made at the start for the
lads natural nervousness, which had
been the natural reaction TO his sum-
mary treatment by the police.
This afternoon Mulligan and his
father left Hartford for Bergenfeld,
n. j., their home Hurley and his State
police went out to Trinity College and
resumed their Investigations. They ap-
peared to be concentrating their atten-
tions upon the activities of two students
but it is not known that they made
progress.
Three Trinity students who have been
questioned by the State police were
summoned to local police headquarters
tonight and examined further. They
were vernen w. Clapp of Poughkeepsie.
George Malcolm Smith of Boston and
Robert st. John of Chicago. All were
permitted to return to college after
answering all questions satisfactorily.
The investigation by the local police
has not been without humor.
What were you doing at the time of
the fire in Mullgans room" demanded
one of the detectives of an upper class
man.
II was in my room with some other
fellows" was the reply. I'VE were talk
ing about Spinoza."
"Who?" snapped the detective, in
stantly alert
"Spinoza" was the reply.
How do you spell it?" demanded the
cop. extracting a pencil and notebook
"S-p-i-n-o-Z-a."
Huh" said the detective, "Ill talk to
him later"
Another student who is supposed to
have been among those who gave the
alarm for one of the earlier fires was
called before the detectives. They asked
him whether he would turn in an alarm
were he to discover another.
who. me?' replied the student. Me?