The Washington times., 1924-08-16

G. D. Herman, the pastor, and
the witnesses were Mrs. Chess
Abernethy, Mrs. J. FIay Bess
and Miss Nell McAllister, now
Mrs. Fay Lavendar. The groom
paid the officiating minister a
most liberal fee. Court house
attaches state that he carried a
big roll OF bills and offered to
pay q considerable sum to keep
the news Of his marriage out
of the papers, but failed to
do so.
there were other things" He re-
iterated that split personality
was nothing more nor less, than
pushing some things out OF ones
consciousness; In short, forgetting
We'll, x you were q wise psychtn.
trist, as / assume you are" said
barrow, with supreme sarcasm.
wouldn't you look upon a split
personality Is something to investi-
gate?''
"No." replied Singer. "Tf I see
you here in court room forget q
word perhaps that you are striving
to remember, / would not give you
q psychiatric examination"
Anyone who merely frogets some
thing does not necessarily have "a
split personality" Singer said. am
plifyfng his previous definition Of
the term by stating that forgetful-
ness or what one should remember.
barrow then produced a small red
book, written by Doctor Hart, a
Cambridge authority, on the subject
Of mental diseases.
A long argument ensued over
whether barrow was to be allowed
to formulate questions from this
book States Attorney Grove con-
tending that III the defense wants
to bring In Doctor Hart, let them
go get him."
\ Objection Overruled
Groves objection was over.ruIed
tartly by Judge Caverly, who de.
clared the defense on cross examin.
alton Of these experts could dig up
their questions from wherever thcy
chose.
barrow then showed that Doctor
Hart laid great stress on ''Split
personality" in determining whether
or not patient was mentally dis.
eased. He also hauled forth book
on mental diseases written by the
witness together with Doctor VIII.
liam o. Krohn, another OF the
States alienists.
What is the mind9" said barrow,
after reading several excerpts from
the SingNr-Kroh book,
The nifhd," replied the alienist,
represents what we really call the
eye. It q the sum Of all our ex.
periences, our feelings and our
memories"
via that the best you can do?"
'It is"
Mind Product Of Forces"
DarTOw's next question was
whether the mind was a product Of
the brain, and Singer said not en-.
tirely-that the mind was a product
OF all the forces OF the body operat.
ing together.
+, The alienist ana the attorney en-.
gagged in q long argument over the
transmission OF impulses to the
brain. Singer said there were q
lot Of nerves in the body that only
indirectly reached the brain.
Emotions act intuitively, don't
they, Doctor?"
Primitive emotions act withut
consciousness"
rs there q difference between
emotional reaction and intellectual
reaction?"
when intellect develops it be.
comes an integral part Of emotion,
and the two cannot be separated"
The State has matched the de.
tense. alienist for .alienist, scientist
for scientist, and has even thrown
in for good measure a gland expert
who scoffed At the defense theory
that disordered glands might DO at
the bottom OF the most inexplicable
crime in American criminology.
Fantasies Common.
There are the childish fantasies
in the early lives OF Babe" and
"Dicky." The defense alienists ana
lawyers made much Of them.
Everybody has them,'' says
Doctors Patrick, Church ana Sing.
er for the State.
Fantasies" said DR.. Singer, on
the stand today, merely represent
our longtngs, our secret ambitions
which cannot be expressed openly.
They are normal with every ons,
and sometimes they are valuable
adjuncts to llfe.'"
"Paranoid personalities" constl-
tuted another OF the defense big
points.
That's not q diseGse," said DR..
Singer. MANY people have para
mold personalities. The term simply
describes a person who IL ego.
centric, person who interprets all
the things about him az applied
to himself. Such q person Is self.
ish and arrogant, suspicious OF
others, and usually goes about with
chip on his shoulder--there are
many such people in the world"
And az for the famous ''split
personality" which the defense
alienists ana lawyers contend at.
fllct the two young college intel.
lectuals to an abnormal degree,
this merely consists Of the habit
OF forgetting certain things. SHOW
ing them out Of your conscious.
ness.
The Split Personality.
Everybody has a split person
Atty to a certain degree" said
DR.. Singer. ut ID merely q con.
dition where certain experiences
are put out OF your consciousness
or we might say forgotten. but
withal having an effect on ones
behaviour. It's normal"
Glands? The State produced. in
Doctor Rollin T. Woodyatt, an en-.
docrinologist, expert opinion to the
effect that science has not pro,
creased far enough to be able tc