Evening star., 1924-08-18
DARROW CLINGS TO GLAND ISSUE
IN HEARING OF FRANKS CASE|
Continued from First Pake.)

RC.)
any evidence whatever Of "paranoid
personalities'' in the defendants.
The doctor said hrst there was
GONE similarity. but the main fea-
lures were lacking" Then the attor-
ney said: did you find any evi-
denceT The question and answer
were read and after a bit of sparring
the witness named selfshness and
domineering personality as such evil
dence.
The testimony went into the sig
nificance of dissatisfaction. DR..
Singer said it was evide nee of para
mold personality and acknowledged
he had found 1t in Leopold and Loeb.
Se1f-InDortance Common.
Exaxgeration Of self-importance.
consideration Of self az a superman,
prfding oneself on control of emotion
were all common in paranoids," DR..
Singer said
Mr.. Darrow was conducting the
questioning from a book on paranoid
written by the witness. DR.. Singer
said that the real test Of a. paranoic
was the "egocentric" character. He
acknowledged also that paranoics
learn rapidly
while they learn readily and get
through school easily there Is no
grasp Of the relations Of the material
learned to the values in life," read
Mr.. Darrow from DR.. Singers book.
The witness said this was correct
as applied to the egocentric perDonal-
ity. Tho attorney and doctor spared
over application of this characteristic
to paranoidA the latter trying to dis
tinguish between "eRocentrbc" and
"psychopat thic" personalities.
After they had finally agreed that
the terms were closely related, Mr..
Darrow turned to the record of the
direct examination.
Cites PareR0ie FfEDres.
''Is a parenoic personality a dis
eased personality?" Darrow asked.
II make no distinction there" was
the reply.
Wei you f1nd out how many IN
mates of Institutions are parenoics.
don't you? continued barrow.
Yes. probably s to 8 per cent
said DIR. Singer.
They agreed again that these
classifications were more or less
arbitrary"
Then Darrow went back to the
book. DR.. Singer said that when
psychosis was reached insanity was
present.
rs psychosis reached by fairly
regular routes?" he was asked. but
the question was not clear and lie
couldn't answer.
Well, I can't make it any clearer"
said Darrow.
Would you consider parenoic or
egocentric personality a pathological
condition." he asked.
Lines Cheny In Moment.
That depends upon how you use
tho term patholosicai' sa'd br'
Singer.
Tho witness said psychopathic per-
sonalitieS were not well balanced.
His chief characteristic" the doc
tor explained, 'is that he lives chieny
In the moment without relation 10
the future Of the past"
rs that due to physical condition.
pursued Darrow.
Not so far as 1 know, replied
Or. Singer.
Conditions which produce a psyche
pathic personality and psychos1s are
not the same. DR.. Singer said. He
modified this by saying there was
relation between the poychopathic
personality and the psychosis that
might develop from IT.
How do you detect psychopathfc
personality?" asked Darrow.
Says Everybod Affected.
by studying how he behaves. The
chief characteristic is his living In
the moment" said DR.. Singer.
.How do you study psychosis.
"By the same Methods
"You give a good deal of space in
your book to psychopathic cases. don't
you?" asked Mr.. Darrow.
Yes. sir"
Did you ever study insanity"
is memory good in paranoid per-
sonality?"
Yes, sir"
Then the questioner drew out ar
opinion that Everybody has a GER
tain amount Of paranoid personality
Phantasies Indicate insanity.
.'You said phantasies are not sign
of insanity, did you not?" was the
next question.
mo, sir, didn't say that replied
DR.. Singer.
Are they signs of insanity"
YES sir, sometimes
Other signs of insanity were classi-
Aed as hallucinations. MT: Darrow
attepmt to illustrate hallucinations
caused the witness to distinguish be-
tween hallucinations and delusions.
The difference between delusions
and hallucinations," explained DR..
singer, "is that people may develop
delusions to explain hallucinations
they experience. Hallucination is a
sense experience which doesn't cor
respond with facts"
$50 IL a boy passing along the
street, believes he Is leader Of gang
OF robbers and talks to them, giving
them orders and directs their actions.
he is under an hallucination, ism
he?" asked Mr.. Darrow.
.'If he has lost the reality, he is, "
was the reply.
Well, il he has lost it he hasn't
the fact has f1e?" persisted Mr.. Dar-
row.
mo sir" said the witness.