Evening star., 1924-08-22
.L|V|NGDEATH FACES
M'C0Y, NOW THEORY
Doctor Says GaIIows or
Disease Are Inevitable End
of Former PugiIist.
By the Associa ted Press.


Los ANGELES. Calf, August 22-
Death on the gallows or the living
death of paralysis and total demen-
TIA today appeared to be all that
was left for Kid Mccoy, once dapper
prince of. the ring, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Theresa w. Mors here
August IL.
The prisoners eighth wife, Dag
mar Dahlgren, dealt his defense a
blow when she repudiated a previous
al1bi volunteered to show he could
not have been guilty of the murder
THen an alienist sent into his cell by
defense attorneys reported that even
If Mccoy could prove his innocence
he would fall victim within three
years to complete paralysis and total
dementia.
The alienist, DR.. Cecil Reynolds,
said Mccoy is without question.
suffering from paresis-a form of de-
mentia due to organic changes of
the brain and brought on in his case
by excessive addiction to alcohol and
blood infection of long standing.
The disease is in it's early stages
the alienist's report said. during
which acts of violence should be ex-
pected as a matter of course. Nc
Coy's shooting orgy in and near the
Mors antique shop the morning after
Mrs. Mors was shot. was a natural
manifestation of the disease" ac-
cording to the doctor:
Physically, too, the prisoner is but
a pale reflection of his former self,
says DR.. Reynolds, although. as is
characteristic of paresis victims. he
labors under the deIusion that he is
a better man physically than he
ever was"
In one respect, however, the report
shows Mccoy free of all delusion:
He knows he is broke; he has no
delusions of wealth.
Pointing out that the mem brane OF
the prisoners brain has begun to
thicken with an accompanying in
feeblement of judgment. intellect and
memory, the alienist declares that
Mccoy is not only a diseased, but "A
very dangerous man.
The alibi which Miss Dahlgren
repudiated when questioned by the
district attorney was to the effect that
she had been spying on Mrs. Mors and
Mccoy. saw Mccoy leave the death
apartment shortly before the shoot
ing. saw a thick set" man arrive.
heard an argument, and a shot and
then saw the thick set" man depart
With the annihilation of this alibi
the testimony of Mrs. Iva Martin.
who insists she heard and saw two
men fleeing from the apartment after
the shooting. and that one of them
was Albert Mors. former husband of
Mrs. Mors, still remains on which to
base a theory of the Staying which
might exonerate Mccoy. Police. how
ever, insist Mrs. Martin could not pos
sibly have seen Mors fleeing from the
apartment. since they know he was
elsewhere at that hour.
Meanwhile Federal investigators
continued to trace the. origin and
channels of entry into the United
States of fortune in precious stones.
said to have been in the possession
of Mors or his divorced wife at the
time of her death. Two seizures of
gems from Mors' safety. deposit boxes
have already been made, and another
lot of jewels was recovered when Mrs.
Jennie Thomas. sister of Mccoy,
turned them over to the district at
torney with the expFa nation that her
brother left them with her the night
of Mrs. Mors' death.
Mors charged they were stripped
from his divorced wife after she was
slain.
The body of Mrs. Mors today was
to begin its way to New York. where
it will rest in a grave provided by
her parents.