The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-17

YNHE gland defense! The endocrine alibi!
It has made its spectacular entrance upon
the scene of criminal procedure.
It has been haggled over by experts and attor-
neys. 4*.g
1t has moved in to confound the defenses Of
YESTERDAY, It is creating even more widespread
discussion than greeted the appearance of "de-
mentia praecox" and the psychiatrist few years
back.
Most Of the mental defenses have long since
been accepted.
But what of the future Of the gland defense,
in which person is pictured as being at the mercy
of his endocrine, or ductless glands?
1T will change the location Of criminal pro.
cedures from the courtroom to the laboratory"
declares Dr. VIM. j. A. Bailey, director Of the
American Endocrine Laboratories, New York, and
father Of the gamma ray treatment OF mental and
physical defects.
DR.. Bailey, physicist biologist and scientific dis.
coverer aroused interest at the convention of the
American Chemical Society in Washington with
his paper on the gamma ray applied to insanity
and human regeneration.
place the endocrine defense will occupy in crimi-
nal law. AS DR.. Bailey says:
A FUTURE TRIAL
''Let us glimpse the murder trial Of the futurel
''There are no gaping crowds and wrangling
lawyers
"There is no judge acting referee between
warning counsel and listening to the conflicting
testimonies.
Instead there is the well ordered and spotlessly
clean atmosphere of the scientific laboratory.
''The prisoner-so-called-~is brought in. But he
has ceased to be prisoner, for he is a criminal
patient, under restraint and investigation.
s'The. trial has become physical diagnosis
'The nature of the crime he has committed
is interesting to the scientists only in far as
it shows a mental complex traceable to bodily
functionings that brought it about.
experts are examining with the most complex
apparatus the six tiny glands that control char
acter. body looks disposition-for these tiny die
tators of human destiny determine the entire
course of life. frem the external appearance to
the very essence of the soul.
GLANDS ONLY INTEREST
OThe culprit has pleaded guilty to murder The
investigators are not interested in the million
details concerning the method of committing the
crime and the army of witnesses that found a
footprint, typewriter. pair Of specs, letter,
document, or what not
"They are interested solely in whether this un-
usual individual who has broken our moral code
is moral moron as irresponsible of his action
as the fever patient is irresponsible for his going
to bed,
.sRegardless of disagreements glandular
theory among medical men scattered throughout
the nation, there is absolutely no divergence OF
opinion as to the tremendous conquest we have
made Of the science among those who have the
scientific training and scientific adaptabity t.
study and to understand. Endocrinology ha:
passed its infancy.
"EIad there been as much intensive study on tn
part of our medical fraternity as in England Their
wculd be proportionately less confusion and div
sion of opinions. Among the most prominent Eng
lish scientists who have. for example, examine
numberless cases of dementia praecox and para
noia, have found Identical glandular deicience
in every case In America those of us who ar
devoting our lives to these subjects find exactl
the same results.
sHere in America where Grille and Post an