Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-20

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Furthermore, none of us thinks she
would have left this apartment OF her
| own volition without taking her little
son, too She loved her husband and
her SON. she lived for them. | believe
she would have died before she would
have deserted her boy, especially when
she knew that her husband had lost
his mind
Physicians at st. EliZabeth's Hos
pital believe DIR. Houck was a victim
of the disease he was fighting to con
uuer-insanity. They said he appear
| ed to be suffering from temporary
form of maniac depression, which
might be cured.
Studied Counts Device.
DR. William A White declared that
| in his 81 years experience around in
| situations for the insane this was
| the first case he had ever known
where a psychiatrist had fallen prey
| to the foe he was combating.
| DR.. Houck, it was declared, was
devoting much of this time to a de-
| vice that was invented by Count
| Kurzypski, who is a noted mathe-
matician by profession. The device,
known as an "anthropometer,' was
supposed to register the tnnermost
| thoughts of q person and aid them
In a psycho-analysis or themselves
Other phvsicians declared DR.. HOuck
had permitted the thing to prey on
his mind so much that it had become
a F'rankenstein that struck i'm down.
The "anthropometer" seems to be
nothing but a good sized board
to which are fastened three flg-
ures.. one large and seemingly leap
ing off into space, representing
human thoughts; the second, small
circle. which analysed the thoughts,
and a third having function too
technical for any one but a psychia-
trist to understand. Each figure was
punctured with scpres of holes, in
which q subject would insert pegs,
with long streamers trailing off from
them. These steamers also carry
small perforated discs. The board also
holds another circular disc not CON
nected to the rest of the device.
Fanciful in appearance, the thing
seemed to assume an eerie atinos-
phere as it's various functions We're
explained, all technical and, to the
Iayman, impossible of understanding.
Even Puzzles Physicians.
Leading physicians at the hospital
admitted their own inability to I'M
derstand the device, but DIR. White
expressed a belief that it had pos
sibilities to certain extent. Count
Kurzypski has been doing consider
able research work in an unotficlal
capacity at the hospital during the
last year.
one of the devices was found in the
Houck home, and relatives SAID they
had been informed that it had even
enticed Mrs. Houck into a. study OF It's
possibilities. Although relatives I'M
derstood that Mrs. Houck was also
undergoing psychoanalysls py III, ~
Craven. hospital officials said her
Visits TO him concerned her worry
over the growing mental failure OF
her husband DR.. Craven, VINO could
not be reached this morning, is SAID
TO have urged DR.. Houck to go ava!
and rest.
Mrs. RI. X. Houck, mother of the
young physician, who came mere from
her home at La Crosse, WIS, aIter
being informed of his Wlfe $ dlsap.
pearance, went to Gallinger Hospital
to see her son this morning. She
greeted him affectionately and he
recognized her Immediately. The
ease with which DR. Houck recognized
friends on the hospital staff, too, did
much to satisfy physicians that he
will recover from his present derange-
ment.
Grows Gay at Times.
DR.. Houck shows no physical eff
fects from his breakdown other than
acute nervousness at times. His
spirits rouse to heights of real gayety
at times, which physicians declare is
common with his condition. Capt.
Wilson of the eleventh precinct re-
ouested the Gallinger Hospital au-
thorities to keep the man in custody
until the mystery surrounding his
wife's disappearance is cleared up.
Then he will be removed to Enoch
Pratt Hospital in Baltimore for treat
ment
Few new clues We're uncovered by
the police today in their search for
Mrs. Houck. Each turn, however,
seems to support indications that
terrific struggle ensued in the Houck
home early last Wednesday morning.
1t was learned that the Doctors spec
tacles were found in the same recep-
/ tacle with the clothes he admits hav-
! ing torn from his wife's body. The
| spectacles were bent and twisted, as
| though they had been torn from his
| face.
-, DIR. Houck, during his converse
| ton with newspaper men, showed in
terest when the "anthropometer" was
mentioned, but he let the matter pass
! after explaining that he had been
using one His hands were scratched