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: . -saftons with Dr. Leslie E. Ncny ton .'..learning', drur.kenness, xa . '' eooaJ . -hi knowledge of tb ubject! . .nd, - Jf to, whet did he know'Iabont the tub- jeci and the- treatment of drunkenness? , : .;)" A. I don't think he knew lnythjng : 'more about tha treatment ( drunken- 'V eashan I did. , That waa at the time , "of the first beginning of the business, "0.. Did you aend out teatimoniala :i concerning the' cures, etc,, alleged , to bi bona fide teatimoniala .'.;. ' . t , i,i A, , .0U, no) et. flrst we juat manufae - jured them. After ajwhile, we got soma ; -'v genuine , teatimoniala," but sometimes ; ,. Vhen a man would get drunk again, we ' f.TWould Hiave to drop the testimonial Out. Oh, yes, later on we got good testimo- jJtimoniale--genuine teatimoniala 1. r v ' j :.a.;.yl at. ' ' ; . ' Q-' .Who wrote the literature pertain ; " Ing to drunkenneeaT r -. - , ' Q... How long wss it after you became connected with the establishment until - the public took to patronising youT. ---; a .aiier bdoui six or eignt noiuu. 'i J . I P. I I 1 11 . . f r , il: , - . t . . J - rvere mese rvrrirj remsuiM"--T- r analyzed,' or any part of thenT, and, if . ' kn. for what mirnoaesf . . '." r r-T-- ...... . - , A. .Why, I suppose they were analyed ' (heir Ingredienta were. - v-1 ,Q. Did the Keeley company evejr . la ra.i hem analyst i A. AO we never naa mem ana- -V. iny unc, i.yj juui kuvwriu". v"; ever have the remedies analysed, and, ' " If aor what for,t i . '"'A. . I know , of two esses " where it Vaj analyzed. . ' f 'a' - -Vi .',v.w. .tinitD ncig Lire , I " A. Well, one waa Dr. Kane, who tent r-it -to-the'-RuBh Medical-College.-And .. Ketley told me that Kane had Professor , names anaivze lb lor dud. t i i ii m 1.1 " i A." TNTiat waa the purpose of the analysis! s . A. To find out what wa wera using, Q- W'aa any, gold found in the tonic ' analyzed at that timet .TA. I dont know. i' O. - Now. was it .renresented to these people, who were to be managera in dif- ' ferent atatea that there waa any gold In the preparation? ' A. Ob, yes; that waa represented in the literature. , y. jnow, aa a msjier or tact, aia ine V company keep any chloride of gold . double chloride of gold sodium there on "hand, and for wfcatf " ' . " A. Yes: w had three or four drama there in the safe for exhibition pur- poaea. . " , . ' ft TUT Dr. n aUi-:u Treatin Treatment for the Liquo That Full Information Cheerfully iFurnisliedM THE OklahdrnaCity, Okla. Q. - What do you meaa by exhibition purposeal v v V ;.-?. , : . . ' A. Oh; to show to people coming in or to visitors who came to look over the laboratory. Sometimes they would be shown thesa samples of gold and sodium aa that which : we tnade the gold front. - j. VH you snow tbe managers mat 7 A. Vph, yes; we showed it to v any and averybody. ; . a Who would do thatt , A,-Keeley or anyone else that hap pened to be. ahowins them around.-. Q.f, Well, bow would tha partnership represent- this chloride .of gold sodium waa manufactured T - " -v; ' '' A.' Vhjr from that - material that waa the basis of tha remedy. ' You aee, we' were keeping up the fiction- of the gold ail tna time, -.wow, wnen a pros pectiva manager cam "we always hac threa of four vials there ready for that purpose.. ',.?- -. u. I . wiU ask yon from what the chloride of gold and sodium was ma nu Tactureo. waa-n-mnuiaTura-jrom United States Bold coint . . A. Oh. no: it was tha common chlo ride of gold and sodium, such as pho tographers use. c " : -, r Q. Did yon Just keep it there to show me people r . . ; : A. un. yea. Q. Didn t use it for any other pur- poaasT ; .- - . -.' . '- A,, Oh, no. :..r. : :. . , -vr. 0. "Waa there ever any controversy through tbe press as to whether or not these remediea contained" goldt ' A. Cbnstantly. Wa were assailed by people claiming, that there was no gold in the remedy. 1 y. Did you ever have a test easel Yes, -' r - -.-t : Q. What waa thatt A. .Why. that waa this way: Kee ley thought we bad better get an au thoritative - statement that the remedy contained gold, so ha suggested to a man called 8. T. K. 'Prime, who lived about a mile from Dwight, who, by tha way, had coma in and talked about the remedies at different times and claimed that people generally did not be lieve there waa any gold in them ao Keeley suggested to him that he take two bottles . ana nave it . analyzed oy Professor Marriner, tha celebrated ana lytical chemist,- In Chicago. -- - Q. Well, , how was tlat arranged now'-1 -'..".', A. Well, It waa necesary to have some' gold in the bottles for that pur pose, ao Oughton fixed up two bottles with gold in them, and put the two bottles in a row that waa half full of bottles and they were the last two bot tles in that row, and when we had everything ready :we took Prime into the laboratory, and told him to take any two bottles he chose for the analy sis, and Tery naturally he selected the first two bottles that came td his hand. They ( were the nearest ones to him. So Prime" took tha bottles to Professor Marriner, who analyzed their contents, and gave Mr. ' Prims' a certificate that he had found gold in the remedy, and Prime turned over that certificate to us, together -with a certificate from him self, that he had' taken the two bot tles in .qusstion from the stock prepared for shipment, in the laboratory, and, aa shown by Professor Marriner s cer tificate, their content contained gold aa A' McKanna's ent - -- r the Only Habit Makes Good 9 t J- V - ' McKANNA -3DAY claimed. And theaa certificates were published right along. ; . Q.' Buraa a matter of fact, tha two bottler, specially prepared for the pur posq, were the only ones there that con tained gold! 'yp'i---.-''-' : 'A. Oh, yea; it waa a nxed-up affair. After you, left tha company,. waa tan company lormect into a corporation i A. bo I understand. - ' . Q. What was tha name of tha cor poration! -.: - ' ,r". ' x A. . The Lealia E. Keeley Company. The name of the. company wasn't changed. We had been osmg that name two. or- three yeara but it wasm, in corporated at all until after I left, - - O.- How lona- did" it- take, to - cure whiaky atienta then! - . A., Three weeks, when -wa had them under treatment. When we sold a pair of medicine, it waa calculated to last two wMti or iiitMii da vs. iA tne Da- ginning of the treatment, we claimed one pair would cure an ordinary case. out afterward advised patienta to puy two, pair. . When wa tookj patients to Dwight for treatment, wa kept tnem threa weeka. - O. Do you remember how they had to take their tonic I , . ' A. Every two lours when I waa there. Q. Did they take it out of tha hot- tie! ' . - - -- A. We used to aiva them tha bottle and let them taka H along. - Q. Wbajt, waa the dose preacnoeai A. A teasponful in a quarter of a glassful of water, I think, or s third of a glassful t that's .immate- rial, atiyway.'-:' '-'... O. Were there any complaint made as to the injurioua effects of the rem edies while you wera tasrei - A. Ko, sir; not that I Know oi. Q. I believe yon said you wera state temperance lecturer then! A. ies, air; i wa. Q. Well, did you advertise tha Kee ley treatment in your lectures! A. no; 1 aoanaonea .. ine jecture platform to go. into the business. I wrote a lot of letters for tha papers and itot circulara out. and my title of vice- president of tha Illinois Temperance League was signed to these letters and circulars.. That wa the first way we tot business. , v . .", - Q.- Did -Dr Keeley taka . the honor for all that! - A. He inaisted on his name alone be ing known. '(-,' VS Uliv waa that . A. Well, aa told you this morning. he claimed his position aa surgeon of the Chicago and Alton railroad, the fact that he waa a practicing physician, and that bs wss an ex-eurgeon of Mi Uni ted Ktatea Army -would all tend to give the business tone and prestige, ana so be Insisted on having hisvname alone used. It may ; have been a far-sighted policy, but if I had known much then as I do now,V perhaps I might have brought my name in; tod. Q. State whether or not Dr. Keeley was a man of any personality or mag netism! At--. ' - A. Yes, ha Waa man of strong per sonality. Ha dominated everybody, and made them do aa he-wanted them to do. and if they would, not do it, he would make! them 'do H, or have nothing to do with themst all. That 'was. Kee ley character. . ... ; T is m ment will 'f:-K : - Kansas; , Q. Who "designed the ' bottles which me neeiey remediea were sold from T . A. I did. - Q-; Yau ' got up tha ' labels double X.i I got' ap the labels, shields, bot J tie and monogram. I went up to Joliet to sea. Hutching the patent attorney thereiwith a view )if getting protection for our remedies after we got started, and discussed the question with him for the whole of one morning. - J presume quits a long time he auggested a num ber of things, but I, objected to each one,-because, they -wera not good. For example, he saidi "Why not patent the formula!" I told him anybody could get copy for cnts, and by ebang ing one ingredient, could manufacture our remediea with impunity. Finally he gave it up. . Then I aaid: "Why not nave a apectaiiy designed bottle differ ent from anything else in the market!' And he said: "What did you come to me iorr rou Know more about this than I do. That is what you want.' So I went back to Dwight, and went to worx to design bottle, and I made one. made it out of cardboard, and took it to old man French, who had tin shoo ritfbt next to the mill, and asked French to make me two of them in tin. - The bottle was so peculiar-in shape, French aaid he couldnt do it But I finally persuaded him to do it. and he made me two bottles of tin. I sent one to Hutchins in Joliet. and the other one to Whital-Tatum & Co., bot tle manufacturers,' Philadelphia, Pa., and gave them an order for "some bottles. After a time I got a letter from Hutch ins inclosing a letter from the Patent office in Washington, stating the bottle could not be patented, as it would be ah infringement on existing patents. So tnen i went to worK to draw up specifi cations myself, sett ine forth noints Hutchins had omitted, modifying such psrts as he had misrepresented and otherwise revising the whole matter, and sent the specifications .back to Hutchins, with instructions that Hutch ins renew the application, which Jie did. and obtained a patent for the bottle. Q. These are the same bottles used by tbe Leslie E. Keeley Company now, are tney not! A. Oh, 'yes. Q. They are labeled the same, are they not! A. I haven't seen the bottles lately. Q. I hand you here the deposition of John W , witness for complainant in this cause, and attached thereto are Exhibits Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 7, 8, 0, and ask you if that ia the label which you got up? A. Thst is not (referring to Exhibit No. 2). Let me say right here that is the shield I got up, on the label, but here is an addition to it (institute tonic form). Put I. can not swear to this label), as It has been twenty years ago. Q. Now ia this different (Exhibit 3 and 4)? A. I can'notvswear whether this read ing is the same or not. The shield in Nos. S and 6 ia the same. In No. 7 it is different,- and also in Nos. 8 and 0. Q. Do you mean -there ia a differ ence in the shield! A. There are . additiona to it. 0. Were tha lettere cotten up in srold at that time! ; A. Oh,-yes; 'in imitation of gold. a fact that Dr. McKanna's treatment is the only treat ment for the liquor habit that is making good. It is the only one that cures the liquor habit in all its; stages , acceptogrvttie cases as they come. It has cured nearly 20,000 ctims of -the Uquorrhabit without a single failure or any of the bad after-effects so common in socalled ; cures. .'. . It has the indorsement of physi cians, city and coiiiity o roads, corporations and business men, and it has earned these in dorsements by actual merit. : v. ( When a railroad company says it will reinstate a man discharged for drunkenness if he will take Dr. Mc Kanna's treatment, that railroad knows what Dr. UcEanna's treat do. - a City, Q. Why was that don I " A. It waa, done with th tntention-J of, being . in harmony with -.tha,, gold Wi - .r t.. . v a. : j f. Q. i Well, when,, patients would coma to. Dwight to be treated, di you ever try- to aeir xnern any gold bricks or A. To we had no mining stocka to sen mat-1 know or J w- wa ut, n.aeiey ever have any mining atocxa to seur a. un, yea; wnenever be bad a chance to. make a. "nimble sixpence" be did so.- But that, had nothing to do witn inat Dusinesa. Q. I suppose that waa juat a aide line! T A." Oh, yesj you may ao term It. . Q.- Did Dr. Keeley commenca mak ing speeches around - over' the country whila you wera connected with the company! r A. Well, I guess not. Q. Didn't commence his speech -making until after you had left, did he! A. Ob, no; he had never done any work of that kind at that time. Q. Who kept tha books of the eatab lishment! . ' . A. Major Judd, after he cams In. I kept them before that time. Q. Wera there any invoices of dou ble chloride of gold or chloride of" so dium while you wera there on the books! A. Well, nothing more than I have atated, ao far as I know. Q. Wasnt Dr. Keeley always the head of tha business! A;"On. yesi he waaJtha business, but he alwaya posed. Ha would say to me: I am tha big spider in the back ofllcei alwaya throw a little mystery-around me; keep me in the background." That was his atyle. Q. Well, you acquiesced in that, did you not! A. fsure; I had to. Q. Did you say you and Keelev arot the idea from the same source? A. Why, I got it from a newspaper and I think he got it from the same paper; It-wa one of those floating Items that appeared in the papers, nnd I saw it and called Keeley attention to it and he aaid he saw it, too. ' Q. "What paper did you see It in? A. Mercy, I dont know. And further deponent saith not. Above changes and interlineations wera made by me before signing. F; B. HARfiRAVES. v-The Journal of American Medical Aa sociation. (Tha original copv ia on (11 in thia of fice.) A Few of Our Many Indorsements - Raleigh, N. C. Sept. fl, lfXM. Dr. J. J: McKanna, Reidsvllle, N, C: My Dear Doctor From what ' has been reported to mo as to your Three day, Liquor Cure by gentlemen ini whom I have tha utmost confidence, an from the further fact that I myself have sent to you patients who were terribly ad dicted 'to etrong-drink who have been cured, of the, habit after taking your TLJ? No other method of treating the liquor habit has ever won " such a reputation, or ever had the confidence of the public in the way that Dr. McKanna has. LIQUOR Mo. treatment, I have no hesitancy in say. Ing that I believe that -your cure will rove a treat blessing to humanity, and sincerely , trust that the un fortunate ones who . nave contracted, the - liquor habit rosy avail themselves f an op portunity to Effect a permanent cure. So firmly- coavinacd am t of the efneacy of Tour treatment, that-it is my intention to recommend tb other the advisabil ity : of consulting you, aa I feel aure that they will receive the same benefits aa patienta whom I have heretofore sent you. --'-- . , Wishing you success, I am, " Yonra very truly, ? - K B, GLENN, r; - Governor. Another One of Our Strong Testimonials WTlminirtoil. N. C- ly 12. 190?. Editor Charlott Observer: ' May I ssy a few words concerning the woric oi ut. j. j. McKanna. or tbe Reidsville Liquor Cure Sanitarium! une year ago he came to uilmington to demonstrate the value of his. cure for the liquor habit; but being a stranger, and his claima too much for human cre dence, our people did not taka much stock in his theory of saving the drunk ard. He called the Ministers' Associa tion together and offered to trest free as many -drunkard aa.they could get together, provided they were not 'finan cially able to pay for treatment. A large class waa secured, and ha treated them without cost. During the past year those who have gone back to drink ing testify that they did so without any thirst for liquor, as the treatment, ac cording to promise, had killed' every particle of desire for strong drink, and thst no thirst for liquor hnd returned. Miat I wish to ssy now is, that a number of the worst drunkards in tha city who took the cure have held out aa sober men, two of whom are now mem bers of my church, and have never had the least thirst for strong drink sine they took the cure. 1 wanted to aav this because of reports that have come out to the effect that Dr. McKanna Linuor Cure will not permanently re move the appetite for alcoholic drinks. Respectfully, FRED D. HALE, Fastor Wilmington First Baptist Church. i Reidsville, N. C, June 20, lftOfl. . Thia ia to say that my personal at-, tention was called last Febraury to Dr. J. J. McKanna, who came here at that time and used his Three-day Liquor Cure on John Wyatt Walker, J. Willie Stew are and oth ers. I do not think 1 am exaggerating or doing the first two par ties an injustice when I say they were as completely addicted to the liqurr habit as sny two men ever were. Since tsking this cure 1 see they are com pletely changed, have never tasted liquor since, and say they have no de sire for it. , Very respectfully, CHARLES A. PENN, Sec. and Treas. F. R. Penn Tobacco Co. Reidsville. N. Ci, June 21, 1906. This is to certify that we are well ac quainted - with Messrs. Wade Toler, J. Wyatt Walker. J. W. Stewart and Oa car Rudd, and have been for a long time, . We Ijnew thera to be whisky drinkers, and it affords us a great deal of pleasure to be able to say that they are now perfectly sober, and thst they wera cured by Dr. J. J. McKanna a 9 A Avoid Dangerous Hypodermics, Long Periods of Confine ment and Bad After Effects By Consulting Dr. McKanna CURE COo ReidsyilJe.NC. Three-day Tvlsky Cure, and wa nadr stand from talking with them that tha taste' is entirely gone, and that , they have no "desire whatever ta indfllga in the old habit,- W knew tbent to b hard drinkers, a ltd it ia marvelous to us the way they have been cured. . r. xROBEHT, HARRIS BR0, . - ;ei ' ;J Tobacco Jlanufacturers. ' - V Reidsville, N. C, June 9, 1906, Y: 3, J. McKansa; .'C .V'-V v';? r ':'v Dear Sir Wa are personally ae quainted.witn John Wyatt WaiKer Jim, Will Stewart, Wade Toler and Oscar Rudd, treated and cured by yon: last February. Up to that time they war sll confirmed drunkards, and few: an tertaiiied any hope of their ever break' ing off from 'the habit They drank constantly and wera drunk a large part of the time. Bine you gave them your Th rea ds y Liquor Cure" they have been aober, all at work, and attending to their bus iness as good citizens, lour success In curing them was a matter of wonder and ereat 'surprise--to. us and tha -cons munity, for wa had known their condi tion j or a long time. " - Yours truly, - P. D. WYATT, Mayor. vJ. W, PKAY, Collector. J. F. WYATT, Poetmsttet Dr. J. J. McKanna, , , - Reidsville, N. C. ' - ' Mr Dear Doctor: I take pleasure in inclosing my check to balance account with you to data. .1. arrived home safely on Friday night last by ay of Greensboro . and Sanford. XV did not bo to Charlotte aa I had planned. as my business demanded my Immediate attention. As soon aa 1 get averytainff in order it ia my intention to run up to Charlotte and "let Mr. Davia aee what the McKanna treatment ha don for bis. He will be delighted, aa all mT other-friends are her in Laurinhurg. I went to work immediately upon my return here, and it was tbe best thing for me. for I have been sloe pinff splen- - didly and otherwise feci better than X have for quite a while. I now feel that , the drink habit with me is a thing of the past. My wife is happy, and all my friends aeem to rejoice with ma over tbe great change that has taken place) after my short stay with you. -- I noticed "our interview" in tha Sua day papers. This is a strong advertise) ment, and I feel that it will be th means of turning many old topers year way. If such is the result I will fact very much' gratified. . 1 cannot close this letter without ex pressing to you my heartfelt apprecia tion of your kindness to ma while I waa a patient under your care. I will aU ways have a fond recollection of iy stay in Reidsville. Mrs. McKanna and all others connected with the Sanita rium were exceedingly kind to me. I : cannot forget such kindness, and I trust that my experience with you will V f great service to others. i Please remember ma kindly to Mrs. McKanna and the other members of tha Sanitarium force. With very kind re gards, and wishing you unbounded proa- neritv in Vnur annA wnrV T am 1 J F -' " , ours very truly, , T.'T. COVTNGT0N. Laurinburg, N. C, Jan. 21, 1907. . m t
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