Crime and Medicine

NZ Truth, Issue 1188, 6 September 1928, Page 6

Crime and Medicine

AFTER all is said and done, the criminal mind really comes within the purview of medical science. That is perhaps why Dr. W. H. Horton, of Auckland, is so interested m the doing 3 of crooks and law-breakers.

Had Doc. Horton not qualified m medicine and the use of scalpels and such things, the chances are that he might have become a brilliant detective, for it is no exaggeration to say that he is one of the most capable and 1 well-informed students of criminology m the Dominion.

There is nothing dearer to the heart of Dr. Horton than a baffling criminal mystery. The study of them is his hobby, as is evidenced by the extensive library, dealing with crime and criminals, of which he is the possessor, „

He has the happy knack of angling, m the unplumbed depths of the criminal mind and baiting the clues that, when hidden, relegate a crime to the discard of unsolved mysteries. At any rate, his theories on baffling cases are built upon the solid foundation of logical sequence, range of probability and possibility, and By the natural process of elimination he arrives at conclusions that prompt the ready remark: "Well, that's a most logical and likely solution, anyway." Rubicund and jovial, Doc. Horton has a breezy personality and a Welldeveloped sense of humor.