CRAZED BY IIIS HEIGHT A Boy Who Grew So Tall That It Worried Him Insane Patchogue L I Nov 16Ernest Darron 17 years old of this place was sent to Poughkeepsie insane asylum today to-day His derangement was the result of worry over the curious and rapid manner in which he has grown in the last three years Darron was of ordinary ordi-nary build if anything a trifle below the standard for a 14yearold lad Soon afterward he began to grow so rapid that it caused comment on all sides Before he was 1 he was more than siY feet in stature Comments of his friends and family and a sweetheart began to tell on him He tried in vain to stop his growth He became morose sullen and melancholy and would spend hours sitting by himself without uttering I utter-ing a word At last he became insane but it was not till yesterday that his parents consented con-sented to his removal and then it was done upon advice of the doctor who feared that he might harm himself I Bottle after bottle and box after box of antifat medicine was taken and several times Ernest refrained from I eating and drinking for such long periods per-iods that he was nearly dead from exhaustion I haustion In spite of every effort the inches were steadily added to his height and pounds to his weight until when he measured more than six feet I his weight was more than 200 pounds I I Finding every effort to stop his growth in vain he tried work as a remedy I rem-edy but his strength was too slight and the climax was reached when a young girl to whom he was devoted gave him the mitten on account of his misfortune I