MYSTERIOUS CREEPING PARALYSIS DOOMS TWO BROTHERS TO DEATH BELMONT Ohio July 4 41 1 Their bodies twisted by a mysterious mysterious mys mys- malady that already has claimed s seven ven male members of their families since 1868 two brothers wait walt for death A clinic of 50 specialists once examined Glen W W. 16 and John L L. Dietrich 17 but the experts were unable to diagnose the disease disease dis dis- dis ea ease e other than to say it is a form of 01 paralysis The malady apparently a strange hereditary disease which afflicts only the tho male member members 1 of the family always appears when its victims are 5 years old The seven previous Us victims died when they were 18 Dr D. D W. W Turner furner the family doctor said toda today I know that the dise disease of these boys is creeping paralysis but bul I do not know why it strikes them at 5 years of age and kills them at 18 I 1 do not know why just the male of offspring spring of oC the daughters of 01 the house arc nf- nf l It 11 is js m my opinion these boys boJ will not live more than a year e r. r The first of the seven died shortly after the Civil war Since then child after child male offspring offspring off oU spring of t the daughters of the family have been seized Each has hac become afflicted before before before be be- fore school chool age As the years pass their condition has become worse By the time they reach their c early rl teens leens they usually arc paralyzed and their limbs withered and brittle At 18 the disease strikes a vital spot in the brain and the bo boys s di die