Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

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           FranklinCountySheriffHarryBerkemertoldareporterfromtheColumbusDispatchthathisdeputieswitnessedanextraordinaryfeatofstrengthandendurancewhenMilliganwasinthepersonalityofRagen.Ragenhadbeentakentotheprisonerrecreationarea,andhechosetopunchalargebodybag."Hehitithardfornineteenandahalfminutesstraight,"Berkemersaid.‘Anaveragemancan’thititformorethanthreeminutesstraightwithoutbecomingexhausted.Hehititsohardwethoughthehadperhapsbrokenanarm,andtookhimtoadoctortohavehimcheckedout."ButRagenhadnothurthimself.OnOctober24,JudgeFlowersagainorderedSouthwestCommunityMentalHealthCentertoexamineMilliganandsubmitareportonhiscompetencytostandtrial.Dr.GeorgeHarding,Jr.,could,athisdiscretion,attendthedefendant.ThejudgealsoorderedMilliganimmediatelytransferredfromprisontotheCentralOhioPsychiatricHospital.

           OnNovember15,MarionJ.Koloski,directoroftheCourtAssistanceProgramofSouthwest’sForensicPsychiatricCenter,reportedthatwhenDr.StellaKarolinandDorothyTurnerlastsawhim,theyhadfoundMilligancompetenttostandtrialandcapableofassistinghisattorneyinhisdefense,butadded:"Hismentalconditionisviewedasbeingveryfragile,however,anditispossiblethatatanygiventimetherecouldbeadisintegrationofthepresentfusedpersonalityintothedissociatedpersonalitieswhichhavebeenevidencedpreviously.