K-Pax (53 page)
A
searc
h
o
f
th
e
buildin
g
an
d
ground
s
wa
s
initiate
d
immediatel
y
upo
n
learnin
g
tha
t
pro
t
ha
d
no
t
shown
u
p
fo
r
lunc
h
o
n
Sunday
,
bu
t
n
o
trac
e
o
f
hi
m
wa
s
found
.
N
o
on
e
ha
d
see
n
hi
m
leav
e
th
e
hospital
,
and
non
e
o
f
th
e
securit
y
tape
s
showe
d
hi
m
passin
g
throug
h
an
y
locke
d
door
s
o
r
gates.
Hi
s
roo
m
provide
d
n
o
clu
e
a
s
t
o
wher
e
h
e
migh
t
hav
e
gone
.
A
s
alway
s
th
e
be
d
wa
s
mad
e
an
d
his
des
k
an
d
dresse
r
wer
e
uncluttered
.
Ther
e
wasn'
t
eve
n
a
scra
p
o
f
pape
r
i
n
hi
s
wastebasket.
Non
e
o
f
th
e
patient
s
woul
d
admi
t
t
o
havin
g
an
y
knowledg
e
o
f
prot'
s
whereabouts
,
ye
t
non
e
was
particularl
y
surprise
d
tha
t
h
e
wa
s
gone
.
Whe
n
I
aske
d
Chuc
k
abou
t
i
t
h
e
replied
,
"Don'
t
worry-he'l
l
be
back."
"Ho
w
d
o
yo
u
kno
w
that?"
"Becaus
e
h
e
too
k
hi
s
dar
k
glasse
s
wit
h
him."
"Wha
t
ha
s
tha
t
go
t
t
o
d
o
wit
h
it?"
"Whe
n
h
e
return
s
t
o
K-PA
X
h
e
won'
t
nee
d
them.."
Som
e
day
s
late
r
a
maintenanc
e
worke
r
reporte
d
tha
t
som
e
o
f
th
e
item
s
i
n
th
e
storag
e
tunne
l
ha
d
been
shifte
d
around
.
Whethe
r
pro
t
ha
d
bee
n
hidin
g
there
,
however
,
wa
s
neve
r
determined.
FO
R
hi
s
firs
t
twenty-seve
n
year
s
Russel
l
neve
r
sa
w
anothe
r
huma
n
bein
g
excep
t
fo
r
hi
s
mothe
r
and
father
.
Hi
s
schoolin
g
consiste
d
exclusivel
y
o
f
Bibl
e
reading
,
fou
r
hour
s
ever
y
mornin
g
an
d
evening
.
There
wa
s
n
o
radio
,
an
d
n
o
on
e
eve
r
cam
e
u
p
th
e
lon
g
drivewa
y
becaus
e
o
f
th
e
mu
d
an
d
th
e
Doberman
pinschers
.
I
n
th
e
afternoon
s
h
e
wa
s
expecte
d
t
o
wor
k
i
n
th
e
garde
n
o
r
hel
p
wit
h
th
e
chores
.
Thi
s
isolated
existenc
e
continue
d
unti
l
a
determine
d
censu
s
worker
,
wh
o
als
o
bre
d
Dobermans
,
stumble
d
upo
n
him
accidentall
y
whil
e
hi
s
fathe
r
wa
s
a
t
th
e
hardwar
e
stor
e
an
d
hi
s
mothe
r
i
n
th
e
bac
k
yar
d
hangin
g
ou
t
the
wash
.
Afte
r
h
e
chase
d
th
e
astonishe
d
woma
n
dow
n
th
e
drivewa
y
shouting
,
"Mar
y
Magdelene
,
I
forgive
you!
"
sh
e
reporte
d
th
e
matte
r
t
o
th
e
authorities.
Psychotherap
y
wa
s
completel
y
ineffectiv
e
i
n
Russell'
s
case
,
an
d
Metrazol
e
shoc
k
therap
y
barel
y
less
so
.
Nevertheless
,
h
e
wa
s
returne
d
t
o
hi
s
parents
.
Th
e
youn
g
delusiona
l
soo
n
escape
d
fro
m
th
e
farm,
however
,
onl
y
t
o
b
e
arreste
d
a
s
a
"publi
c
nuisance.
"
Afte
r
tha
t
h
e
wa
s
i
n
an
d
ou
t
o
f
jail
s
an
d
hospital
s
for severa
l
year
s
unti
l
h
e
wa
s
finall
y
brough
t
t
o
MPI
,
wher
e
h
e
ha
s
remaine
d
t
o
thi
s
day.
Neithe
r
Howie
,
wh
o
i
s
Jewish
,
no
r
Mrs
.
Arche
r
("I'
m
Episcopalian,
"
sh
e
woul
d
sniff
)
hav
e
eve
r
had
muc
h
us
e
fo
r
Russell
.
Bu
t
wit
h
hi
s
retinu
e
shrinkin
g
rapidly-onl
y
Maria
,
an
d
a
fe
w
o
f
he
r
alters
,
seeme
d
to
b
e
payin
g
an
y
attentio
n
t
o
him-h
e
bega
n
t
o
preac
h
th
e
gospe
l
t
o
Howi
e
an
d
t
o
th
e
Duchess
,
wh
o
had
begu
n
t
o
emerg
e
fro
m
he
r
roo
m
o
n
occasio
n
t
o
spea
k
wit
h
prot.