Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 49, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 December 1906 — Page 2
CRIME IN OUR LARGE CITIES CHANCE 15 IN 1W&
Process of the Evolution of the Criminal From Boyhood Traced By Inspector McLaughlin of New York - That City Charing House for Crime Few Reformations Recorded.
When ! flrt came lata this office J Uoaj to take thorn 1 That is the cast.
IK rues." began In Ith tne majority or crinnni.
and then JpN may mm au iu tnui ina! who wants to reform. Hut those case, are exceediusly rare." This feeling ia shared by ahout all
liovd Sloven- ! the men who are engaged m tne 01 ni-
aale. Now no ! pation of running down criminals and
under InsiK'Ctot
ttpector McI-augMin, you could count the Italian criminals in New York on your fingers Hut now" He pished back his chair and looked squarely
t me." writea on in the Bn
one knows how manv there are It is endeavoring to prevent me the same with all other nationalities- . tion of crime Robert Pmkerton once they have increased so rapidly that expressed practically the same il lews m. i- . im. . i...,n irsv ' tn mo nn.l iiniv tho other day fcainuel
gl 1 . SlUH'Ol . LA. I rv'W. V W - I I
of them " And is there a propoi tlonate In crease in the criminals in other largt
iile 1 III l ell .'.il -
have these children to btOMM heneSt and useful citizens? Professor l'oelimann, of tho I'ntver sity of BOM, investigated the charac tera of the J DOT lants of a woman who was a confirmed drunkard. He traced her descendants for six gener ations through a posterity numbering 834 persons, and obtained a record of 709 of tnem. He found that 1"7 were of Illegitimate birth. 102 were profes slonal beggars, M umiates of almshouses. I s l women of had repute. 76
i lu-nifts forrcstKmilice secretary
t.-i. l.tnHiitirtiiAf New York. 1 convicted of s. : . - ' rimes and seven
lit Mir i i i w . .... ... - - - I .t. - v..r n i msde the convicted of murder. Another atatis
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TIME FOR VOTERS TO DEMAND
TARIFF REVISION. At Present the People Practical!) Have No Voice In Congress Con troverty With Germany and Canada Becoming Vexing. Senator Cullom. of Illinois, who will be reelected to the i'nited States senate uheu the legislature of the state meets, dot lares there la a general demand for tariff revision Sen
ator Harrows, of Michigan, and Si n ator Fulton, of Oregon, are reported to ajNW Willi Senator Ciillom that if tariff revision is to be undertaken at ! all It should he at a special session f conur'ss to be convened itume d lately afier the adjournment of the t
Fifty ninth congress on March 4th next Those two standpat senator do not. however. a:tee Willi Sena o: Cullom that there is any enerul deBUUhd for tariff legislation, yet if tho iiestion of revising the tariff so th.r the protected trusts would be BOM-
JESUS RISEN FROM THE DEAD Sunday School Lesson lor Dec. 16, 1906 i Prepared faff Thu Paper
i victim of a pretended reformed crim-
.j v.l.- tv.v r v ina) The man had come to him with
ease in New York would indicate I a tale of nt'orni; a small loan was paupers who d
in Kentucky in
v.. w k i. lri h.,...n made to him and repaid, followed by criminal who lived
for Brians in Lmeriea It not onlv is confidence resultins in the advance of i 1790. and he ascertained that among m a. a j - a- la- all Ar Vnnm
but it is the quite a sum of nion. y lor gooas to ei inese tit-st-eimums. .ivai.j ... -
hl. m ir, h:iir.. ss. Since that 3.1- were criminals, i-i were omeu tu
ace, Na
Yci-k has a
the stai m-lndl nir
much larger criminal population than i vance no word has been neani iroin any other city In America, and prob- ' the so-called reformed criminal The
ably than
sua other in the world, incident, however, did not affect Mr.
Th rin, ..-..Mem in Vow Y,.rk is Harrows' faith, for be still tK'IieTeS
..tiinr bm tth mm mmA it hmm ar- thpre is Kood in many criminals and
...... .. ( . ..... - -
rived at the point where we must do something, and do it promptly." What is the first ste,-? " 'The ti'st step."' said ''.' .:. r decisively, "is to drive the cnviks out of NVw York city."
"I give orders everv morninjc I
that assistance should he given to them to reform. Rut with the professional thief catcher it is a different ma-ier They are daily brought in contact with such a low order of hu inanity and daily see the lowest aide of degraded humanity, ro that they
detectives when they assemble at the naturally become incredulous when
line up of criminals at police headquarters to arrest every crook they
M on the The detect n
nseemly hours.
reform and crime are linked together.
Pathology of Crime. But. nevertheless, there is a pathology of crime. The psychology of the th.f or the psychology of the murderer not only is an interesting study, but it is also a scientific study. And coupled with the psychological is the physical side of the problem. If you suggest to the professional thief catcher the possibility f heredity or atavism, nine times out of ten he will reply positively: "No; a thief is a thief
Just because he is a thief that's all."
polled to reduce the price of their
. I tint a was uurtroit toil to ( ho Viilr
tician-theRevM Mci u.lrch grated ( the histories of l..0i) criminals and :t... I
' UIMIIII tum IUUJI'1 ll.l wvi.. ; ; decide for revision. As it is now the I people who want tariff reform have no i voice in congress, for those Keputi
1. an members who believe that tariff i reform is necessary are so tied tip j by the rigid rules of the hoooo of I repräsentatives and the autocratic 1 power of a standpnt speaker that ' thev have no opportunity of recording ' their tariff revision attitude
1 will be an Important. If not the para
mount issue, and the voters will have t a more direct opportunity of deciding
bad repute. In tracing 834 descend
ants of two sisters who died In 1825. the Rev. l)r Stocker of Uerlln found tha: TO of them havl st ved 11 years in prison. 164 were women of bad repute. 1"' were Illegitimate children. 17 were degenerates. Ill beggars and 64 paupers. Three Tenets of Crime. Dr. G. Frank Ly lston. professor of criminal authropolokry of the ChicagoKent College of Law, say a there are three tenets of crime:
, "1 The criminal and vice classes j tne preßent tariff act was passed in
are' the product of certain mnuences of heredity, congenital and acquired disease, and unfavorable surroundings involving pernicious teaching and example, physical necessities and other social maladies. "2. Tho Influences result in a class of persons of low grade of development, physically and mental: . with a defective understanding of their true relations to tho social system in w hich they live. Such persons have no true conception of that variable
thing called morality, and. In the case
I.KSSON IT. XT Man M.'inory er.- :.. '. QOLDCM TEXT. "Hi Is risen, even as lie Hill ."- Mmt :v. TIMK --Jaaua re frtwu th dead Sunday RKtrntnf, April . A D. 90. PLAt'K.- The reaurre. lion waa from the tomb !n mrdrn near Calvary. Tli liotne of tha disciples .lurm tas 0 duya arava In Jeruanlem and vicinity. PARAI.I-II- A 'lit' NTS.-- Mark t;lII. Lufea M t-.'C loaa 2o;l-2l. Comment and Suggeatlvo Thought. V. I. "At the end of the sabbath." Toward daybreak Sunday morning. To sec the sepulchre." Not only to try to assuage their grief, an mourners still are wout to do. by drawing as near us pnssible to the beloved form of '.he departed One. but also to apply to the body spites which they had prepared for its further embalming ( Luko
i ::t:5fi. 24:1). V. 2. "A great earthquake." This was merely a local disturbance, and dir Wal before the woman leached ' the place. An anu'el rolled
back the st.m. '' This, not to let our Lord out. but to let his disciples In. md show to .be world an empty tomb. V. 4 For fear of him." Any appearance that Is supernatural, or believe. I to be sueti. strikes fear to the hearts of nu n. The keepers " Members of the guard set here by Jews with Pilate's permission. - Heeame as load men." Swooned Into unconscious-
j aess. V. 5. "Angel answered " To calm heir i.ernlexitv. ha spoke these assur-
In the campaign of 101 tin tariff , wt.rds "Fear not pat" Those !
ho love Jesus have naught to fear in
?arth. heaven or hell. From OonOfll
(15:1) to Revelation il:17i the Bible
whether they are content to cmtiniu rmRS w(tn -Fear not." "I know that to pay high trust prices, so that they j yc get,k jesug Holy angels know arc expending nearly LO ; er cent more and rejolce over those who love .lesus on the cost of their living than when an(1 ar. Paor to comfort them.
V. 6. "He is risen, as he said." .lesus
1897. had plainly foretold his resurrection The tariff controversy with Germany ; the third day. But while enemies recand Canada and other countries who ollected this, his friends MCMOd as if
The strong resurrection
May Throw Light on Hiatory.
While i . ltemeilt regai'dllll-. (he !! henlohe niemotra Is still rtfo in Bv rope, there is subdued talk In BHtMl military circle reanlui;; tb.. f. ruV (timing appearance of a bunk wbieh will contuin some of th late lake of Cambridge's voliunlnous eorrMpoa4 erne A diary kept by Kmpitor 1',. i erlck of (lei many Is in MfOatasplQax m KiuJaml and the day may not P.. f.ir distant when it also will be ptbliahed. Correct answers to numerous In toa leal enigmas may be expected tiunn in h a publieatlon. R'arch. like everything else, Is ba ina ('.instantly ItpyOTOi, the pataai St.irches put on the market jros nco are very different Hud Inf.- r those of the present day. In the 1 itest discovery Denan c Stan h nil PiJnrious chemiekU are omit te l. whU the addition of another Ingre'lent. in. Matal by us. gives (o the Star, h a strength and rmoothness never a; pro:., bed by other brands. Young Man Extenaive Traveler. Lord Honal.lshay. though oafy thirty years of age, probably Ir more traveling for bis age than an man living. Few people know
than he about the Himalayas and Persia lie has also found timo ta ei nlore Kashmir, llaluchlstan. Lad Thibet and the Persian gulf, to say nothing, of Ce loo. Seeks Practical Knowledge. The Montenegrin minister of agriculture is a practical roan. Poultry breeding is at present engaging I la attention. and in his office he h.i bad a hen sitting to hatch a special bi d of chtekana. There are now uino cl.Kkens chirping round his chair. If a man has a marblo quarry ha asks What can I do with Marl e? He builds, he seeks other buH.b-rs. The possession of a jiower, Ilk'- tha possession of an estate, Impels to ua, to gain, to service
are determined to retaliate agalrst they never had heard It. our extreme protection, will come M est evidence of Jesus'
a head next year and will open tho were required and given, so th,at our IM of many voters who h;iv. kept faith In the living Christ roatl upon
the most fuily proved fact of all historv. "Come, see the place." See
them shut through partisan prefer ences. The standpatters have de
Hut back of the surface indications of th? crimina, DO' reBpect whatever
old
specialists are beginning to trace a
cause and a possible cure for crime. The cure does not. perhaps, lie in any great reform movement that can reach the habl'ual criminals of to-day. It lies, rather, in a cure for the future.
atructions. This m min we had 41 well known thieves In line. The morning after election we had more than IOC" ' And what bar-pens to those thioves after their arrest?"
"That is where the law falls down. W arrest the criminals understand nie. men and women who are known ; to be criminals, whose pictures are in I thp rogues' gallery, and who have i served terms In prisons and the next j morning the magistrates let them go.
The magistrates claim that they cannot hold these criminals unless they are arrested on some specific charge that the vagrancy lam is not strong -enough in this state. The result is thar the criminals from such states as Massachusetts and New Jersey, frkofe they have strong vagrancy laws, flock to New York, when- they find a havn of refuge under our easy going system of justice. But in the meant ire. let roe tell you. I am having every
crook arrested on sight. The police
for the rights of others, save In so far
as it may be compelled by fear of punishment Some become criminals, : some paupers. Inebriates or Insane. "3. These subjects are character- j ized, upon the average, by certain i anomalies of development that consti- j tute the so-called tigmata. or marks of degeneracy. In them, vice, crime, and disease go hand in hand." Dr Lydston classifies criminals under the following heads: L Instinctive criminals Born
criminals, the moral Imbecile, or so-
elarrd that the only revision thev John 30:4-7. will stand for is to revise the tariff V. 7 Tell his disciples." So that rates bisher, with a provision that their sorrow may be turned Into Joy. the present rates shall be the mini Peter w as mentioned by name Mark), mum for those countries that will ' Ho goeth before you into Galilee. allow our products to enter at thelt The going before is in the sense of minimum rates or otherwise new max leading. It represents the action as Imum rates will he imiosed. Such an i already begun. "Thero shall JTO see amendment to our tariff law would him." What we may call Jesus' offlbe deemed by Germany and Canada cial meetings with his friends all oc-
rfaTa ta r -1 . 1 4 fc i VI
as a slap In the face and add fuel to the flame of disagreement, and pro
voke a tariff war that would be dis
astrous to the
Cnlted States and thtjse countries. It la a very serious question and cannot be dodged as the domestic tariff issue has been dodged by the Republican leaders b forcing other
I I in tho frnnt Tho f'.omian crov
called moral instane, the .table lac- '".r . "l.T "
eminent leem mill II wan II" um inn--.
It Is not difficult IS trace the causes of crime. They may be expressed in
few general word-: Pauiverism. en-
lOT In criminality. 2. Criminals by impulse: The occasional criminal, criminals by passion, criminals from accidental or Intercurrent factors of disease, inebriety,, necessity, or social excitement. 3. Epileptic and insane criminals. 4. Political criminals. What Is the Remedy? Now, the analysis of crime 1. all well enough in its way, but the prac
ruirred In Galilee. V. 8. "Departed quickly." They oheved at once. "Fear and great joy.-
trade between tht Their awe was not gone, but with it
Indescribable Joy contended for mas tery of their hearts. V. 9. "As they went " In what ho now relates Matthew summarizes all of Jesus' appearances to the women. Mark and John tell of . first meeting with Mary Magdalene V. 10. "Be not afraid." or "Fear ne.t " Jesus repeats the angel's exhortation, and addresses the commission he had Klven My brethren." To this hlßh and holy relationship the risen Ixird calls his friends. V. 11. "While they were golnfc." At the time when the women were on
Some of the wann
Into Rranting a stay of proceeding last year and by areelnu not to en ! force their new tariff until June 3. OCKt, foi which the I'nited States made no return but the promise of . reforming the way in which the detailof executing the law on lmiorts b i carried out. Our standpat congress
,..f,w..i tn mirrv out th nromlsc their way.
(guard i came to tne nty. ' " could leave the place at one time tin-
rill
do their duty. If the magistrate, vironment. physical disease. Insanity,
set the crooks fr-e. that i. another affair. We know when we arrest a crook that he is sare for that niht. and that he cannot commit a crime when he is in a cell. But I am In hois nt ing a change in the law A bill that we attempted to get through before will be again intro-du-d in Albany. If that be passed criminals can be sent to the workhouse when they cannot show that they are making an honest livelihood.
with all It sociologi' relations; politl
cal corruption, anarchy and false economic and industrial conditions. As an elementary course in the synthesis of crimes one needs but to take a Klance almost any morning at the faces in the "line-up" of criminals at New York police headquarters. There you will see the young criminal Just starting out on his career of crime, and there you will see the old and seared thief and murderer and all-
Xj 'Ail
made by President Roosevelt through the state department and the German government naturally feels acgrleved and will enforce their maximum and prohibitive tariff against American products WlOM concessions are made The standpat statesmen will now
have to take the responsibility of see
til released by their superior officer: but the stunned watchmen had recovered their senses enough to dispatch some of their number to make report of the extraordinary occurrence. -Shewed i told i . . all." They re-
i t, ....r.rt f mir urodiirts to - tiorted the earthquake and angelic vi-
' Germany. Canada and other countries alon all that had come under their
, materially reduced, or be willing to : take from our protected monopolists
a part of the protection they enjoy under the IMngley tariff. The ques tlon Is up tu them whether they will
and bv continuallv arrestin them and ' around lawbreaker, with Intermediate
.ending them up . can force them to , specimens between the n.st anrj tne , wjfc- rpm
go to work or get out of the city."
Hat No High Flown Theorie..
' But how about otner cities and other slates'' I quer.. I
worst atagos In the faces of nearly-
all the habitual criminals the pursuits of the men and the women can Ite rad like an open book. In the faces of the younger offendera the
Dbser vat ion
V. 12. "They" The chief priests, who felt their own ruin was sure. If this story got abroad. " Assembled
wlh the elders" Possibly a meeting
STOVE POLISH ALWAYS READY TO USE NO VlbT DUST SVOKEOR SVE:.: NO MORE STOVE POLISH TROUBLES
"Hi1 i i
fish or cut bait and there Is not mnch of the Sanhedrim, but more probably time In which to dernde which horn : bv secret call, the leading participants
of the dlb mnia they will take
Now the Fisheries Truat. The fisheries trust is the latest notnnna t.i fasten its teiitacb'S on .
,,atlent and lone suffering people, and I fabricated In a hurry and without
in the recent trial of Jesus were brought together. "Gave large money." They bribed the Roman soldiers to koea what had occurred a secret, and fell In Its stead a story which they
edy for crime? The increase in the I'nited States, and especially in New
York city, shows the necessity ot ;
of course It is protected by the tariff, the average rate of duty on fish belna 17 w percent. To sweeten the hitter run to the lips of the consumers tin-
Then It was that the trait of the old I reader i. ofte Mopped with . query.
thief catcher came to view. He smiled , There is a mixture of good and evil.
General Criminal Types. New York criminal types may he
1 taken as general types throughout the
world The extent to which thl. class
some remedy. Inspector Mclaughlin i ron,hfne declares that the fishermen admits that the criminals are almost . aro KOt tendier nnd better prices
cynically as he said: "I am Interested In drivin
thieves out Of NO Yoi k city. Let I
the other cities take similar methods
If they would all do that the criminals
bajOOll control In that city, ar.d he
believes that the law Is to blame foi this condition of affairs The law
and the consumers are to gain fron:
those "economies" in production and
dlstributii.u which have flattered our
would have t.. z o work I woui
;,l prevails In the I'nited States was
have them earn their livelihoods as honet men do or put them all behind the bars." "Then you do not believe In the Indeterminate senieneo as advocated by the Prison association?" lie nhook his head. "Nor probation?" "See here'' he ald suddenly, and he set his Jaw llrmlv "Not one habitual criminal out of a hundred ever reforms Once a crook, always a crook. Is an old saying that I have found to hold perfectly good. Some years ago a well known thief came to me and said he wanteo to reform and
earn an honest livelihood, and I 1
helped him He secured . place in the house of a wealthy woman Not long after that he stole the woman's diamonds. When he was brought before me he said I couldn't help stealing thoae diamonds I meant to be honest, hut when 1 saw them In the drawer I couldn't realst tho terapto-
shown by the complete census of 1890,
when there were 215,000 criminals. Insane persons and paupers In alms houses, in aditlon to 3.000.000 paupers at large In the Cnlted Statea. Since then these numbers have been greatly augmented This nation expends something like $200.ftuO,000 a year to protect the good from tha bad. In other words every "lonest man Is compelled to pay from $3 to (41 annually in order to receive protection from the criminal classea and U frequently happens that even then ho Is not protect ed The evolution of (he criminal Is
the natural result of the present sys
are numerous enough, for there are in '; hni.es with every trust pmspectus. but
the United States H24 antisocial acta w,heted into hlcher prices when the elassffl d as crimes, but the rase h ; r(, ,,,, ation was perfected. It will be wishes to reach Is not reached by i L wtn fnr flvh trust, and the poor specific law. The Inspector wants .herman w,n nnf1 no competitors to
law that ert9 provide that wh - -i
has been convicted of a felony, ot whoever hus btsen convicted as a pick pocket, thief or burglar, having nc visible means of support, found loiter In about public places or on th streets and unable to give a satisfac tory explanation of Ms presence, may bo Imprisoned for not more than sla months On the other hand, the sociologist will ask. H i w will such a law prevent crime?" W hen the criminal 1 horn, societj
purchase, so his share or the spoils of the sea will diminish
Some ..f th" railroad;- have at last agreed o raise the wages of their emplovcs in per cent, hut the cost of living is IncreasinK. by reason of tariff protection to the trusts, much faster than tl. corporations hnve advanced
em In regard to the care or rather does nothing to prevent him from con
rhe lack of care- of the children of tinning a criminal. In a period af If.
wages. Trust products have been lr.-
. roa-e.i In piiee nearh .V cent.: pnt jeaM lehn If II
proper care to render It credlhb
V. 1" "Say ye. His disciples rame by nicht and stole him away while we slept " It was well they weae not cross-questioned on thl. tale. V. 14. "We will persuade him. and OMM you." Hy bribes and threats such as they were well practiced In using they would manage Pilate and deter him from carrying out the law which required him to pnt to death guards found sleeping on duty. Practical Pointa. V. I. We now can look upon the graves of our friends with composure, for we know that thefr release therefrom and reunion with us are sure. 1 Cor. 1R r,5. 67. V. S. We. too. should fOjotOO to be fjod's .ervnnts to roll away the stones from tho pathway of others Heb. 12:13. V. 8 Joy without fear have those
loving: hearts which see the ever pres-
WE. B STER'S
I NTERMAnONAl
DICTIONART
A CtRAMD t VMM I Ml VTU.
It not only miwen your queatlont tn 8pllinK. Pronunciation. Detinltion. wnrd. Ktr .BMttakMaaawars qa-
Itlona In Ofojrphy. n.ojruphjr. Fiction, foreign Word nI Phriea, t be Trade.
I r : B . . u oimvv
In.a.i B. A n.rfvl;lV In fVHTY tm-
Itured home. It la the Deel Chriitra gitt-l
WEBSTKICS 1 1 LL ' ! IB ' Ti' 2 ' " L
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the sor. The boy of hone.t poor person, is allowed to play In the street with the boy of the criminal and the degenerate With these vicious associations the result Is a criminal or a drunkard If a boy like this becomes
a and baa children what chance . any great degree of Intellin.nca.
while wanes have advanced on the average about l! per cnt. The wireless trust" appears to be 'he latent octopus that will charge all !he name will bear and with Its multl itta Improvement, will be able to 4ond or rei rive from one station aim iltaneoiisly as many message, a v . ain nnn.'u.nr Thew. will A n
per cn . This does not p. ok as if w . ... - ,. Ä 2 .. ,.m I vrouV le about Retting Ihe uewa, if you had treated the crime problem w tk i , , ' . '
jntv :m v i ui ii ii ;
years In the last tentury atrttlstict shtiw that the population of this coun try Increased 170 per cent, while th
proportion of criminals Increased tti
V. 9. Jasus always brings good cheer. He longs to banish every cloud from each heart -Phil. 4:4. V. 12. Futile are their wlmvst plans who leaii'ie thonilvc, against God. laa. X Hi
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The On.r Trouble. "To HflM to Mucas' talk you'd think he was a man of the flnost aind of principles." ' lie la. But he ner uaes Ihea."
KLVULKO t.nra o rmy wnr aHBweeMBi Ihin. n'!"t,e0 n lv colurr.ru hould intia upon h" what thay li lor. ralustrt. ail aaaaar luitt ar lin.ution.