Show I F THE CRIMINAL AL I IBY IBY BY DR PRANK CRANE ORANE CNE There Thero are aro two classes S of crim criminals alg ono one is criminal and cal tho the other is iB is not There are honest good decent folk at least as a good as a you or I who stumble stumble ble into crime and never nover had tho the sot st purpose to walk into it They y i as much as a we do they condemn conden themselves much ranch more moro severely se so- verely than court cour or priest can con con- donin thorn thor Crime may may be divided into ito two parts tho tho inner desire desiro and tho outward cant Usually we call can crimo crime only tho the latter laUe while whilo the former fore fore- wo we term merely a disposition to crime Still whoever has bas the tho criminal criminal wish irish la Is s perhaps as guilty iy before the tribunal tribunal tribu tribu- nal of his own conscience as the tho other And frequently the commission of au an deed of wrong is no more than thana a 3 matter mater of or circumstances You Yon and I for instance both have an anger er in our hearts heart I T havin having more prudence prurience and le less s than you von ou keep away from tho the offender You You ou fearlessly meet moot him he lie attacks yon you you rou defend yourself and the tho very verr first firt blow you give ive him happens to toki YU kill ki him Very Ven often it is some chance some sonic peculiar r combination of circumstances that pushes a mau man over o from front the realm of decent law lan abidin abiding people over the theline theline line lne into the tho alleged criminal class This his is particularly true truo of tho more serious offenses Wardens of state penitentiaries will ill wi tell tol you yon that the quietest best behaved d inmates are arc the tho murderers The rea reason on is that very vel- vel few murderers arc aro hardened criminals their is usually ono of sudden passion I That there aro arc criminal natures there can be no doubt doubt There aro are mora moral perverts some of them practically in iD- in- in curable For Tor tho the good oC or society they should be confined somewhere away from other people But unfortunately it is the tho judge who can consider jt b t b deeds and not the psychologist or alienist alien alien- alen 1st who considers consider diseased conditions of the personality that decides who shall be locked up As a eon consequence there are man many thorough criminals such as incessant thieves cs professional by food foot adulteration and noxious patent medicines medi does cines sexual ual perverts often ofen esteemed in society and swindlers adept enough to tD escape the law Jaw who aro are at lar large e. e All AU the rascals ra are arc not in jail jai nor norall norall all 11 the strai straight ht square men out of ol jail jail The Tho administration ton of ot justice will always be fault faulty so r Jon long as it i is merely mere mere- wi ly a department of oC Jaw law which can look only at the tho deed done and do no other than punish the tho offender or lot Jet him go Criminology j is a science and should be bo studied by b.- scientific methods A depraved taste weak will wi or distorted moral sense sens needs a physician as much muchas mucha's as a's does a a bad liver er 1 or a dern deranged mind Crime Crimo is a thing to tobo be healed beald c not pun pun- Remove crimo crime conditions and andI I cure the tho criminal This should bo be tho tH aim Rim of society We may not yet ct un the tho art but it is important that we we should go o on trying to t understand understand under under- stand it i and that we wo should have havo the ri right h and not the tho wrong wrong end in view |