Show CRIME AND INSANITY THE alaf alarming ming prevalence of horrible crime at present begins to excite ap preb enslo in the minds of thoughtful persons this thin crime seems to be worldwide world wide the most recent developments in this respect come from australia in regard to the man deeming alias VV illiams the record of his life makes the weird romance of bluebeard a tame story in comparison the biography of the man snider hanged in vienna last week is too fiendish for reproduction from various other countries also come reports of fearful crimes in their most hideous aspects in our own country terrible deeds have been enacted in recent times the case of scudder in chicago is about as 09 dark an affair as could well be imagined the lynching lunching lyn ching of a fifteen year old girl in another part of the country and the execution by burning of a wretch in texas are sets acts too horrible for contemplation at forsythe mo james williams an officer of law had bad a prisoner in his cus today A mob approached him and demanded the prisoner he replied by saying that he would defend bla big charge with his life whereupon a dastard in the crowd fired and lodged a bullet in the brain of williams williami this ie something even reethan wo wor lynching lunching lyn ching it aims at the downfall of all government social civil religious and political speaking of lynching lunching lyn ching a rather pecullar peculiar experience in relation to it is now in progress at darlington wig on last september a mob hung anton siebolt Sie bult who ws was charged with murder seven of fee leaders were subsequently apprehended they are now on trial and their defense is insanity three of these belong to one fa family rully several witnesses and experts have sworn that these men were not responsible at ble for their acts by reason of u unsound daou nd minds the mother of another swore that be tumbled down stairs when a boy and ever since his head has been wrong another defendant was eborn to have been subject to epileptic fits fi and before and after these theae was t totally 0 irresponsible in fact a host boat 0 of f witnesses swore that every man gf 4 the whole seven was peaceable and 9 religious 1 and that they must mint have been insane at the time of the lynching lunching lyn ching or else they would not have performed the deed how seven lunatics could come together at atthe the head of a lynch ing party is one of those coincidences that only criminal lawyers can explain |