| Show ONE CAUSE OF CRIME certainly before the pub there are enough horrors to satisfy lie at present eyen even the most corrupt craving for the sensational in san francisco the drama is drawing toa to a close to in chicago the luetgert horror to is te is about to be unveiled again in all its tarba barbarous roos features and in new york to ppe murder Is now being investigated and its details published LO ak from one end of the country to the other the confession of mrs nash reveals a depth of depravity to which one would think it almost impossible for human beings to sink by her own admission she apparently had two paramours par amours and after a quarrel between the two aided one in murdering the other it was a cool deliberate crime all the plans being laid beforehand with fiendish ingenuity nor have there so far been clear signs of remorse the confession being obtained by means best known to the new york prison officials and the prosecuting attorney it may not be very profitable to speculate on the probable causes of the apparent increase in brutal crimes among the children of men they are many and complex and undoubtedly are in proportion to the neglect of listening to the humanizing teachings of religion they may be traced to influences at work in the very homes of many people where the tendencies to evil instead of being checked and eradicated are developed most often on account of ignorance on the part of parents or guardians one observation however is pertinent and that is this that perhaps no deviation from the paths of rectitude so frequently leads to bloodshed as does the sexual transgression drunken quarrels and gambling often have ended in murder but oftener still has the violation of the laws of P purity had for its sequence the taking of human life the history of dinah the daughter of jacob whose curiosity prompted her to associate with the daughters of the land seems to teach that bloodshed is a natural consequence of defilement this is very natural transgression of all law deadens the conscience but this is particularly true with regard to s sexual transgression sometimes it arouses the demons of jealousy un dei the influence of which men and women seem unable to command their own will power for anything but evil if these facts are duly considered it will vill appear that if the tide of brutal crimes is to be stopped one of the steps to be taken is the consideration of how to establish absolute purity among the people particularly the young without this the flood will become |
