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Show k H 9 American Most Talented a I II World s I rifsizz E-eis If1 ttti t n a a Pickpocket vn II Criminals i TbZrcbmaoaaa (Special Letter.) Some very interesting facts regarding regard-ing the criminals of different countries have been brought to light by the in-: vestigations and observations of Dr. Charles Perrier, the noted French criminologist. The doctor gives the result of his work after a detailed study of S59 offenders, confined in the great jail at Nimes, France, of which he was the physician. He has investigated the matter from all standpoints, as to I the birth of the criminal, his family I anil aKrt nf hprwIitV counted and the many virtues of their latest accession proudly extolled. On the other hand, the English are cold and correct, and amenable to discipline. dis-cipline. They seem to feel their disgrace dis-grace keenly. They are taciturn and are the most difficult of all the criminals crim-inals to examine. The Englishman in jail is Just as solicitous about his comforts com-forts as the Englishman at large. Indeed, In-deed, it seems' to be his only thought In spite of the gravity, almost pathos, of his situation, the typical English convict of the better class makes his toilet with all the care of a respected country ' gentleman. About the only complaint offered by an English prisoner pris-oner was due to the failure of the authorities au-thorities to furnish napkins with dinner. din-ner. He was so accustomed to the use of a napkin that he could not eat without with-out it, and in lieu of one, kept his rough handkerchief carefully clean and gravely used it at every meal. The American criminals are the most daring, resourceful and talented ol any class in the world; their faculty for mastering foreign languages; theii courteous address and skill in manipulating manipu-lating big operations is unparalleled. They usually speak several languages, on his morals; early life, association and education, nature, of the crimes, number of convictions, general character charac-ter and conduct in durance. In addition ad-dition to this, he has studied the mental men-tal capacity of the unfortunates and also compiled tables based on the Bertillon system, showing all the various vari-ous measurements of the subject, and physical and mental defects, if any. Among the 853 criminals examined, almost every nationality of the world, was represented,, including French, Germans, Englishmen, Spaniards, Italians, Ital-ians, .Austrians, Russians, Arabs and Americana. They came from every walk of life, commercial, professional DR CHARLES PERRIER. fluently, are clever, entertaining talkers, talk-ers, secure entrance into the best circles cir-cles and are very successful until caught They are looking for big fish all "the time and seldom do anything ol a petty nature. ind mechanical. Prior to their downfall down-fall they had been bank presidents, real estate operators, merchants in trains, wines, fabrics, etc.. Journalists, tradesmen, honest mechanics, lawyers, frysiclans and religious instructors. Over 40 per cent had the advantage of advanced Instruction, and were far ahead of the average citizen, while only five per cent were absolutely illiterate il-literate and could not read or write. Only 252 of the entire number were serving out their first criminal sentence, sen-tence, the majority having served prison pris-on sentences four, six and eight times. ... Most of these latter, and especially those gifted with good reasoning power pow-er contended their incarcerations had developed,, rather than oommw their criminal instincts.- In almost every instance the same story appeared.- Convicted originally for some petty offence by dint of the contaminating contam-inating association with hardened offenders, of-fenders, the young criminal had become inured to vice and on being released immediately proceeded to practice-It again usually in a more reprehensible form ' In this manner most of the professional pro-fessional criminals seem to have been developed. The characteristics of the different nationalities formed one of the most -trikine features of the investgation. The Frenchman is the most accomplished accom-plished sneak thief, and has carried begging to a degree of perfection undreamed un-dreamed of by operators of other nations na-tions The most skillful pickpocket is the Englishman, because of his coolness cool-ness and self-control. The Frenchman is the ideal prisoner, barring an occasional occa-sional tendency to jovial noisiness. He becomes accustomed to the regime of prison life in a short time and is almost al-most invariably contented and happy, the soul of good humor and jollity. The arrival of a new comrade, espe-1 espe-1 daily a friend of other days, is greeted i wltn j0y and whenever possible some i jittle demonstration Is arranged in his ' honor, speeches are made, stories re- |