Show questionable POLICE METHODS terrorized by police methods Is the head over a story appearing in tho news columns of this paper mrs rosa wife of the fugitive who Is suspected of the murder of allardo Vl lardo has been subjected by tho police of san francisco to tortures which would have done credit to the experts of that romantic medi aceval institution the spanish inquisition in an attempt to force a confession from this woman she was deprived of her infant thrust into the autopsy room where lay the mangled remains of her husbands alleged victim other bloodstained blood stained relics of the climb were thrust before her and as a result the miserable victim of the police is on the verge of insanity what object the police think they can gain in this manner that could not equally well be obtained by other methods Is not apparent to us they ha e evidence enough against the husband to justify them in arresting him and charging him with the crime why then do they torture his wife the husband say the police may be captured at any moment they are on his trail let them then sweat him lie wall probably be told when be is caught that his wife has confessed all that may wring a confession from him it it does not let the police rely on their evidence but to torture a oman whom no circumstances connect in any active manner with tho crime is a relic of mediaeval media eval barbarism that should not be tolerated in america |