Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-30
The Insanity Of Cain.

me ung0ui!
.n article on the insanity u
"a ~ tbe May number of Serb
uoqasiae. Following are
,ne,udjng paragraphs of the
;oagiug of Cain, look at the
siion, r On the one hand a ter
tsmilv mystery, no schools,
sh"rehes. no lectures, no soci-
n0 ~ ,usements, 40 apples!
.hs M other hand. the whole bur
'nIfIbumanity " borne for the first
nnaternal discipline: undue
s,dIogical developments; mo-
'n"ns mons employment; antedilu-
'Dn monsters; antediluvian pa
AID an antedeluvian good
Ssr in whose mouth butter
n A have remained intact for
f,doubtedlv that brother had
s.vyasperating smile. He was
Inv because he was virtuous.
had A way of forgiving and
citing that for a time would
rive the offender of reason
n, above all, he had a cool, col
al manner of his own, added
chronic desire to be an angel.
offerings always filled the
aitions. His fires needed only
y LIGHTED, and the smoke was
; TO ascend with a satisfied,con-
mi curl far into the sky.
aims, on the contrary, refused
Mrn. We can see it all. The
oke struggled and Topped. 1t
nj along the ground, and. cling
TO his feet, wound about him
"a serpent. 1t grew black and
|rr. shot sideways into his
d binding and straneling him.
And there stood Abel beside his
!, radiant, satisfied, wanting to
an angel.
h was but the work of a mo-
tnt. The pent-up, disorganizing
fuences of a lifetime found
Int IN one wild moment of emo
lnal insanity. Abel was no
Ore.
May dwell upon the tragedy?
e world is familiar with its
kSening details. We shall not
heat them here. nor shall we
testlon the j lstice Of the punish
! Pnt that came to Cain the re-
|One, the desolation, the sense Of
Eng fugitive and a vagabond
the face of the earth. He had
flled his brother, and the penalty
|Bt be paid. Sane or insane, a
|rible retribution must have
Fertaken him. But how about
Fs guilt? Would it have been
be same in either case? Are
tleditary organism, tempera-
lsntal eXcitability, emotional
'enzy not to be considered? No,
thousand times, no! What
Competent juror" would acqui-
'ee in such a proposition!
friends, the time has come
hen this case must be taken up.
) smlghty issues can no longer be
iaslde. Ii Cain was not sane at
le moment of the killing, the
ain OF murder must be wiped
ON his brow now and forever.
Dis tardy justice may at least be
me him. Our children and our
Lldrens children must be taught
speak of Cain the man-slaught-
ef;Caln the neutrality-suspicious.;
M the peculiarly circum-
aAced. But Cain the murderer?
eyerl
A mans own testimony shall
convict nor acquit him. But
we not to take into account,
iaalcatlve of his state of mind,
IOhs and declarations coinci-
~ with the com mission OF the
me alleged against him? If ut
aOout the time of the fatal
tu' lhere was positive evidence
lucoherence, what then? Wit
y the last recorded words of
IN.
VERY ONE THAT FINDETn ME
ALL SLAY Me!
thls the utterance of a sane
M: ~ Every one that findeth me
u u say me? Gentlemen! Cain,
n MIS- point, was not only crazy
w was the craziest man that ever
', S'eu! No ordinary lunatic,
'0r 'estr preposterous his terrors.
y ,ec's to be killed more than
!; i But to this poor creature
II,oItion I.O suddenly assumed Il
!, form. His dis
,seu , brain, unconscious that
'ul was the only other myn in
wide world, instantly created
,aant population. He saw
'Sea' tH FALLING again and again
;n ;ne strokes of successive as
.. eas' even as Abel had fallen
NJ on MS hand. His first dazed
u apse OF death expanded and
. nsllled od into a horror never
W. ! eohceived by man. His hap
Al. ' o'erthrown; his reason a
,af; a;a prey to fears tn 1t stretch
i;Thiofe ;hl him fol lever, with no
'o.e hope of final destruc-
orI Iiie only consolation is that
,. vulu not foreknow the mei eli
.aoot rerulct of posterity. He did
do.g dIeoghlze in himself The First
,"[ uerer, Rather than dream
1st, n lSnominy as this, was it
,ar; '!er that he should cry in
o,o o",ooilss; Every one that iil d.