Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-11-03


From tie circumstance that a much
smaller number of women thar men are
convicted of crimes the conclus on is
drawn that their criminal prop, nsi:ic3
are weaker or are under better control.
1t is seldom taken into consideration
hat voting girls are watched more
carefully than boys and are kept uhdor
greater restraint. Neither is it taken
INTO the account that older females
spend almost all their time at home
while males of tn il own age are on the
street or mingling with persons whose
habits are Tot the best, Many of the
temptations to crime come from busi>
ness complications, in which women
have no share. AS women spend
mos Of their time at home with
their children and female companions
they are loss likely to lie tempted t. do
acts of violence. Most h0nlici'lcs arc
The results Of anger incit, Il when peI'-
sons ar awGT from their homes and
families. Violent uuarrels generally
take place in the street and not i'll the
s,tting-room.
The history OF crime, however, shows
that most OF the murders committed by
the administration Of poison are perpe
trat-d y women. They show careful
preparation and great dell Grafton. In
almost every in lance treachery is en-
p!oycd. The Vi tim is generally in
vited to Dartake Of refreshments sup
piled by one who is presumed to lie a
| friend, an | does 50 without the slight
csy s:lspi i'n. Murder by the admins
tration of EoisCn il the darkest of all
Ct mes, but it is the one TO which
women have been addicted more gen
orally tha1 men in all ages aud coun-
tries.
Stats les in relation 70 crime have
never been carefully compiled in this
country, and till recently little atten-
ton has been given to classifying them.
In Great Britain, however, the matte:
has received more careful considera-
ton. In an extended review Of cr,m
inal matters there during Il period of
fifty years the singul II fact has been
ascortained that men generally commit
their crimes before they are 40 yeas
old, while women commit theirs after
that period in thti lives. In other
words, men 6, II rally cease to commit
crimes at the age when women com
mcncc.
| AnIther very remarkable fact has
recently been contributed to q London
| parer by the cha hin of Clerkenwcll
Jail 1t is to the ctfac5 that women
criminals are practi, ally incurables.
He has prcpGr Il u table extending
thro Ugh ten yc rs, and showing how
many men and women have been con-
| yictcd of oilcnsCs more than ten times
during thai period. During las year
| there were committed to the vario is
prisons and iails in England and Wales
! 1855 and 9,1G4 women who had been
commit Il not less than ten times pr
yiously. Such is the case at time
when crime is rapidly decreasing, when
tha number known as criminals is col
stantly diminishing and when there
are six thousand fewer inmates of pris
on5 than there were in 1886.
A partial explain ltion of this strang,
state of things may be found il
| tie fact that won n are more thor
oughgoinG in all things good, bad, or
! mathematician men arr. They do
nothing b. halves. BE the matter the
| construction of short cake, the MAX
ing of crazy quilt, or the poisoning of
II rival, she devotes all her time, knowl-
edge, and talents to it.
Doubtlessly a woman finds moro diff
ficulty in reforming, if she desires to
do 50, than man does. The latter
can go to a strange or distant place,
raise whiskers, or shave off those he
had, assume different name, and COM
mence new life. If he is skilled in
any branch of work he can generally
find remunerative employment. y
strange woman is always looked upon
with suspicion, as it is presumed that
she woull prefer to live in the town
where she was brought up and where
her old acluaintances are. A man gets
ere dit for his cnterpr.se if he goes to a
new country and engages in business
fer himself Such is not the case with
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