Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-09

~ circumstances, as to never commit |
deliberate crime. From the view |
point OF criminal anthropology only he
IS a criminal who is so by instinct; and
the presence of the criminal instinct
Is manifested In certain physical ana
psychical characteristics which have
been observed and classified by LON
broso and his followers. In this won.
derful analysis OF the criminal peculi-
arities it is stated that large heads
and small heads are found in abun-
dance among this class of people, al.
though small heads obtain mostly
among thieves and large ones among
murderers. Lack Of cranial symme-
try is almost always a marked feature
OF the criminal head. OF course, no
head is blessed with perfect symmetry,
but the departure from the ideal stan
dard is greatest among instructive
criminals.
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The first conspicuous fact to be
noted in criminal faces is the develop
ment of the lower jaw, especially in
those guilty of crimes of violence.
Long and volumniOus ears, too, have
been noticed among criminals even by
careless observers. Then the beard of
criminals is usually scant, while bald
ness is exceedingly rare. Among fe-
males the hair is often inordinately
long, and is usually accompanied by a
dOwny growth on the face. Eleven
per cent. have continuous eyebrows.
In the opinion of many Italian Grim
inal anthropOlogists each sort of crime
has its special physiognomy. Accord
ing to Lombroso thieves are remarka-
BILE for the mobility of the features.
The eyes are small and restless, the
forehead nearly always narrow and re-
ceding. In those guilty of sexual Of
lenses LombrOso finds the eyes nearly
always bright, the voice either rough
or cracked, the face generally delicate,
the lips and eye lids SWOLLEN; occa-
siOnally they are hump-backed or
otherwise deformed. The eye of the
habitual homicide is CLASSY, cold and
fixed. But these views are not held by
all observers.
In general, born criminals have pro-
jecting ears, thick hair, thin beard,
projecting frontal eminences, enorm-
Gus jaws, square and projecting chin,
large cheek bones and frequent
gesticulations.
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One of the grave and important fea.
lures Of the study of criminal science
is how far is heredity to blame for the
crime. Some very learned investiga
tors argue that in family we're all OF
one generation are criminal, at least
in propensities (the Bender family is a
notable example Of this the tendency
can be traced back to three, some
times four and five generations.
Vicious parents certainly beget vic
iOus children.
The "Jukes," a criminal family in
New York, will be recalled by most
readers. The number of this family,
traced by Dugdale, was 100. 1t prob
ably was nearer 1900. Although a
few honest workers came from the
Jukes, most of them were thieves and
prostitutes. OF all the men not
twenty of them were skilled wOrkmen
and ten of those learned their trades
in prison; $50 received outdoor relief
to the extent of an aggregate of S0t
years, the cost being on a moderate
estimate for this single estimate dur
ing seventy-five years, s47 900. Dug
dale estimates that during this period
the Jukes cost the people one million
and a quarter.
Some curious Investigations have
been made upon the influence of age OF
the parents on the children, which
shows that criminals are to a certain
extent the children Of fathers past
their prime.
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Since the world was treated to the
wonderful unfolding of the soul OF
Laura Bridgeman, the schools fol
blind deaf mutes have been greatly
improved, until now no affliction /.
considered too dense TO be beyond the
scientific reach Of man. In a recent
valuable article the public is told o.
cases where little souls shut in an alb
solute prison have been admitted Il
beneticent knowledge. Parents WHIT
have afflicted children should bear il
mind the fact that the wonderful de
velOpments Of modern times hav,
rlised the barrier hitherto deemed
inevitable. A pathetic case is citet
of one blind deaf mute, who sacrificed
her personal pleasure, that an aban
doned infant similarly afflicted, NIGH
be brought under the same influence
There is no doubt that the futur,
OF criminals is to be dealt will
through the medium of education anC
even a vicious idiot may be, in {