The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-22
WOMEN AS CRIMINALS.
A Detective's Testimony Regard
ing the Sexes in Crime.
There Are More Wicked Men Tha. wsm-
en-, Tot the wsinon Are lIsrs Cruol
and Deliberate in Their
Crlvo

There Are More WIcIxeo Meu Tha. Wsm-
en-. Tot the wsnon Are Mere Cracl
and Deliberate in Their
Crimes.
while man is undoubtedly as a rule
the more prominent In crime, woman,
on the other hand, is at once more cruel
and cunning In what she does" says a
noted detective in the San Francisco
Post.
Prom the circumstance that con-
siderable less number of women than
men are convicted of crime, the infer
ence is drawn that in woman the crimi-
nal propcnsities are weaker or under
better control. Such . conclusion is,
however, not borne out by the facts, for
when crimes have been traced TO women
II has been found, in the majority of
cases, that the guilty deeds have besn
committed not only with systematic
cunning, but also with coelness and
cruelty which have ss]lom been attrib-
uted 70 men.
There are several reasons" eoatin-
ued the detective, why % few womsn
have bean convicted Of crime. Nan's
nstural sympathy for her ofssn sauses
him 70 overlook important points
against her. II there are men in this
profession who are not susceptible 10 .
woman's plea, I, In my expsrfsnos OF
twsnty-six years, have failed 10 hnd
them.
Another thing: It V ssldo1 sonsd-
cred shat girls are wstshsA mere ssre-
tally than boys, and are sndsr greater
res4raint. Neither is it talCsa iats 40
ssunt that elder fsnaass spsnA mere sf
thAir WINE 1t home. while Halss Of tAsir
swn are are sA the strsst or naingliAg
with Fsrsens whose haSitsa<e net always
Of the best .Hsny 81 NE tsnptaSaons b
sSims ooEns from business sesAEai aioatio1s,
n which wsnsa have AseLs era share,
- thay spend NEST Of tAsr tins 1T
hens with their ehilarsG And fs0ale
ssapa>sons. Nest hsAisiass, yea
know. are the results sf sngsr snsitea
whsn Dssasas are away fnsA their
kona sna fsmiliss, ~ viblsnk qssxrsea
4snsxax1y take riaes in - street e
'hemoo1, snd net IN NE pasa n Or IT.
tang-ssem.
Now - 70 the sr~saty and Aslibsca-
ton of ths 1emsls s.isixal. The his-
worry of szins shows that ,nsst. sf Shs
nurdsm sonAistvd by weansa aEs thsse
,paspstrstsd hy TIE aaua slsstksa sf
spsison. Thay shsw ssrseSa prspsna-
Ion aaaA GEsat aslibssatisa. h ssAnast
.ssay hstuass trsasAszy y saVasGsd
~ xisaim Sstng invatsd = pas1aan&
.sfssshmans sappSisa ~ enc who =
pSasn0sd - ~ hisna. NunAsr ~
he administration Of poisen II souB1d-
azsd Che most foul and ne aak3assA Sf
N esinss, but 1t is the ere that womsu
hnns bsea addicted 70 more es1sraaiy
thaa Asn In Ill ages and ssunAsiN.
'1no4Aer very rsmarkGtae faGt," sea-
tnnsd the detective, .'hsa rsssntay tssn
mentioned in London paper BY ths
chaplain Of ClsrtsnwsN 80. II u taAt
snzns ariuainaas are practically inAnxa-
be. From = table prepacsd BY him II
was shown that during lsst year thers
were committed to the prisons and 1alls
Of England and Wales 5,oss msn and
S.764 women who had bean convicted NO
hess than ten times previously. You ses
The 3ofce of the comparison.
"A partial explanation Of this strange
state Of things may be found in the fAct
that women are more thorough-going
in all things, good, bad or Indifferent,
than the men. They do nothing by
halves. Be the matter the construction
Of shortcake, the making Of q crazy
quilt or the poisoning of rival, woman
devotes all her time, knowledge and
talent to what she has in view.
Then, again, woman has less
chance Of reformation than . man. The
latter can 60 TO . strange or distant
place, raise whisksrs or shave those he
had, assume different name and COM
uencs life anew. He ean generally hnd
empIoymsnt. but with the woman 1t is
moro difficult. Disguiss u NOS % easy,
and II she goes 10 . different place
ssans one h liable 70 recognise her.
"A strange wonaa i always looked
Apsn with suspicion, ~ u = presumed
sthat shs wsuld prefer - live In tho
Ilswu whsce she was brsughs Up and
wAess her cid asqnainsaAses ere. A
lnan ests credit for Ii enAsxpaiss II he
asss - = new county and snOA6ss IN .
busfAaa tsr hinssk, bst susA h nst me
aaN WITH . woman. II sAe y snso dis-
ssvessd her swa sex are Ne Azst -
Isin4 thsir AAees Ut hsr, then up tAGr
DeasA sAa rsfJse 10 -assesaA4s VIII her,
~ zesuit sf wh1sA i tlaaAsAs hsssnn
hes1sssA and sa11sus I'D y sgaia Arfv-
- ~ WAne."
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