The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-01-21
FEMALE CRIMINALS.
A DETECTIVE SAYS THAT WOMEN
ARE MORE CRUEL THAN MEN.

. A DETECTIVE SAYS THAT WOMEN
] ARE MORE CRUEL THAN MEN.
In Reality There Ars - Many Female
oumstspces C"nspirr to shield the wick
81 WomRn-Wom-n srld"m Reform.
Theodore G. Mp,zier. the well known
San Francisco detective has not had
/ twenty-six years of experience in his pro.
fessiou without obtaining some very
strong Impressions aud opinions in regard
to crime and criminals.
AS a sort ot text, " said Mr.. Motzler.
"for what have to say on this subject.
/ l will state that in considering men and
women as criminals, between whom aud
their deeds comparisons are 10 bp made.
| consider that, while man isundoubted.
/ ly, ~ rule. the more prominent in
crime, woman, on the other hand. ia vt
once more cruel and cunning ia what
she does
From the circumstance tngt X con
siderable less uumber If women than
men are convicted Of crime the infer
ence is drawn that in women "a. Grim
inal propensities are weaker or under
! better control. Snch \ conclusiou is,
I however, not borne ont by the facts. for
/ when crimes have been traced to women
1t has been found IN the great majority
Of cases that the guilty deeds have bean
committed not only with systematic
cunning, but also with a cooluess and
cruelty which have seldom been attrib-
| uted to man
There are several reasons, continued
Mr.. Metzler. why so few women have
been convicted of crime Man, natural
sympathy for her often causes hiu to
overlook important points against her,
and then again he is always extra care
full for fear he might do her injustice
aud injury. Men in the detective pro-
fesSion may pretend to have no sympathy
for woman, yet a good looking face
and u bewitchiug smile always find
tender spot in their hearts.
"Of course there are exceptions. but
they are very few. II there are men in
this profession who are not susceptible
to woman's plea, l, in my experience
Of twenty-six years, have failed to find
| them.
Another thing: 1t is seldom con.id.
cred that girls are watched more care.
fully than boys and are under greater
restraint Neither is it taken into ac-
count that older females spend more Of
their time al home, while males Of their
own age are on the street or Iningling
with persons whose habits are not al.
ways the best. Many Of the temptations
TO crime come from business compica.
tiOns, in which women have little or no
share, as they spend most Of their time
at home with their children and female
companions. Most homicides. you know,
are the results of anger excited when
persons are away from their homes and
families, as violent qgsrreis generally
take place IN The street or barroom. and
not in the pSrlor ar sitting room.
Now as to the cruelty and delibera-
tion of the female criminal. Tue history
OF crime shows that most of the murders
committed by women are those perpe.
trated by the administration of poison.
They show careful preparation aud great
deliberatiou. In almost avery instance
treachery is employed, the victim being
invited TO partake of refreshments by
one who is presumed 10 be friend,
Murder by the administration OF poi
son is considered the most foul and the
/ darkest of all crimes, but il is the one
that women have been addicted TO more
generally than men in all ages and
countries.
Another very remarkable fact" con.
/ timed the detective, has recently been
mentioned in London psps by thS
/ chaplain 0f Clerkenwell Jail It il that
some criminals are practically iucurable.
| From q table prepared by him it was
shown that during last year there we're
committed ." the prisons and iails Of
| England and Wales 1855 men and 3. .764
women who had been convicted no less
/ than ten times previously. You ,ee tbe
/ force Of the comparison.
"a partial explanation Of this strange
state of thin,s may he found in the fact
that women are more thoroughgoiug in
| all things, good, bad or Indifferent, than
the men. They do nothing by halves.
Be the matter the construction of a
shortcake, the making Of crazy quilt
or the poisoning Of rival, woman de-
votes all her time, knowledge and talent
to what she has in view,
"Then, again, a woman has less chance
Of reforming than a man. The latter
can 20 To a strange or distant place,
raise whiskers or shase those hs mad, as-
sumo different name aud commence
life anew. He can generally find EN-
ployment, but with the woman IL is
more difficult Disguise is not So easy,
and if she goes 10 a different place some
one is liable To recognize her.
"A strange woman is always looked
on with suspicion, as il is presumed that
she would prefer 10 live in the town
where she was brought up and where
her old acquaintances arc. A man gets
credit for his enterprise II he goes TO a
new country and engages in = business
for himself but such is not the case
with woman. II She is once discOY-
cred her own sex ara the first to point
their fingers at her, turn mp their noses
aud refuse 10 associate with her. the re-
suit Of which is that she becomes hard.
sned and Gallons, aud is again driven 10
crime SAN Francisco Post.
Dstsrtng Disease by the Eye.
Il is perfectly possible, by means Of
the Instruments of the Nineteenth cen.
tury, 10 exactly learn the optical condi.
tion Of an eye, TO decide just what
4 glasses, If any, are needed for its perfect
working, aud it is also possible to look
In upon it, and by the appearance Of its
Tissues and its blood vessels TO decide al
to The existence of serious disease when
there are few other symptoms that point
to it,, when there may hs none besides 20
be found in tine body that positively
prove il,
may mention two classes of disease,
one constitutional and the other local.
which illustrate this statement. The
eye mirror opthRlmoscope is the instru'
ment by which such things are settled.
Bright's disease, a name carrying dread
to many household Is the cOnstitu'
6onal disease TO which / refer. lu moi
a few cases the diagnosis Of it il made
by the examination of the retiua with
the eve mirror.
The expert will make no mistake il
the eye gives evidence Of it, for its sign,
are positive in minute bleeding from thl
blood vessels and peculiar fswn c0loret
spots on the retina. The surgeon dreadI
70 find them, because they are evidence
of an advanced stage Of the mslady
which prematurely destroys 80 man,
lives. Bught's disease is in fact de
= generation Of many Of the tissues Of thu
body, the walls Of the arteries being
/. amoUg Them. In no part Of the bod,
can this degeneration be 80 readily de
tected as in the retina Of the eve. Cos
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