Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-28

tween tho trunks Of the trees, ashamed
afraid and already weighed down will
rencrse. But Cain now is never ASHAMED
or afraid; as for remorso, Lombroso ant
tho Psychologists viii prove that hocoult
not have done other than he did, givof
bis cranial formation; aud who, an, VINO
will weep, Ia the nursery or out OFT, ioi
| Abol2
Referring 10 the wonder often ex'
pressed Mt the continuance and
increase OF violent and brutal mis-
deeds, dls1gurlng what by Itself u
called the age Of civilization, Ouids
says these crimes are q natural, par
donablo and logical result Of our
changed attitude toward "poor
Abel" Cain being tho favorlte &C.
tor on our stage, 1t Is Of course reason
able that his IL the career mos. eagerly
desired. awe still sometimes hang
him, "she says, "gafrote him, imprison
him, or otherwise set our brand upon
him, but we do II ut all times rc.uc.
family, nni the time Is not distant
when We ehall cease 10 do II at nll."
sympathy with the aggrieved is de-
clared to have given place to sympathy
for the aggrossor.
Here Is another pungent paragraph;
sis this an innate revolt against the
artificial bonds oi modern lie which rom
defs modern society 80 inclined to tako
Cain to II. bosom and fling quickllmo
cOniemptuou-ly on the slsin body Of
AbolG or X II duo to the tendency, 20
grnyely marked In modern times, to sldO
with the strongest, to disregard the law2
IL 10 not perhaps, beyond all, inspired by
the essentially modern feeling, that the
man who has failed Is imhccilc beyond
pityg And Abel, wha'oycr form ho
tAkos, H. OF course, al utter failure IN
the modern view Of human existence. lilo
il a person who did not succeed In
making his virtues pay. OF what
use were blamoless cnre1r, a sympa-
thotio charao or. u tender hearth He
stood In the path OF stronger man,
divine Judge aud a primitive people
might hvengo him aud weep for him;
but tho modern world kicks him into u
neglected grave, whilst 1t buys photo
graphs Of Cain and sends him bouquets
and bottles Of brandy II IL needless to
wonder why Cain Is constantly rcappoar-
Ing In modern lines: he Is the popular
character. lilo cannot appear In any
costume or any drama without obtaining
more or loss largo following, and, how
over hideous his crime, no will mover DO
without his partisans aud supporters.
The defense tf insanity as It ia com.
monty prAciicod Is strongly asailed.
The gifted writer thinks that the only
time to spare criminal upon that plea
Is when he lie the victim OF long, In.
contes,able, utterly dis,raught mad.
meas, the signs Of which those who run
can read. Here We arc compelled to
differ somewhat, this seeming to be
rather the other extreme OF the case
than the SAT, medium, ground on
which We shouli ondeavor 70 stan Ia
dealing with crime. But she Is per-
sisten, on this point. ard will not relax
a Jol or title OF her vebemrnce In
denouncing the practice. "rhat in-
sanity more or less proven by special.
lists" she says, "should save such
brute as the youth who killed his
mother, or the tramp who shot tho
young girls at Chislehur.t, is a great
injury TO the world ut large. II the
WITHDRAWING Of SPECIALISTS and the
jargon Of craniology be permitted TO
come into court, every assassin will
escape. To allow the plea Of irrespon-
sibility Is practically TO inform Cain
that the more atiocious, fantastic, and
horrible be his crime, thu more certain
will physicians anu psychologists come
to his rescue and keep him clear
Of tho tcaiiold." That Is what
might properly be- conceded M rather
clever statement Of the case from that
side Of n; perhaps, however, 1t ought
10 be elevated to the dignity OF an
argument.
The saving clause called in French |
ciTooH'taHoeS alionudHtes comes In for
a blow aud then the writer pays her re.
spects To the French scandal, In which
the wealthy embeazler is sympathized
with and the pluudered peasant tor
gotten, and concludes witha reference
10 Ulster, Ireland. 1t all shows that
OuIda Is a loglcian anu mistress Of
that intellectual wand which Richelicu
declared was more potent than the
awOfd