The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-12-14
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FRIDAY. DECEMBER Il, 1904.
MURDER WILL OUT.

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for every murder there Is . motive.
except such a. committed by insane
persons. And II IL q fact, that strong
circumstantial evidence ls disregard.
cd % q proof Of guilt unless2 motive
10 apparent. Almost the fist ques-
tion asked BY the detective when
looking for the murderer IL, Why did
he do It? When that question is
answered 1T Is seldom the criminal
escapes justice. lis the key that
unlocks the dark secret, and no mat
ter how we'll planned, 1t is rare indeed
that the criminal is able to hide the
reason Of his crime.
Sane people rarely take the chances
Of extreme punishment without some
strong motive. The strongest mo-
tives Of the human heart are avarlcc,
revenge and Jealousy. and to these
the detective first looks in the his
tory. surroundings and social rela-
lions of the victim.
In two instances. now under the
public notice, the Kent case at Man.
dan, and the Cling case of the present
week, at Minneapolis. is the fact
shown that Notwithstanding the art
with which the murderer may con-
ceal the actual commission Of the
crime, yet how hard it Is for him to
hide the fact that he is. benefited BY
the death of his victim. =
In the latter instance particularly,
the man Hayward proved almost q
complete alibi. and yet, as no one else
could be benefited by the death Of
Miss Cling, the authorities on this
basis, reasoned out the theory that he
was the murderer. Then came the
arrests of Hayward, his brother and
the engineer, all Of whom had been
more or less intimate. Then came
the "sweat box" where each prisoner,
separated from the other, is piled
with questions from skilled LAWYERS
and detectives, the latter have al.
ready guessed tue main facts. and
here and there they gain slight I'D
mission. The stories OF the different
men are then compared, the discre.
pancies. and the weak places shown,
and then they, or others tackle the
prisoners again aud again; the prison.
er dares not refuse to answer; he
poses as an innocent man, he can have
no reason except guilt to refuse to &C
count for himself and actions, anl
yet when three men are concerned IL
murder, either by actual participa
tion or knowledge, the ''sweat boz
will almost always bring out sunicien,
truth, 20 that nearly the whole stor,
will be known, and when put together
as though 1t was u confession from
one, and told to the other, that other,
who has already been found TO be,
mentally, the weakest, will break
down and to save himself, will &C.
tually make the confession desired
and turn states evidence.
The sweat box" process must be in
deed q terrible place foran innocent
man whom accident or circumstance
has placed there, but what a hell of
torment 1t must he to the guilty man;
he must answer, and yet he feels
every time he opens his mouth the
choking of halter about his throat.
This, with tho lashings Of his con.
science, with circumstances hard to
explain, the fear Of his confederates'
turning against him, the fear of hav-
ing forgotten to provide against some
eliminating evidence, all these In.
deed make the hardest criminal quail
In his own heart, no matter how bra.
zen he may keep his outside appear.
ance. Certainly the law has no terror
greater than the process by which it
makes the guilty prove their own
guilt and pronounce their own doom.