Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-27
EDUCATED CRIMINALS.

Ono Of the most dtscournpiag hlgns
Of tue times is the way In which Odu.
cation "a being used a. n means Tor tho
Preparation Of di,b3lical crlms5 and
ioF covering them up. A vast amounl
o. effort has been made 10 show that
education Is an antido,c 10 crime; but
the Developments Of the past Tow
years pre,sni q strong retaliation Of th's
theory. The Hefmaus case in this
city ie tho latest disclosure In tcnsa.
tlJnal criminal annals, where there
are marked indications Of potson OF
education holding an honofod place 10
society, u1lng his requirements Tor
the accomplishment Of the most
heinous crimtt; but there are
many other illustrations that 20
TO show how persons Of sduca.
lion are assuming a chief position In
violating the law. In the noted case
Of Jack the Ripper Il was clear that
the murderer had o thorough kuowl.
edge VI surgery; lnl tho DuTraul affair
Of San Francisco the now condemned
murderer was medical student; aud
in the Holmes case, which probably
laitCa oil olso in history for tho mum.
usr OF murders committed, tho Per.
peirator thereof was persongoi high
educational attachments.
We DO not need to st0p there. The o.
criminal tendencies arc not confined
70 Isolated castE Among educated
classes lhoro II very large
number Of criminals, most "
The oGouBes being In The nature Of
financial crookedness OF Of sexual im.
purity, but criminal uovcr,holts. In
fact these two classes seem 10 afford
tho chief incentive Tor the more hor.
rliying deed', when the lull circum.
stances become known.
Tho tendency hero referred to IL
I "itoi 40 40 argument a. to the inc0m.
plotontss Of the present public system
Of education. There may be- somo
force In THE, from one point OF view;
but tho fact 'un. no general school OF
training Is exempt from having
among tie students or graduates those
who u'u tho information there acquired
40 a means 20 accomplish nOiarlous
dgslgns, preeludes tho arraigument o.
any particular system upon charge
OF belng Imperfect. a strong moral
Training isan important factor Ia Pre-.
venting crime, aud ior long time
this attended many OF those who
/ pared through schools, public and
/ private. But the source thereof was
I in society aud IN the home, rather
+ than In tue schoolroom; hence the
ls,lur has not stood In tho way Of
I crime, ne education has become more
easily scquireIi ia the way hoped,
bat has boon male 10 bgIv5 another
. purpose, How {. change tho trend OF
/ aualulstoday q vital question. The way
matters are going, an awful harvest
must be- rcaled Tor the sowius that rs
I being done. The sensational disclo.
tuTos referred 10 arc but the spatmoIlo
iuuption6 Of what Hes beneath tho
surface. Yet hui, frequency Ia such
as to cause pail Of dread to overhaul
0w schools aud colleges, because o.
the SUPERIOR requirements general
therein Tor the execution OF baspIy
criminal designs, Ia the face % eE.
isluE lac,g, the agl0Illc dogma that
lhure % no -aTkGosi Lu. Ignorance AMI
tina. lAa. Ignorance 10 deficient OF
knowledge pa Literature, art and sci.
once, ami o. supplanlsd by schools that
. trains 10 these linos falls TO the ground.
Mere knowledge VI literature, aTt and
science is insufficient 10 Insure nation.
al prTmuuonc0 and prosperity. The
requirement Of this knowledge must
he rersIs,sd 10, but modern education.
/ ai advance ought TO bo given protec.
lion from the evil attending those " no
receive i,s advantages. How to &C.
complish such result is problem yet
, to bp solved,