The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-02

email fame: shirt All the 'owV- par
hada Seen licked away py TIE flames
A ssckening black border running slars:
she jagged edges told the av:u; ssosy
That was al Tie csc;aing she had Oh
when she was brought 10 r,A.- sal: TIE
mother. And .se eldest remaining
dsughter. who had once more wouns ses
arms aSous the 6ereaved mother. lcekei
II. TIE garment and ,saSAed baby laugh
Of innocent glse..
! arose and Joined ne arsss outside.
he had seen . portrait Of Willie ScAnei-
6e- photographed IN q group. whkch one
~ the school children had shown uy. He
was sure ne could identity him And. tn
deed. wssen we reached the sohneider
house q snns's throw away. ~ found
shat Il needed no trained artistic sys -
recognize the little boy whom ~ saw
sitting on DC seoon Il was "a unsanny
face. which once seen IN The roughese
ccunterfeit presennnent could never b
forgotten The sses. almmosc hidcn b.
hha he penthouse Of ne foRshead
bnnk>d al you wita . vacant StasA TAs
mouth drew issei; in "a upward curve a
one side as ~ answered my question.
'.Ars you Willie schnsides3"
Yes" The meaosyilAols eoDo -
slowly and hesi:a.taxfy.
do you know yosde a<lIsefr'
The question had 30 be repeated b I'm
before ne gave a vague Affirmative
What has become o; hef?" asked
Again had 20 reneas H. aussespn. ~
last he said:
'she's gene up"
up wheneg'
'sHuh9"
up where?"
up strtrs.''
TIA, was al couid set QUE Of hsnA
He repeated over and over again Up
stairs" There seemed 20 be no irssen-
ton az evading an answer. bot amply
blank intelligence. He did not appear
scared. but merely iiio,ic. ! rang the
bel marked Schneider. A tan and some
whas masculine woman appeared eau
tiously al the door
What are you talking 10 nat child
for she cried. hes no boy OF mine~
obviously not" I answered. since
you are not Mrs Schneider
'T tell you. and her voice rose. that's
not my boy; that's no, The boy you
want" And rhen. appealing to man who
happened 70 be coming w the street. she
shouted. "Ia that boy OF mine. M"
l am not sure that caught the name,
bu; IL sounded Ike Mr.. Schneider
turned TO the newoomer.
Are you the "a ther OF th!, chiid?~
mo, sir. II were ia kin him." ssia
the new arrival griuliy. And with that
he beat has;y retreat.
Inquiries from the nsighbors elected
no Information that was otherwise than
honorable 20 the Schneidera II the child
Is a degenerate he does no, seem TO have
any criminal faint in his blood. Ills
fs1her is motormsn. who for twelve
years has been employed on the Bush
wick avenue railway. His grandfather
is a pedler. who lives few doors AWAY.
and is well spoken or
But IL the boy degenerate? II h
guilty OF thu awful deed TO which he has
confessed?
One thing is certain. Neither his own
confession nor the testimony a boy so
young as Frankie Tanger. nor the be-
themselves sufficient 10 convict hin
Further corroporative evidence muzt %
submitted al The adjourned meeting OF
the inquest In order 20 hold him.
And then? The law Is plain enough.
A child under seven years OF age Is held
TO be incapable Of crime. Between seven
and twelve the law presuDes TIA, he Is
incapable OF crime. But tas preSump-
tim may be overturned by overwhelming
evidence that he had sufficient capacity
20 understand the nature Of the act
charged against him. and 70 know rs
wrongfu'ness. II Is Amos: certain that
his evidence must fail In the case CO
Willie Schneider.
LAID the case before Or. Z. c. spi,zkA
the well known als>nist-
Accepting tie facts ss hey are CIV
en-" he said. II should pronounce TIE boy
monstroeity. His portrait accepting 10
as true one. confirms this. II shows
on sssymmetTfcal development. an ua-
equal ianerystion OF the face You viii
observe tina, the Ieft side Is larger nan
TIE right That / asasbd tAoi ,sahroidis
the right That ~ a bad sign. under
stand tha. mis- sp-cc,l = de.ective--in-
deed. ,1a, there are days wren he hsr1iy
speaks a. al Tia, II another bad ssGa.
As % the conformation os - brain. 10
reminds me q al sisl, named Es5s-
rsler. a criminal whose skull after 10
had been hanged IN 81. L9uis. WAS eeas
20 me Tor examination.
This boy -Duls furnish an Interesting
study for the specialist ~ 20 wnas
should 70 done win hin. oss oaiy say
ssoald net Be allowed 70 remain =. .arre.
! ike NE California lsx. Shich snsets
that . person who il adiu5xsd frr~spon-
ssb.e fsr s0na crime committed sb0at
beb boxed up for iit. IN some iosdtDtto1-
Tne xosl3 would fssa be ksfs ard hls
possible victims would slso Dc rsss.
Il be.ieve ina: many BysfeTioss an1
unfai5suse3 crimes are committed bby
lanarses wao have either rzcspsS from
rfsesr keepers or ben frees from restraint.
To say nat sum people hs1 better nst
have been born IS rot e1giys'sB; - ssy-
ing f5zi tAsy oDy5i = BE ks3~j. Bu, 10
ysrfec; Iag h2s not - BEEN Devised.
TIE age Hail - 10; IA isseif snfsfibs--
15zay a essi3 Las mo-- moral sssscns4-
rsity issn macy a. s911t n Is assa-
Ton x in1lvldus-A
The oisfiseis9n S.:x~n irres2onssi.is
.nsaaity sDd sanity 10 cas tHsi .. ysry
eIsar - pagr4eisfss. BAR oos aeorssaFsiy
- .szyefs. BOD Sat ooe ,erscn sts
= every 'Eo hanssss al a.;Y Ssniors,'r
irresponsible fss - sc-s Mex fsst 80
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