Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

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OF heredity. The facts in detail are a.
follows:
While he was yet baby his Iainer,
Joseph Crago. separated from MS Nli
on account OF domestic troubles, ana
the mother took with her the boy VIII
lie Crago and his eldest sister. aeal
uEte. Some time after the separation
Mrs CragO gave birth 10 another
child. . daughter When the BABY
was bat feE weeks old il fell VIC
tim 70 the fendish desire 10 destroy
life on the part OF William crago and
his cousin, George Crago. boy some
what his senior IN years
About Two years ago Joseph Crago.
having secured a divorce from MS
wife. came 10 Washington county, set
tied AZ Newport, Ohio. and married
Miss Thomas He then went 10 Har-
rison county and took charge OF Willie
CTagO and his sister. the TWO children
Of his first wife, bringing them there
70 live with him Recently daughter
was born as the fruit as his second
marriage. and il Is this child that the
youthful degenerate declares he viii
murder II ever allowed 70 approach
her
From his infancy young Crago was
noted as child with a willful dispose
ton and uncomfortable temper. cruel,
and possessed 0. desire 10 give pain
10 every living thing. Chickens. cats.
dogs. and all manner Of household
pets fell victims 10 his lust for blood.
He broke the wings OF chickens and
the legs Of animals. and gleefully
watched the struggles Of MS dying vic
tins, but Il was not until after the
birth Of his step-sister that there came
70 his relatives the horrible discovery
Of his thirst for human blood Il was
only day or two after the arrival OF
the little stranger that he began 10
show his hostile disposition, arousing
the suspicion OF his father.
He also threatened about this time
TO kill his deaf-mute sister. in a lit OF
passion, and beat and bruised her
shamefully. His actions caused him 10
be watched increasingly. On one oeca-
sion his father caught him in the act
OF striking her with boys az on the
back OF the head. and from that time
until the present he has been constant
y under surveillance. A few weeks
ago II became apparent that he was
looking for chance TO kill the baby
and it was discovered that he had hid
den knife under a door with which
to commit the murder When accused
by his father Of his fendish intention
he confessed, and told Of his unaltera-
bic decision 10 butcher the babe. The
courts were then appealed to, and his
sentence to the reform farm resulted
The boys mental condition Is consfd-
cred purely one Of heredity. His like
ness shows the abnormal lips. unnat-
ural forehead and obstinate look Of the
whole counteaelce. His father, Jo-
seph Crago, possesses a head even
more abnormal and striking than tbs
boys. He is Of sandy complexion
with small, pointed chin, sunken Jaws
small. piercing eyes, close together and
deeply set, high. receding forehead
with the head broad, bumpy and hol.
low at his neck. To his credit. ii /:
insisted By his acquaintance that b.
Is an honest, truthful and hard-work
ing man, but there stands out in hil
life the horrible, and in this connec
ton, startling fact, that in his you'll
he killed his brother in a fit Of pas
sion. Between him and the brothe
arose dispute that ended in both be