The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17

~ HERE are crimes which. when
surveyed dispassionasely. from
the viewpoint Of IN oatsideY. to-
tally uuiutafested IN the causes
Of the deeda seem to be less
vicious than gossip would warrant
them 20 be. There are also crimes
20 uncallsd Tor. 20 helmets. tha; nature
turns her back upon them and almost re-
fuses 70 punssh them, because OF her tn
ability 10 Justify Ter dssestailon OF the
method OF crime and SIS CONSEQUENCES
Every now and then the attention Of the
world OF newspaper readers ~ turned TO
eome one particular ssbsesx. which seems
sptdesnic. People whose minds are ufsbal-
anced sssm often only waiting for some
body elss - give them a precedent. which
they ara NOT slow 10 follow. In tae last
eew wss1rs there seems TO have been IN
epidemic Of infaniIcida Two American
women IN Germany threw a little baby out
- tho window Of moving train. A Pa
clio coast woman dropped a baby over
board a Texas woman hanged her baby
- . tree limb. tying iis feet and hands TO
Tho body. and then walked or and was
seen no more. A Georgia woman mash
"a her bahy's head and gave the dead child
20 the hogs Tar food and 10 on goes this
particular tribute to the genius Of Nautilus.
with its svsr-interestins and never-to-be-
answered query Of the grea, mass. "Sasii
baby beT'
Mira Minnie AdamA. rust convicted ana
sentsnced 20 life imprisonment In San
Francisco Tor killing her son, Les the boy
arrive ct quito . little age before she dis
patched him With carbo,ic acid. Tho boy
Was year and months old when his
mother murdered him. because she had
bad . quarrel with his father. Usually
such creatures ~ Minnie Adams kill their
young to avoid nursing them A a-year-old
boz could very nearly look out for him
salf IN The siums and CUTTERS Of San Fran
cisco. But then. IN the annals Of crime. Ne
can always look Tor the very apex In San
Trancisco I've heard peoDsc comment on
ths beautiful red sunsvts ard the local
cojos of the city Of iniouity. They must be
right It's sithg man Or heaven that paints
ne town red.
a Chicago woman killed her mother for
falling the daughter Of tho woman THAI
Dhe (the dnuxhter) was Legitimate. The
oourts Justified the woman. who was ex-
with outbursts OF cheering from
The crowds. There Is an old Hebrew CON-
which says: ~Thou shalt not
Dssthe the kid In its mothers milk" This
command l. fulfilled by the Hebrews by
the non-eatinG OF milk and meat stimuli
taneousiy. To mo this command has never
seemed properly understood by the trans
lators OF tho Old Testament. To seethe
The hid IN its mothers milk TO mo would
b 20 open tho food gates Of q wicked
knowledge o. the hidden actions OF either
father or mother. which would be likely
b prejudice tina children against Their pa
perts. This seems q much more reasonable
explanation OF the commandment from
The God OF the Old Testament TO His fol.
lower Moses AMI 20 all the tribe Of Israel
ITO secthe tho lid In Its mothers milk
30 give any child q reason TO look down
upon. 60 despiss or to contemn Q parent.
Dsems a horrible thing TO do. one of tina
very wickedest things In all the world.
The action Of the Chicago court and tho
applause of tho assembled people viii nnd
IA echo In tho heart % every woman. good
ar bad or indifferentiy good. or moderate
" bad. VINO has ever felt the feeble beat
q another heart beside her own. or from
the depths Of her love liberated an immor-
tal soul
The Eouthcrners down IN Tennessee. not
oskisned with the FUN they frequently
enjoy negro batting. are playing with the
Aormons. They have burnt several Nor
mon churches. some of them being fired
during the church services ana are doing
oil In their power 10 persuade tho Nor
mons that they had best leave tho state,
The smell of smuggling Mormons seems 10
be particularly odoTifsreus TO sf,osc Ten
hugely In watching the elders ny from
blaae ana burning
The epidemic cf sending poisoned candy
20 such fair ones "a ara saperfiuous aiss
has Its day Women are becomsng char
q partaking Of sw.ets unless they In,
thcir bon-non hoxes themselves. \ few
more murders done IN ,oothsamc prettie,
and the newspaper Joke % che lover SPEND
death wound No woman wants 10 be don.
to death even Ia sugar piusns.
~ ~
In Tuicda O. tho other day mac, want
ing % drown another man. upset tssa
deliberately In which three ether psopi
were sitting One man was drowned. ~
Others we're rescued. This Il one way .
mindins ona's ovn business.
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The tynchfnx OF the coi0rea man s'i!
continues 10 nc ore % the epldemics os IN
day. Five men were lately hanged frsu
trees IN Rainhr,agc Ga. presumably -
cause one man had - aie, and not heisJ
Ahls 60 identify the man. several negfee
paid tho penalty Of he4ng ~ tAe sam
complexion as the man for wso-r tne me
were hunting Th.ee ilttis rieasantr!es 4
ths South seem 10 acs like summer eiecs-t
storms clearing the afr and giving hFesr =
ting power 10 such descendants of the M
kiuI az keep up the reputation 20 tne.
white ancestors In thc,r cruelty 80 81
co,crea race they s;ani chance er ecFl
parison with tho in2assstoss who kii.ei FRS
era afterwards found tims q prove IN