The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-30

Last Sunday DR. Dante. II. Brewer
delivered q lecture on Criminal An
thrcpoingy. In Hande. hall, Chicago.
which has occassoned much comment
In the press OF that city. The speaker
gave his observations a. IN anasomist.
psychelogist and Psychologist. and said:
III Chicago does not seen have new
code Of criminal iaw. then II would be wiser
than TO enforce the rresen. iaws To have
TArpeian rock. ~ the Romans did. OK
which maiefaetors and dsxsnerases might
be thrown 10 death. II esssts the city Of
Chicago - for every arrest made In the
Hfidewe!i found q woman who had been
arrested twenty-five times. II would have
been cheaper to have put her In re-
ssrmasory and 10 have kept her there IN
idlen<ss than 10 allow her TO be released
to obey the instincts o. = criminal nature
and be- recommltted.'
DR. Brewer gave some startling sta
tistics concerning the increase of crime
In this country. In 1850 the ratio OF
crime was one in s.443, In 1880 IL was
one In 757 The criminais.s' he said.
propagate. marry and multiply unre-
strained. and, unless we change our
laws. will continue TO increase at the
same ratio they have In the past, until
IL Is appalling To contemplate the out
come" There are two classes of GRIM
inais--the habituai or hereditary GRIM
inaIs and the occasional criminals. OF
the entire criminal class 80 per cent.
are habitnai snaiefactors.
or the enormous cost Of enforcing our
present criminal laws the speaker said:
The cost of each arrest in the large
cities IS In New York ST. KS in Chicago.
si23 in Philadelphia. - in London. and -
In Paris. II the principles enuncia;ed by
those who ark for a reform OF our crin-
inai laws and the establishment OF reform
atories were adhered 10. the expense OF
discspiining and caring for the criminals
Of the world would be less by millions,
There would also bs removed the danger
Of an increase OF hereditary criminals"
It 10 more than presumptuous for the
layman 10 venture into fields which
highly trained specialists are but tust
exploiting and reporting the results u
their study TO tho world: yet It must
have been long apparent TO the thought
ful that q fundamental error ID con-
cealed somewhere In modern altruistic
methods Results Of efforts to reform
the criminal and vicious have not been
commemorate with the amount OF work
done. Researches Of such specialists In
criminoiogy n Lombroso and his fol-
lowers. OF whom DIR. Brewer Is one,
are tending more and more TO convince
the world that reform OF the hahitual
or hereditary criminal Is impossible.
The disease L. too deeply seated for re-
formatory methods to effect cure II
may sound harsh. hu, the conclusion
must he reached sooner CT later that the
only effectuai way to suppress crime IL
to ahiiterate the habltuai criminal.
Prison oficiais and police officers
have lung recognized this fact. having
been taught by experience aud ohserva-
ton that the hereditary criminal never
| reforms. In fact. he cannot reform
any mere than can the victim OF heredi-
tary ianaey control his mental aherra-
ttcns. While prison and police officials
| arc frequently unable to determine be-
| tween the hahituai ard occasional Grim
| NAL. and are therefore compelled TO treat
| them alike as beyond hope Of reform.
| the inyesslgs tions es students In erin
| lnolosy lead US 10 believe that the time
| is net far distant when experts will BIS
| able 10 distinguish the one from the
| other with sufficient accuracy 20 de-
| ternine the treatment which should Iva
| given the inaivIiaai malefacsor under
| observation.
| Mans intelligence has partly stayed
the operation ~ the great iaw Of evoiu-
| tien--she survival Of the Attest Form
eriy the vicious. the criminal. and the
| degenerate huddied together In sums
| Indifferent 10 their surroundings an.
caily reduced their numbers hat
| sl.ruisslc man has gone down into tire
| Sums, enforced sanitary precautions
| provided hospitals. and compelled ,he
ieevavea classes - protect themselves
from sh~ ravases % disease ard death.
| The result - seen IN the enormous In
crease II tie criminal classes whose
rsorai development has rot been az.
Tested hy the physical Improvement,
| fo~N~s YsYser4 thera
II follows that nan witi snan es com
PEELED TO adopt some adequate means IA
protect himself frosn hia degenerate and
criminal gsliGw mar. Students - Grim.
sFslosy point ant s'st ems way - eject
thss-te prohibit Ahselaselv tire mar
! sfsxs a. ssxensrasss &nt criminals By
Eaw As n~ nTewew paints oat. Il &.
| esesr~~. syssss = snaaesai standpoint. {,
| evns'as aaestaal srgra.aais IN vesar7sss
ssries n Esisaess tssn - allow shess
| - - nateAssa e. aA@v ths1- ev3rnsn a
! Instincts. aaa 20 rez~srsusssse-a