The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-10-12

Noses arc clews 70 crime. n a Grim I
inals sin does not md him out His |
nose Is very likely to bctray him.
With the nose under susplclon. as Il !
were, an entertaining series Of spocu-
latlons ~ afforded tho observer lie
wonders what hls own nose says about
him. and he finds himself studying the
evidence outlined In tho noses OF
others.
Science accepts the human nose as
truthful witness. with testimony for
or against its owner
August Dmhms, resident chaplain OF
The State Prison at San Quentin. Cali
fornia, has cxpoundod this interesting
theory, with volumlnons statistical
reasons 10 Justify :. ir book called
"The Criminal. . Scientific Study"
which u Just nov attracting the at
tontlon Of the entire scientific world.
Says brahms. in the San Francisco
Examiner. concerning the nose. the
feature which. In his opinion. Is ma
lures sign Of warming when she would
reveal the true character Of man or
woman;
Criminal Noses
The nasal indlcos In normals are
less than those OF criminals. The
nose. generally reetlllnear large. and
frequently crooked or malformod, with
large wings ana orlnccs. sometimes
undulating and with uplifting base Is
peculiar 10 them Among habitial
criminals found. upon examination.
a. per cent possessed noBca dcvlatlng
60 ono side or malturmcd. among
thleycs. &c per cent crooked. and
among homicldo5, a. per cent Lom-
broso found % per cont crooked noses
among female offenders; Nat noses. 90
per cent In normals; ~ por cent In
homlcidos and 90 per cent In thieves.
Malformatlons arc doubtless largely
due through accident. attributable 20
their wandering habits. drunken
brawls and general recltlcssnoss."
Compare the criminal nose above
with the others shown and then carry
your studies into the street You viii
nnd the study fascinating and there
will be much TO startle the keen OBJ
server The criminal nose here given
In o compoHitc from the photographs
OF half dozen confirmed criminals,
mon who arc vlciola not 1bv accident
but from deliberate choice and be
cause they have brute blood In their
veins. The clerical nose Is that OF
the Rev. DIR. Mackenzie. The poetic
nose la that OF Edwin Markham. Tho
moneyed man Is Daniel Meyer. Judge
North OF San Franelsco. represents
the judicial type and the Governor OF
California serves TO illustrate the poll
tlclnn. The athlete Is "Lanky Bob"
Fitzslmmons and the actor Is compG-
site type.
Chaplain brahms Is an interesting
teacher on the subject Of criminals in
their variety. Learn OF him II you
would pick your criminal from among
his fellow creatures. He has studied
90 such excellent purpose that the pub.
llshod results OF his researches will be
placed alongside authorities on Grim
inology.
Startling statement
A startling statement. which will es-
peclally Interest tho layman. Ia made
by Mr.. brahms TO the effect that the
greater per cent OF criminals In for
eign countries is furnished by the
churches. while In America the church
" do not contribute TO crime.
Lombroso. the great Italian Grim
inologlst. upon this point states that
81 per cent OF the vlolators and 60 per
cent OF the assassins In Italy frequent
churches.
Chaplain brahms Is OF the opinion
that American criminals as a class are
different from the criminal classes OF
foreign countries. and that the causes
OF their crlminality are different He
says:
Careful inquiry conylnees me that
not one half Of per cent OF the total
prison population held actual member
ship In good standing with any church |
at the time Of commlttal 10 prison; |
and. as TO the habitual criminal. or
rlcidlylst, have never known such an |
instance"
Is II true. then, that American |
churches are so much more potent than
foreign churches In the matter OF re-
strainlng from crime those who come |
regularly under their influence?
Human BeiuEs Arc savages.
Lombroso declares that human be-
Ing is a savage universally at heart no
matter where he Is. Just as a dog is.
and that he has to be educated into
doellity and amenablity TO law. eren
into recognition that law FOR the
common government Of himself and
his neighbors is necessary. Naturally
he ls OF common type In his savage
ry. and, as the professor sees Il, not
different IN one place from what he Is
in another Il was simply the addlc-
ton OF some men TO peace and honesty
in the FIRST place which suggested the
difference between good and bad and
raised up a scale Of rewards for the
one and OF punlshments for the Others
and the men 80 afflicted by that first
touch Of morality were greatly In the
minority. Indeed. law was created In
the interests OF the minorlty-to pro
tect the intellectual from the muscular