The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27


derers should go unpunished?"
No; perhaps that would not be :
wise course. But to me it seems thu,
the arrest. conviction and hanging of ;
specified murderer are matters OF alb
solutely no Importance and of no effect
Ia aDatlng the tendency toward crime
Which is such conspicuous cllarac
teristic of mankind AS l limited
awhile ago, when you said that Wen,
TOO deep Ter you, can almost believe
that 1t is CT more utility to study the
causes Which have made g given crime
possible than to capture and kill tic
criminal. We think that we have thus
got rid of him. We have put him away,
out OF the world. We have ended his
career. An. But have we? Can we
be sure that his crime will not breed
another crime as direct sequence to
the one for which he is punished? Ans.
do we know whether his punishment
Will advance or check the tendency
toward crime which he has left as a
heritage to his offspring? These are
questions of more interest to me. Mr..
Barnes. than the killing of the man
who killed Mr. Nora
But surely must repeat" said Mr..
Barnes. you would not advise that
crimes should go unpunished?"
Perhaps l might when l am wiser.
you know" Mr.. Mitchell laughed and
once again abruptly changed the sub
ject. However, Mr.. Barnes, since YOU
frown SO upon me l will lend you my
assistance
You will?" exclaimed Mr.. Barnes
eagerly.
II will, and there's my hand ont
as the song says. No! No! No thanks
are necessary. Who knows? As |
said before. perhaps your affair may
be connected with mine. after all, in
which case I would but be advancing
my own interests in aiding YOU
do you mean that you have found
some connection between the killing of
Mr.. Mora and''-
Perhaps! only say perhaps. Do
not press me to commit myself fur
ther. And now give me "a hours in
which to study the case. will you?'
Mr.. Barnes accepted the hint to 60.
and after cordially thanking Mr..
Mitchell for his promised assistance he
went away lighter hearted. With Mr..
Mitchell cooperating he thought that
only a few days would be needed to
bring him to the truth
After his departure Mr.. Mitchell took
up the newspaper, intending to read
over the report of the inquest when
his eye rested upon headline in the
next column. which caused him to read
the following:
BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A CHILD.
The Metropolitan Founding society
have just had their attention drawn to
a case which is peculiarly monstrous
III its cruelty. 1t appears that one of
their agents on his regular tour through
the east side was notified by the police
man on duty that baby had been
abandoned near by. Upon investiga
ton the agent found that row of ten
ements backed upon a small burial
ground which. of course, had not been
used for lnterments for many wears
and is therefore rarely opened. Into
this graveyard some iend had thrown
a girl baby, about Il year old, and there
left 1t, in a fitting place to starve to
death. The infant when discovered
was entirely naked, SO that there was
nothing about it which could serve as
means of identification INQUIRY
among the inhabitants of the tene
ments elected the fact that for four
days the child had been seen crawling
about in the grass, playing among the
headstones, yet no one had found time
TO investigate the affair, though some
one had thrown bits of bread and
crackers to the poor little baby, which
1t ravenously seized upon and devour
ed. 10 those living in up town streets.
dwelling in comfortable if not luxuri
Gus homes it may seem incredible that
TINS infant could be thus left for so |
many DAYS With no one to go to its res
cue. But these poor folks are them /
selves nigh starvation. working long.
dfeary hours under the killing intlu-
ehces of the dread sweatshop. with |
masters correcting them for mo-
lhent ldleneSS. Such as these have
their better feelings dulled; such as
paDy this waif might be or whether.
after all. it may not have belonged TO
some one near by who would claim If
before nightfall. Indeed the wonder is
that such as these even had the thought
to throw food to the little one creep;nr
about in the grass. But the horror is
llat any human being could abaudon n
enid to such Il fate as only chance
saved this tot from suffering. The
1ehd should be found and punished"
Ah yes. said Mr.. Mitchell layinr
ASIDE his paper-"found and punished,
Iha1 is the final. the only, way that
society has of disposing of such cases.
VIZ. barnes would approve. And What
u the next case? Why. the same treat
hent, of course--arrest and punish
'ut the reporter here has lifted n cor
ler OF the veil and given us a glimpse
" the sweatshop. There thew are man
llactullnE coats. Are they making
INVITING else?' He took up the paper
md read the article through once more.
md as he put it down he exclainled:
H., l.