The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-10


I'll With the nose under suspicion, as It !
were, an entertaining series Of specu--3s
lations Is afforded the observer He
wonders what his own nose says bout
him, and he finds himself studying the.
evidence outlined Id the noses Of
others. ut
q Science accepts the human nose as
q truthful witness, with TESTING ny for
or against its owner. n ri d E .{s
August brahms, resid lent chaplain sof
the State Prison at San Quentin, Cali
fornia, has 5expounded this interesting
theory, with volumino nous tatistical
reasons to Justify It, in . book called
:aThe Criminal; y "a SCIENTIFIC Stud y
which is just now attracting the att
tention Of the entire scientific world. j
Says brahms, in the San Francisco !,
Examiner, concerning the nose, the 4
feature which, In his opinion, is ma
lures sign Of warning when she would
reveal the true character Of man or
woman: EST 81 ii: as. SS#.E .
Criminal Noses. S9lsS5 \
The nasal indices in normals are
less than those Of criminals. Il The
nose, generally recti linear, large, and
frequently crooked or mali formed with
large wings and orifces. sometimes
undulating and with uplifting base, IS
peculiar to them Among habituaI
criminals T found, upon examination
A per cent possessed noses deviating
to one side or uniformed; among
thieves, 46 per cent crooked, and
among homicides. AZ per cent. ON
broso found rs per cent crooked noses
among female offenders; fat noses, 40
per cent in normals: 10 per cent in
homicides and 20 per cent in thieves.
Malformat lions are doubtless largely
due through accident, attributable to
their wandering habits. drunken
brawls and general recklessness.,, e
Compare the criminal nose above
with the others shown and then carry
your studies into the street. You will
find the study fascinating and there
will be much to startle the keen OBJ
server. The criminal nose here given
is q composite from the photographs
OF half a dozen confirmed criminals,
men who are vicious not by accident
but from deliberate choice and be-
cause they have brites blood III their
veins. The clerical nose is that Of
the Rev. DR.. Mackenzie. The poetic
nose is that Of Edwin Markh ham. The
moneyed man is Daniel Meyer. 4 Judge
North, Of San Francisco, represents
the judicial type and the Governor Of
California serves to illustrate the poll
.tician. The athlete is 8 Lanky Bob
Fftzsimmons and the actor is a compo-
site type. s3s n. ..s ~. b /, I. I.
Chaplain brahms is an interesting
teacher on the subject of criminals in
their variety. Learn Of him If, you
would pick your criminal from among
his fellow creatures. He. has studied
to such excellent purpose that the pub:
lished results Of his researches will be
placed alongside authorities on crin-
inology. ~ ...s i. ST 81 I'm
Startling Statement. # .s
I "A startling statement, which will es-
pecially interest the layman, is 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
es do not contribute to crime.
Lombroso, the great Italian GRIM
inologist, upon this point states that
81 per cent Of the violators and Sc per
cent Of the assassins in Italy frequent
churches. q. 52t
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 criminality are different. He
says: l3a.sS
Y Careful inquiry conYinces me that
not one half Of 4 per cent Of the total.
prison population held actual member
ship in good standing with any church
at the time OF committal to prison.
and, as to the habitualS criminal. OF,
.ricidiYist, IshaYe never known such an
Instance t4ss
f# Is it true. then, that American.
churches are so much more potent than
foreign churches in the matter Of res
5straining from crime those who come;
regularly under their influence?
Human Beings Are sayages.
Lombroso declares that a human be-
ing Is a savage uni ersally at heart no
matter where he is Just ,as q dog is,
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