Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-26
BROTHER OF
STUDZINSKI
He Writes From San Francisco in Re
gard to the Latest Developments
in the Murder Case.
HE SHOWS NO viNoIcTIveNEs.
Regrets That So Young a Man Should
be Capable Of Such an Afro.
cious Crime.

er of the murdered man, who is {
jeweler having an establishment OF
Pine street, in San Francisco, acknowl
edging the receipt of the particulars
regarding the arrest of James Sher
man and his confession The write,
expresses much regret that one sc
young should be capable of SO terri
| bic crime. He does not show spec
ial vindictiveness against the prison
er, but says that for the safety of the
community, he hopes Sherman will
never again be at liberty or have the
opportunity to commit another crime
His brother gives some instructions
with regard to the property of the de.
ceased.
The full confession made by Sher-
man short time ago has been freely
commented upon by nearly all the pa.
pers of the state, and some of these
expressions are given herewith.
A Terrific Arraignment.
The following terrific arraignment
OF the young criminal is from the edi-
torial columns of the Helena Inde-
pendent:
IF the reported crimes and confess
slons of young James Sherman, Of
Lewlstown, are true, he will occupy
place amongst the most sinister ex-
amples of degeneracy in American
crlminology. That he should have re-
trograded into a murderer, a drunk
ard "a gambler or a thief is not un-
precedented even for a man of his
good parentage and excellent nurture
That he should, as he declares. crowd
all OF these qualities and crimes into
his brief career since the close of his
school days, almost surpases belief.
His father and mother are hon.
est, gentle. God-fearing people. They
are shocked almost into unreason by
the mOnstrous disclosures of their boy.
Report says that he was model stu
dent of many amiable and even bril-.
liant native gifts. He stood well in
the community. He gambled, frequent
ed bad resorts and kept evil COM
pany But it was hoped that he would
outlive failings peculiar to youth and
recklessness The manner of his
murder of Studzinski, as described by
himself, stamps Sherman as Grim
inal of exceptional ferocity. The old
Jew had been his friend. The boy
came as such, spoke fairly and friend.
ly, and then slew his victim from
behind.
"His first confession resulted in
the arrest of there innocent men. The
wanton villany which prompted the
boy to befoul the good name of Dr.
Long labels the culprit as a pervert
or the most diabolical bent. The
boys assertion that gambling has
plunged him into this cesspool of con-
glomerate crime is far from a salts.
factory explanation of his complex
deviltry. The cities are crowded with
depraved young men who fatuously
persist in going to the devil by one
route or another. There are few cases
of record in which juvenile criminals
practice so many forms of the most
heinOus crime at one and the same
time.
III MS past utterances are to be con-
'idered as a gauge of future confess |
slons, Sherman is apt to continue ly-
ing until the hangmans moose silen-
ces his tongue forever. 1t is almost
impossible to pity him since he lacks |
even that tentative consideration for
strangers who never wrOnged him
nat is common to the average male
actor. 1t is not likely that he could
give any coherent reason for slander-
ng DIR. Long. He has given no rea-
'onable explanation of the killing of
Studzinsh. Indeed he is said to have
enough money secreted to repay the
yictims of several robberies, and he
wen offers to make restitution. He
ays he doesn't want to die with the
II will of anybody.
THE boy seems to be a mental as
veil as moral pervert. The obli-
|ulty or his utterances are divergent
rom the obliquity of his morals. He
peaks of good will and lies his in
ocent fellowmen into prison. He
ays he loves his parents and he
GEMS to persist in living, as well as
ttering, lies II the boy had not guild
d the police to his hidden plunder.
n alienist might suspect that Sher-
ian is even lying about his own guilt
1 the murder. Neurotics have been
nown to confess and even to suffer {
Or crimes of which they We're guilt
,ss, nor is it certain that such de-
eneracy as that manifested by Sher.
ian is not a sort Of insanity which ;
rutaliZes without destroying the
ormal faculties of the mind"
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