The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-09
CRAZE FOR sENsATIoNALIssl.


Two cases are on trial in two wide
ly separated cities in which moro
than ordinary interest is shown by
the reading pnblic here and eBe-
elsewhere One Of these is that OF Dr.
Feist Of Nashville in which the people
OF Cairo have cause to feel special
concern. as the victim of the tragedy
was found here Tae Bulletin has ar
ranged to receive reports concerning
the case during the trial from day 40
day. The other is the Thaw trial in
New York. Taese two cases are SINH
lar in the demofalizatian which they
reveal, but they are widely different
IN the main fact. In the former there
is no admission Of guilt in the lato,
the main fact is confessed, with a
claim Of justification on technical
grounds.
So far as real merits are concerned.
the Feist case ought to be the more
interesting and fascinating of the TWO.
@r IL has, in marked degree. the most
tent elements to excite the public
mystery and denial of guilt.
the public does not seem to be 50
essed with these. 1t is evident 10
that the thirst for news is cen.
tered upon the Thaw case. here aud
in all other parts of the country. The
demand for the story may be Judged
from the fact that the news stands OF
this city were bare cf all metsopoli.
tan papers at a early hour yesterday
and not one OF hem was to be had.
People even called at The Bulletin
office for early reports Of yesterday
proceedings. The daily press must
meet this demand, or lose standing iu
the public mind as puryeyors of the
news; but it is not necessary that
they Should pst al the filthy details
into cold typc-Sumething might well
be left for the Imagination cr the uu
derstanding of the intelligent reader.
There is really nothing in the Thaw
case 10 justify this intense and wide.
spread interest, and the interest can
be accounted for only on the thcor,
that the political and industrial world /.
present nothing 30 thrill thc reader
in the way Of schemes or accidents. .
etc. There is no romance in the Thaw
case; there is no mystery 70 be-
solved. as in the Feist case. The pea- /
pie concerned in Il are not particular I
ly prominent. Few people out. ide OF
New York ever heard Of Stanford 4
White until he was murdered. From I
reports in the New York newspapers
he was a man of talent IN a certain I
line, but a reprobate IN character and 7
conduct. Who is Evelyn Thaw who
Is understood to have been the cause
Of the tragedy? She was a cheap
chorus girl of whose career before
hef marriage The least said the more
charitable. Her honeymoon and mar
led life offered 2 more approp-iaio
ield for the police than for the poet
Harry Thsw. tac murderer. eb9 is /
le? Wore than nothing. He had no
morally intellectually or
Iocially. He did nothing in public life.
fsb ing i~ business
70 Hdu DO DIoleSSlOn. lie was
, oung man aDout Town" lolfe-
rho sqnandered money earned by his
afher upon women 81 checkered ca
Gers anI 81 more or less questionable
eputaf ions. His life Va spent largely
n debancheTy. Mentally he was never
card Of except when his counsel be +
an the task II proving that h. was a
ictim Of emotional insanity. what
yer that may b. in the case OF a
Tealthy degenerate Who is irving ~ {
scape execution for committing q
lurdcr.
There BE- no doubt a. 20 uho shot
rhite How can such a murder csse {
2 called great undsS the light of
trzonsliiiss involved2 L 4 fust Z