Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-30

HARIS. Nov. 21.---Many years ago an
y irrayeiant quiz sent Iavater the
1 east of great man labeled as be-
inc that OF a notorious criminal ana in
euiogigtic terms requested the favor
of she Swiss savauts opinion. LaNater,
who was the chief exponent OF the
anthropological theories of that perio -
promptly discovered that the great man
had Sims and bumps of criminality
sufficient To hang "a hundred Jailbirds.
When the Joke leaked out learned
Europe was conVulsed with laughter AT
poor Lavater's expense
The recent discontinue OF frot'
Cceare LombrOso, the famous ltahan'
whose name stands for an that Is mod
ern and up-to-datc in the theory OF
criminalism. was, II possible. more
paipfu, stiu In order TO understand
the Significance OF the incident ana 10
see how much light II appears 10 throw
on the subject 81 p0lmistry, u VIII De
worth while TO give here more detaus
Of the story Of Prof. Bombroso's un-
fortunate discovery than appeared IN
the press dispatches.
When a man named Soleilland was
arrested last spring charged Win XIII
ing a little girl IN circumstances or
unspeakable horror Paris newspaper
printed a reproduction OF TWO nahos
which IL declared 20 be those oi the as
sassin. Months passed by soieilland
was duly tried, found guilty ana sem
fenced To tho cuillotlne and the op-
p0nents Of capital punishment began
10 bcsur themselves.
HIS VERDICT
one of the latter. I'm the fervor OF the
cause. bcthought himself of Prof. Lom-
br0so. and IN the innocence OF his
heart sent the photograph OF Soleil-
lands hands 10 the illustriOus Grimm
alist. who presently wrote to- the
Temps. the leading French evening pa
per the following letter;
"frO the Director of che Tpmue
Having received the photographs u
Soicill md hands. have 'ac0ulred the
conviction hat i'm spite OF an the learn
ed Observations already made science
has not. vet pronounced its last word
on him. The right hand presents al
together the ASPECT OF what In, ncYro-
pathology Is termed apes hand, that
is 10 say. IL possesses the atrOphy OF
tho hypotonary In other words. us
subitnl margin. instead Of being slight
Ia convex is absolutely rcCtllliuear
and in the direct prolongauon 81 the
forearm.
"Bcsides. the transversal limos of his
palm. instead Of being ohiQuo and two
horizontal line. such as NJ. Corusf and
myself have observed among thc lower
apes and most cpileptiCa, idiots ANA
born criminals. There are other pccul-
iarltirs The little finger 81 wide apart
from the others. al in the cnse az the
apcs aud the length of tho middle
finger BE- tho same AZ that 81 the ring
finger. The loft hand larger than tHr
0thor g. Ou the contrary. perfectly
normal ana offers mo- bccuiiaritv
"In the only member ol 6OI4liaud' H
body. therefore. that ! have had. am
opporlunity Of examining frfmmetry
A. united with the chromatic asymmot-
nv previously noted in tho iris war;
rnnta Tho assumption OF other asym-
uictrics In the thorhN ana head. etc
"T0 grasp the importance OF these
anomalies Il rs wen 40 bear bon mind that
have found in the born criminal am
rplIcptic. of which De tsoleillaudl Dol "a
variety NOT only am ataMc but also
ID patholoriral foundation. nnding cN-
prcssiOn especially in excessive asyu-
iu.try ~ ls aH though several iudNid-
uaIs bad hocu melted down into one
single Individual for The misfortune nf
hunauity All this should make us re-
fleet before uronouncing "a final iudg-
mont 1n soiri'and.
"CEsARE LOMBROsO q"
Th masters words we're read with
awe ln tine city of Light ana duly trle-
graphed 10 ali parts OF tho world Neod-
Us to my the ro-soloillandlHts were
delighted for they read therein the
strongest argument ngHinnt tho eKtCu-
ton of the death sentence
A day or Two later "a morning daily
the gclair appeared with a mighty
headline. ia Cafe de Lomhroso
uombroso's Blunderl, and as sub-head