The sun., 1908-12-20
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TWO PRIESTS UNEARTH PRE-
historic HUMAN SKELETON.
Lowest Type OF Man Probably Walked on
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tiee shown In steinheil Case-U. q.
Flag as sign OF Religious Liberty.

Lowest Type OF Man Probably walked on
All F0urs-Vagaries OF French Jus.
tiee shown In Steinheil Case-U. d.
FIiS a. sign OF Religious Aberty.
Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN
PARISH lo.-It seems almost a para
dox that two priests should have dis
covered the latest confirmation Of Dar-
wins theory that man was not created as
the Bible tells but is an evolution from an
animal The skull, part OF the pelvis and
limbs as we'll as several vertebr@ and ribs
OF prehistoric man were found by them
in a cavern in the Department OF Correze
lying in a shallow trench three yards
from the entry, the soil at the same level
being without fossil remains, while the
soil above contained the remains Of the
rhinoceros, reindeer, hyena and wolf.
The fragmentary skeleton discovered
by the priests was lying on it's side, with
the legs folded toward the body. It ap-
pears to have been buried and beside II
was the hind foot Of some large bovide,
which seems to have been placed there
as IL for food for the dead. The age Of
the man at the time Of death was probably
over so. The thigh bones were curved
in, and IL is believed that this member OF
the human species moved on all fours.
One thing that bridges over the centti-
ries that have passed since the owner of
these bones lived is that they show their
owner suffered from rheumatism. The
remains are certainly those Of a man.
but they are of the lowest type Of fossilized
man yet discovered, II the anthropoid
apes are placed at one end Of the scale
and man at the other, between them comes
the pithecanthropus, which is near the
former, while the newly found specimen
! Is nearer man without losing touch with
the pithecanthropus.
The French method of inquiring into
crime may be excellent, but it leaves
the public at the mercy Of ingenious
journalists Magistrate Andre has ex-
amined Mime. Steinheil. who is sus-
pected Of completely in the murder Of
her husband and who is also mixed up
in the sudden doath of President Faure.
alone during seven long interrogations
and he is now confronting her with other
witnesses. Nobody is present at these
hearings except the magistrate and his
clerk and the woman's lawyers, and,
owing to strict orders received from
the Minister of Justice, none OF these
says word about what has occurred.
But as the mystery engrosses the public
even more than a serial story which has
hitherto been the chief attraction in a
French newspaper. the reporters meet
each evening and decide on what lines the
days examinations are most likely TO have
followed. In this way they fill their
two or three columns often with what
is supposed to be verbatim report.
| In the meantime discussion is going
on as to whether Nine. Steinheil ought
to be hypnotized in order that the truth
might be dragged from her. Dr. voisin
thinks that results might be obtained.
but he believes the method would be
illegal. He says: you have no right
thus to scrutinize another's conscience.
On the contrary your duty is to leave to
the accused the greatest liberty OF action
for self-defeDce.'
DR.. Babinsky. one Of Prof, Charcotrs
fayorite pupils. says that hypnotism 10 this
case would be useless. To use 1t in q
judicial matter IL would be necessary to
have some signs to distinguish between
genuine hypnotic sleep and the simulated
article. Signs characterizing the hyp-
motto state can easily be reproduced by
stimulation.
The police have added Esperanto to the
languages they are studying. Officers
whose duties take them abroad infollow-
ing criminals are particularly interested
in this study.
The Isthmian Canal Commission having
finished its work. Mr.. Leroy Park. the
American agent Of the War Department.
who has been looking into the matter
here. sailed to-day on the steamer
Touraine from Cherbourg. He carries
many documents to Washington.
During the debate in the Senate to-day