The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-19
IE ANGELES CAPTAIN OF
POLICE DISCUSSES PLAY
4. Says Conditions De
,;e,ed in Third Degree"
Are Not Inaccurate, and
Justify "Police Logic"
", Yohe Bursts Forth
With the Announce
men, of a World Tour in
Vaudeville.

RECENT Les Angeles paper
a hriags 70 hand a comment
Il "a TIE PLAY, The Third ne.
~ wAleh the newspaper In
mssilon obtained from Police
Sssa.n Charles Lehnhauser. Of
n las Angeles police force, dur
- .he run 81 the play IN that
~ Il It's admissions the article
Il scene respects startling and
! veali b. inseresting 10 know
A. poslce chief approved of IL
49, ~ had seen ID in print This
An rart What the officer told
y pareF
rIAls particular form OF the so.
and fklra degree Is exaggerated.
II ons Is that Il presents hypno.
a<as-cF suggestiou-a the final
~ effective element IN procuring
ulies rssalss. Without that Phase
4 Il ske scene would not b. carry.
IL lae assertion Of actual prac.
tess toa far. The wearing cut OF
~ wimner (Jeffries. Jrl By con.
a:mm and repeated questioning
b assn hours IS more or less
~ 10 life. That the condition 81
es risoner n the time this ques-
-zr< h<giEz Is net considered
Ii AcugA apparent enough 90.
y &eerx, Il also more or less a
zlthi portrayal q fact. The
sHaxs policeman uses police logic
dstsFnsinlnE case Tie judges
fasshleas from what he hears
aAcsi lhem. he Is confronted often.
= Ia thss play. BY a case In which
i><re Is eircumst1ntiai evidence OF
y gailt Of the prisoner. but no
prina facie evidence. In such
eases the third deErse must be
rsscrted 10. 4 appears. and II a
prisoner u IN tbs coalition physi.
ezIly ard mentally that the
prisoner IN tails drama Is In. be-
faddisd BY liquor. weTn out. nerv.
1ns' be sould break down aud his
Esstiuner could easily pat words
- BIZ mosfa that would appear
~ q confsssioa.
he enc big police scene in The
lz.ss Degree does not depict good
rEs Errk bur occasionally some
s''x.'s 90 80 10 such extremes.
tn saiarai assumption of the
ss4xs y fhat II the prisoner Ia
CT h sill confess under pres
srs ss1sAl or physical, or both
nj 1<fe have been eases where
= @<s;lnning has been kept VI
/ n III and nights at a stretch
yssaH aIHuwing the prisoner a
nsesfs rest or sleep. 50 finally
k3so tired that he is apt e
>f1l gritty. regardless or uacOn-
fsN 3, the consequences. just 10
=. namsnts rest.
Aaf Yst sometimes this method
& s1'AlaiEg a confession IL sgindi-
cd Take the famosts Sclby
szslisr thsft al San Francisco. for
hs:z1es The only evidence
lzzlEs TIE suspect was the find.
NJ q cap which fitted him
'sss b. that Was the only direct
n'ssnee: possibly. though there
ssse suspicious circumstances
asas from that. Now. the cap
Fea'd iass fitted a thousand men
2 San Ffsaelsco. Of course. They
snsssionsd the prisoner unceas-
ksly ard asked him the same ques-
tols repeatedly for six days and
z'shis arc finally he not only
e'Aiessea bat led the police TO the
i''sf and showed them where be
- no The stolen bullion.
N me Third Degree II will be
if<ed that young Jeffries him.
II Finishes The police with a
sasoIJ b stating that he came to
supposed murdered mans
.'ss . borrow money Of him. The
49, Of money In a case OF
80 20 often supplies a wrong
sasias'ou for the police TO work
: 4 police officer watching this
- soaid say TO himself at this
.sls'sllar iuncture Of Il. The
'gsa has got himself into
= s.sals right here: It's al OF with