The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-08-25
CHAPTER I'VE.
Thirty IMPORTANT WORDS.


prisoner prior TO ordering him to III
Sante prison Now the accused SHOW
cd furious anger.
Mark my words, Judge Hautevllle,
ne threatened fiercely. you have OF
: dered handouts put on a prisoner "a
The last Tine"
what do you meanY
But almost instantly Groener ha
become calm again.
"Groener." demanded the magls
trate imprcssively. we are coming f
an unpleasant part OF this cxamina
tion. II Is unpleasant because !
forces guilty person TO betray him
self aud reveal more or less OF the
truth TINT he tries TO hide"
The prisoner looked up incrcdulous
~ you say II forces him to betrly
hlmsclf?"
That's practically what II does"
"Whyg"
Because II you nre guilty we shall
know II and can go ON confidently
looking for certain links now missing
In the chain of evidence against you
On the other hand, II you are mno-
cent we shall know that, too, and If
you are innocent, Groener. here is your
chance to prove II. We make the ac-
cused register his own guilt or his
Ow innocence with his own words"
Whether he wishes TO or not?"
| The Judge opened a leather portfolio
! and selected several sheets of paper
ruled In squares Then he took out
/ his watch.
ION these sheets" he explained. an
Coqueui and have written down
about hundred words, simple. every
day words. most OF them. such as
house, music tree. baby that have
no particular Significance. Among
these words, however. we have intro
duced thirty that have some associa-
ton with this crime words like An
sonia, billiards. pistol shall speak
these words slowly. one by one. and
when l speak word | want you to
speak another word that my word sug-
gests. For example. If say tree you
might say 'sarden;' II say house
you might say chair or course you
are free 10 say any word you please.
but you will lind yourself irresistibly
drawn toward certain ones according
rs you are innocent or guilty.
For instance. Martinez. the Span
lard. was widely known as a billiard
player Now. If I should say billiard
player and you had no personal feel |
ing about Martinez you might easily. |
by association of ideas say Span |
lard but II you had killed Martinez
and wished to conceal your crime /
then when | said billiard player you
would not say 'Spuniard but would
choose some innocent word like table
or chalk That Is II crude Illustration,
but II may give you the idea"
And is that nll?" asked Groener, in
evident relief.
NO There is also the time taken
n choosing a word IL | say pen or
It may take you three-quar-
ters OF second to answer ink or
rain while Il may take another man
whose mind acts slowly second and
/ quarter or even more for his reply
lath person has his or her average
ime for the thought process, some
onger' some shorter, But that time
process Is always heightened after one
II the critical or emotional words
mean II the person Is guilty Thus
{ ! say 'Ansouia' Ca you and you are
ne murderer OF Martinez it Will take
.ou one or two or three seconds longer
han L would have taken IL You were
ot the murderer and spoke the FIRST
word that came to your tongue. Do
on scey
Il see" shrugged the prisoner. but
never would carry weight in a court
Z law"
"Never Is a long time" said the
ldge. "Wait ten years. We have
-onderful mental microscope here. and |
he world win learn to use IL. use !
now"
"Do you really think" Groener asked &