Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
CHAPTER Vlil.-Continued

Howard was at no time an athlete,
and now, contrasted with the burly
policeman, a colossus in strength, he
seemed like a puny boy. His cringing,
frightened attitude, as he looked up in
the captains bulldog face, was pathet.
ic. The crowd of bystanders could hard
ly contain their eagerness to take in
every detail of the dramatic situation.
The prisoner was sober by this time,
and thoroughly alarmed.
What do you want me for?" he
cried. 81 haven't done anything. The
mans dead, but | didn't kill him"
Shut your mouth" growled the
captain
Dragging Howard after him, he
made his way to the elevator. Throw
ing his prisoner into the cage, he
turned to give orders to his subord-
inate
'iMaloney, you come with me and
bring Officer Delaney" Addressing the
other men, he said: You other fellers
look after things down here. Don't
let any of these people come upstairs"
Then, turning to the elevator boy, he
gave the commando up with her"
The elevator, with It's passengers,
shot upward, stopped with jerk at
the fourteenth floor, and the captain,
once more laying a brutal hand on
Howard. pushed him out into the cor
ridor.
II it could be said OF Capt. Clinton
that he had any system at all, it was
10 be as brutal as possible with every
tgiy unlucky enough to fall into his
hands. Instead of regarding his pris-
oners as innocent until found guilty,
as they are Justly entitled to be re-
garGed under the law, he took the di-
reCtly opposite stand. He considered
all his prisoners as guilty as hell until
they had succeeded in proving them
selves innocent Even then Ee had
his doubts When a jury brought in
q verdict of acquittal he shook his
head and growled. He had the great
est contempt for a jury that would ac-
quit and the warmest regard for jury
which convicted He bullied and NAL.
treated his prisoners because he firm
~ believed In undermining their NOR
al and physical resistance When by
depriving them of sleep and food. by
choking them. clubbing them and
frightening them he had reduced
them 10 a state OF nervous terror. to
the border of physical collapse, he
knew by experience that they would
no longer be in condition To withstand
his merciless cross-eXaminations De.
moraliZed, unstrung. they would blurt
out the truth and so convict them.
selves. The ends Of Justice would thus
b. served
Capt. Clinton prided himself on the
thorough manner In which he conduct.
ed these examinations of persons un.
der arrest. II was laborious ordeal
but always successful. lie owed his
present position IN the force TO the
HEill with which he broWbeat his pris.
onerH into confessions" with his
third degree" seunces ne arrived al
results better and more quickly than
IN any other way, Al his convictions
had been secured BIS them. The press
and meldiiug husybodlss called his
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