Semi-weekly herald., 1911-10-26
CRIMINALS Psychologist.

Recently in the little town of Ellis
worth, kas., William Snowman. his
wife and their three children, were
found butchered in their beds, a case
almost exactly parallel to the one at
Colorado Springs, month sgo, when
the Wayne and Burnham families
We're killed; the one at Monmouth, ILL.,.
nine days later. when William L. Daw.
son, his wife and their daughter we're
killed as they slept, and at Olathe.
has., ten month ago, when young
farmer, his aged mother and two hired
men were murdered
II one man is doing all this killing
his known victims now number eiph.
teen-four at Olathe, Kas.; three at
Monmouth, H.; six at Colorado
Springs, and five at Ellsworth. Kas.
One Man Surely
Responsible for Work
And there seems little room for
doubt that one man is doing all the
bloody work. His methods are al
ways similar-in three cases identi-
cal, even to the choice of weapon.
ne selects house, enters through the
htchen windows, and with an AK splits
thc heads Of his victims as thew lie
asleep. He must work in a very
frenzy of fury and excitement, for in
variaoiy he pounds and chops and
hammers at the faces until they have
iost all semblance This cannot be
because he fears resistance, for most
OF the victims have been children. and
presumably their parents were killed
hrst and the babies could not possi-
bly, resist or escape.
Detectives are more anf more of
the opinion that maniac is at large
gong about the country in innocent
guise, and at intervals satinp his
thirst for blood by killing, in the most
revoiting manner, whole families as =
they sleep. His insanity is indicated G
oy utter lack of motive in every case. :"
None OF his victims has ever been y
crimlnally assaulted; none of them =.
mas ever been robbed none of them ~,
mas ever been involved in auarrels. ~
thus laying foundation for mur- al
der out of revenge; and none of them "s
mas lett fortunes which could have :.
tempted anyone to kill them or an ns
inheritance. We
Yet there is possibility that each ss
sri'he mas been committed by diff ~ A.
lerent person. 1t is a well establish y"
ga TACT of Psychology that one deed. Wv
wnetnor OF heroism or crime, inspires o..
others to similar deeds; and it NAV ~.
De that persons hitherto innocent NJ We,
crime, but morally or mentally weak -. ~"
nave read the details of the Colorado '"'
springs murders and are imitat;no -"
hat crime, each successive murder ;n SUI
piring others. 'pa
.ack of Motive ere
n Each Crime Out
IN their similarity to each other Np
no In their lack of motive. these e'
iurders are very similar to the ones :,
ommitted in Denver a little mora
nan ten years ago. In six months nas. @
III women were struck down on the 49,.
reefs OF Denver at night. In each =.
Use the assassin used bludeeon- -
some cases, and perhaps in all. n r. r.
OK handle. He struck only women
Ver attempted criminal assault S
yer robbed them, and never loft ms
w. Three of his victims died in year
oays' some were MANNED for if. ,
All were terribly injured And
yer was any motive established "esi
me murders ceased when tho ~ CESS
drove from the city one Alhar. met
wan, against ,vbo,, .,ioert appr,
convlcting evidence, He was % sepa'
lerer from brain tumor, caused 80 80
oiood disease. and had a prpdga par a'
inst all women, OF an
'hother group of crimes which =. VI mi
ted prrat ,..o,,t: "'ien at minet
never been solved was commit ,,a
IN Denver in 1898, Three women ;.y
waeLs x,are 'n'e' ''ais Oh uals,
IN their rooms on Market stree. -
8 room, ,ftor d..,s "e"o - 'he terpri
away left behind him a pir, - ~ ~
ngled TO death With towel twist, Az
bout her throat. ~ .ne
,.,,s.a ana - .s; es"' s " con- Rxpen
are divided in opinion as to J.,
a.rs ~ ,,h..h.s ~ 60 "'' .'e 10 per
-, ~, ;o.,.,,.,. so o"' NJ some
IA - ,.ss, - -. oi ieVenge' kept i
' ''e "''h'- any Il
- I much
49, cessat
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