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Attempted Assassination OF
lCol. Roosevelt Arouses.
Criminologists.
WOULD COLLECT DATA
Bill Will Be Brought Before Congress
Which Provides For Govern.
ment Investigation.
(By Sydney Espey)

winch esIOllOWeQ the ASSASSINATION OF
President Mckinley, may result from
the recent attempt to murder Colonel
Roosevelt. Among the proposed meas
ures to deal with crime more scienti-
fically than heretofore the most COM
prehensive some students of the SUBJ
ject may say, is hiatt of Arthur Mac
Donald, of this city, who calls himself
a social pathologist.'' Mr.. MacDon-
aid is the author of Senate document
and he was elected honorary presi-
dent of the Third International Coli
gress on Criminal Anthropology.
He has appeared before COMPRESSION
al committees, state legislatures ana
municipal authorities, in behalf of a
proposed law prepared by him, the
title of which is "a Bill to Establish
Laboratory for the Study of the Grim
-inal, Pauper and Defective Classes
Scientific Investigation.
The bill, which again will be-
brought to the attention of Congress-
at the coming short session, provides
for the collection Of, sociological and
pathological data, especially such as
may be found in hospitals, Insane
asylums and penal Institutions. The
data is to be gathered, according to
Mr.. Macdonald plan, uncer the
supervision of the director of the
laboratory, who will be assisted by a
psychologist and other subordinates
Mr.. Macdonald believes that when
any one sends to the president of the
United States, the Governor of a
state, the mayor of city, or any
prominent citizen, threatening letters,
or repeatedly utters threatening
words, or attempts to injure public
officials or prominent men, or is I'M
reasonably insistent in demanding to
see them personally, such. individual
should be detained until he has been
thoroughly studied by scientific ex-
perts in criminal anthropology anI
psychology.
The examination of suspects, he be-
lieves should be conducted somewhat
as follows: ~
First-The necessary measurements
of head and body should be made, in
accordance with the requirements of
theescience of anthropology.
Second-There should be psyche
physical study of the suspect, includ-
ing careful measurements Of the
senses.
Third-All possible information
should be collected concerning the re-
cent companions and surroundings OF
the suspect; his life should be traced
back to childhood, and, when RECORDS
are available the history Of his family
should be examined for several gener-
atoms.
= Fourth-An exhaustive study Of liv-
ing blood relatives of the suspect, par
ticularly for signs of physical, mental
and moral defects.
Mr.. MacDOnAldS views.
"Just as physical disease have been
prevented or greatly lessened by de-
tailed. patient study of the. habits and
behavior Of the bacilli causing them"
says Mr.. Macdonald, $50 human patho-
social bacilli must likewise be investi-
gated. Until this is done, no lessen
ing or prevention of such untoward
events as the attempt on Colonel
Roosevelt's life can be expected.
ssBy patient study he continues,
"of- these dangerous, unbalanced and
often illusiored, persons, who may be
called mattoids, their eccentricities
and peculior behavior under different
conditions of life can be determined to
such an extent that we shall be able
to detect them in advance. At pres
ent it is almost impossible to do this
because of the little or no knowledge
concerning them. This STATE Of our
ignorance is due to want of systematic
scientific investigation. as
millions of dollars are annually
expended by our government for the.
scientific investigation OF the ante
cedents, pecu liarities and behavior OF
some little bacillus which causes the
death of plants or animals, but little
or nothing is given for similar study
of the larger human bacillus which
has caused this country to suffer
losses beyond ejaculation
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