Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-14
TUESDAY, July n. 1914.
IS SIN A DISEASED

shade honest through an operation" IS
the head Of a late news item winch needs
must make the thoughtful person marvel
The paiier, was suffering troin the effects
of a piece OF broken bone re.iIg on Tho
brain. the strange result 81 wiif1 arl,cart
~ have been - peryert hl- natural en. =
OF honesty and make ~ him y thlcf.
After beng first puni- hcd w law Tor hi-
violation a the laws. he secame lnsund.
and then fell INTO the hands 81 the surgeon.
The broken bone was removed, and. "a and
behold, he was re cued from The Grasp 81
thes pirlt II eva winch had transformed
him into O thief. and restored as u proper
and law abiding frame No mind
Does tins indicate that lrLono~i,. n
stead OK being IA reality w..kclue q q.
fact merely evidence NJ n-aia. .iciaAgc
ment, merely u symptom "a 4 disease which
has perverted the victim and made hun
dishonest, when had he teen free al the
disease, he might have been al honest
mani The idea i not u uew one. for stu
dents III crimnologv hase advanced the
idea repeatedly With such 4 wonderful
example ~ prove the truth ot the theory
IN the present Instance, one cannot bat re-
fleet that. in time % come. Il may H. that.
instead ~ penItentiafics. Wc shah have
santana tor criminals. where. instead of
undergone punishment, they may hc treat
ed by a surgeon whose skill may restore
criminals 10 the world clothed Ia their
right minds and ready " begin over again
as righteous men
What q blessed thing that would ~ tor
mankind Too Wild dream probably AS
come true a. every Instance. II max b.
true that IA many Instance y criminal
tendency may result from some malforma
tion OF the interior 81 the Uranium. result
1rg IL incomplete ~ abnormal development
= some part Of the brain. but what oi
those too frequent eases laeuhSch the ah-
normal development by duc more ~ lcs. ~
tue effect on early surroundings. either to
evil teaching on 90 the lack uf correct
teaching 4 father 81 mother vino teaches
ms or her child ~ he, 81 setting the exam
pie, viii bring NJ i iar. despite the forma.
tion Of the child'~ brain The parent who
= himself guilty ~ ihicvIne, no matter N
what form, a IN very grave dnnecr of rear
ing Q son ~ daughter who will likewise be-
. thief
There AZ an "id story IT Y thief who.
when about o. be hAn"cd tor hi- crimes.
asked Tor the privilege ~ pcakinm 4 word
70 his mother When She was permitted tn
approach hmm. bending over her. the con
demned criminal seized one "a her ear.
INfurT.N. t4. t..tl ..l t4 .
The woman screamed with pam and fright.
and ihs officer rushed 90 her a~~i-tanr.
81 the same time q kline ihe wretch indi..
nantlv how H. could commit such W. w.,
rage against hI- own mother. lust ~ N.
was about to die. The convict replied.
Had thl~ woman punished me the first.
time ! ever stole. ! should never have be-
come a thlei. | -tulr 4 book III school and
took II home, and nm mother wa pleased
with tlie book and kept ~. instead a. pun
ishing ne aud rcqnrine mr 10 restore II a.
the owner From thai inne became a
thief, and ~, " responsible toda, Tor ~,
shameful death N fearful arcu-ation
but who shall saw 30 was not deserved
Possibly there may have been something
wrong with the hfam 81 that mother. and
perhaps. q surgical operation might nav.
saved her and h,r unhapp, .on from ~
and is awful consequence. hut Their. 49,.
sill many who wall hpli,ve that he .imnl,
had q bad heart. aud that he and her nn
were the tools ~ Satan. Perhaps theN are
night. yet u " more encouraging ~ those
who cherish hope tor vi. ultimate Good ~
all humankind to believe that evil A the