The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-02
family trait. whatever that trait may

family trait. whatever that trait may
be.
In his discussion Of the care Of
these unfortunates he divides them
into three classes. ss4, va
First the adult idiot whose men
tai development at Its greatest point
will not exceed that OF a child Of two
years or younger.
Second, the individual whose mem
tai development will never advance,
beyond that attained by child rang
ing in age from three to seven years.
and known as an imbecile.
Third, the adult individual with
the mind Of a child Of twelve years.
Dealing with the first class is
largely a financial problem, which
the speaker says. Should be humane
~. wisely and economically handled"
Further he declares the problem of
dealing with the imbecile does not
present the same perplexities as that
of dealing with the less pronounced
type of idiot. In this connection he
says:
The third class, sometimes re-
ferred to as feeble minded, or as a
moron, Is less understood by the
laity than the idiot and the imbecile
and 1t has only been in the last few
years that those slightly detective
have been seriously considered.
The first and the second class are
easily recognized and may be prop
erly cared for. The profound men,
tai impairment is by comparison with
the moron an advantage to society.
He, the idiot, can not plan offenses
against his neighbors and in the adj
yanced stages OF idiocy he is not ant
to procreate.
How different is this with the more
developed mental faculties Of the,
moron whose morals are usually,
warped. He may plan, he may travel
the land by day and by night, prop
ogating his kind and doing acts OF
violence. 5:
There is one element that may
keep him from violence, and that is
as a usual thing the moron Is lido
lent, but there are many exceptions
to this. 1t has been forcibly stated
that every moron is a potential GRIM
inal, as he lacks the understanding
of right and wrong and has not the
power OF self control.
The individual as an adult who is
deficient in these essential factors
to moral life will or will not become
criminal dependent upon tempera-
ment and environment.
The feeble minded unless assist
ed by family or friends, tends to be-
come pauper. However. paupers
and ne'er-do-wells are not in this
class from choice but because they
have not the ability to improve their
condition. ] imagine that under con-
ditions of life less complex, these
people would have been at much bet
ter advantage by comparison with the
normal person that today when our.
twentieth century ideas and usages
are 90 complicated.
The, moron furnishes type Of
mentality that Is truly perplexing.
It has been estimated that from twen-
ty-fve per cent to fifty per cent of
the population of various peniten-
taries belong to this class, and usu-
ally the ne'er-do-wells, thieves, pros
ututes and criminals also belong to
the same class !.
After a continuation OF his dis
cussion Of idiotic types or classes,
among which he mentions the idiot
savant, or the defective with an es-
pecial talent in some one direction,
he says: 8 81 4, {
As matter Of convenience we
will now divide the detectives into
two great classes first. the born,
who are now living among tis, and
second, the unborn, who are yet to
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