Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08

M "a dent you were picked 30 by the
%M a police a. suspected murderer
y ~A\ innsmuch you would have 40
acquaintance. II would be very
hard fOf you 10 prove M nllbi
80 likely ~ not me police being qnife ns eoeer
&" give evidence Of their nierluess by securing
CONVICTION rs 70 get 40 the truth and secure jus
degree" ''''"
According 10 writer tn the New York TIeroid
YIN 20" thfd degree the public is well acqualnt
~ through short Stories articles. novels and ,ha
"'A''n hsf there has developed OF recent yeors
'sHi more grizzly nerve rackinF more crush.
ms ana reienflcss-the "siicnt third deerees-
~ ''V N'udy Or which pcnoiogists ana psyehoio-
H'eiS Hre giving much time ana tbonehf Ia ~
.'ian'an 81 some n is more unjust Than the Older
i"fia ~ bullying questioning Others declare
'n"' Fl" u true iesi-one which wrings the truth
from The snhiec more certainly than an the opes
'"nns ." me world and be goes on to explain
~" me silent third degree works.
The Mchsmara Case
'ne ~ ihc most notable sn.ea Of the nract,co
"' ihs Hilfni third degree was Ia the Los Anee-
'fN iiinea dSnnnlfinR case. james H. Mcnamara
WIS np trial The prosecution had developed
r'''''F ense against hlin but the mans nerve
WHH Wonderful
u WIS Samuel l.. firowne. chief OF the Los An.
fee. "ef" service bureau. who directed the
sFueine daily presentation of witnesses who
si"kf not nor were spoken TO- but who merely
h'fd iHio the court room. cnught the eve OF ] n
M'NAinnfn' shot him glance 81 recognition and
men "aducsiioned by counsel FOR either side. ieft
fhe roout Wv
Women WITH whom Mcnamara hoa .s.oc,,,.a
h"'rl clerks Who hnd seen him register under
thi-r hhmeH cabincn who had driven him 10
places where detectives commended be had met
irl'" consp'rniors In the dynamite plot-nil
'hesr we're marshnled by the secret service men
ana nnrnded before the prisoner
AlkinfY. rgnfaflruIfV afp,,sf 90. a. Ia.
ing picture film sach step In the accused dyna-
mit'rs Journey from indianapolis 10 Los Angeles
each stage ~ development % the plot was called
60 hls mind and whit wns worse there was the
suggestion thnt the prosecution knew all Every
ZINE three or four Witnesses who J. T. Mcnamara
knew could testify damarlnely against him en-
tered The courtroom and bowed to him In recoe.
mfion the thought crushlngly impressed mon
h's mind mat another step IN hts career was
known
one ~ these silel. Witnesses wns The mall clerk
who had time and aRnin handed mail 10 McNn.
mnrn 20 ihe general delivery window and bna
kn"Hn hfn as , u bryce. Imagine the eject on
the guilty man when he saw that the mall clerk
recognized him.
fheic we're enburn who had driven McNamara
about ond one % them had quarreied with him.
Finally @ woman. plain and rather STABILITY
dressed white and timld wus ushercd into the
courtroom She sai in one % the frons seats and
CARED at q Mcnamara
How the silent Third Degree Works.
Tint woman he'd Sold him wrapping paper IN
hrf store nnd 10 her presence he had wrapped
sticks ~ dtnalults 10 H.
A. ihe supreme test me crushing denouement
McNnmHra was confronted by the last living pcr.
SON who had scen him before the dynamite OK.
plosipn. It wis The bartender who had sold McNa.
nHra drink iust before be slipped through the
swinging door of the saloon hack into Ink alley
and piared the dynamite which destroyed -
lives
-iu fr'i yau what This silent third degree
ipes. % enkens man's conscience That's tho
underlying prneip'e thar makes Il effective" suid
GEORGE poughrrfy formerly 10 charge Of the
Nea York nefcc detective bureau Look here
90 teli you bow it works
"A man ls srrested FOR grave crime-murder.
'rshHrf iir sees no Witnesses whea he Is mr.
'esied ne IS ~ hay desperate fighting for hts
iher'f snd mayhe Tor hts hfe. lie stecls himself
ind throws ull0ni him ca arnor % bravndo or un-
oactra or iHclfurnity tits nerves are Ike steel
hers Hnf you cnnf shake them. II YOU should
'ny nlm De- wonid heenuc sulien and resistive
z You shogid threaten be would become defiant
~ might bc npeu 20 reason but suppose he we're
.ot
-Wfea BE- Is nrraisned before a magistrate
here mo3 o. SEVERAL Witnesses there whom be
eensuttes nnd who b. knows VIII recognize him
sheu be has BEEN first arrested he has told his
aother and hs wife md bis friends that ne Is
rnocent The lie means noihinc 90 him then. bur
shea b. sees go these Witnesses who are con-
lecfsd with his crime IN different ways he hegins
q realize thar ~ may be forced 20 admit his
'ui and that These persons are going 20 make
lim ont liar before the friends and relatives
sho have stuck by him. That is the beginning
= the break. and ii reaches a type cf man you
ant huliy az hoofwink iRto a confession
Setting Stage for Geidsl
on Juiy -. 1911. William a. Jackson broker
Z New York. wus found murdered IN his room at
he Iroquois hotel. IN the heart % the club dis
rIcf of New York city. He had been beaten and
frnngled and bottle which had contained chic
inform WIS found ON the urqnases