The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
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Markham grunted disdainfully.
"Why should any person cOnfeS
something to mis- dctriment unlcs
f. he felt that the truth had been four
out. or was likely to be found out
"'Pon my word, Markham, yd|
astound me! Permit me to murmt1
into your innocent ear that then
are many other presumable motive
for confessing.
"A cnfession may be the resu
Of fear, or duress. or expectancy, q
mother love, or chivalry, or whs
the psyche analysts call the infer
GRITTY complex, or decisions, or
mistaken sense of duty, or pei
verted egotism, or sheer vanity, q
any other of hundred causes Con
| fcssions are the most treach'rou
and unreliable OF all forms Of ev
dence; and even the silly ind IN
scientific law repudiates them
murder cases unless substantiate
by other evidence"
"You arc eloquent; YOU wrin1
me-" said Markham. But if tn !
law threw out all confessions an{
ignored all material G es, as yo(
appear to advise, thea society might
as we'll close down all its court
and scrap all its ails."
"A typical false conclusion 81
legal logic" Vance replied.
But how would you convict thu
guilty, may ! ask"
There is one infallible method
Of determining human guilt and rel
sponsibility," Varce explained; "bu|
as yet the police are as blissfull uni
aware Of its possibilities as theJ
arc ignorant Of its operations. Tho
truth can be learned only by al
analysis Of the psychological facI
tors of a crime. and an application
Of them to the individual.
THE OILY real cl"as are psycho1
logical-not material. Your truly
profound art expert, for instance
does not judge and authenticate pic1
lures by an inspection of the uni
derpainting and chemical analysis
Of the pigments but by studying
the creative personality revealed id
the pictures conception and execu1
ton.
HE asks himself: Does this work
Of art embody the qualities of fornj
and technique and mental attitude
that made up the genius amclyl
the PERSONAL---VERY. Rubens. Oh
Michelangelo, or Neroncse or Titianl
or Tintoretto, or whoever may bd
the artist to whom the work has beer
tentatively credited"
my mind is, ! fear" Markham
confessed. "still sufficiently primi1
tive to be impressed by vulgar
facts; and in the present instance
unfortunately for your most orig
inal and artitisc analogy possess
quite an array of such facts, all Of
which Indicate that a certain young
woman in the-shall we say ere
ator of the criminal opus entitled
The Murdc, of Alvin Benson"
Vance shrugged his shoulders al
most impcrccptibly.
Would you mind telling me-in
confidence, Of course-what these
facts are?
Certainly not" Markham ac-
coded. First: the lady was in the
house at the time the shot was
fired"
Vance affected incredibility.
"Eh-my word! She was actully
there? Most cxtr'ordi, 'ry!'
"Thc evidence of her presence is
unassailable," pursued Markham.
"As you know, the glove she wore
at dinner, and the 'andbag snv
carried with her, were both found
on the mantcl III Bensons living
ROOM"
ooh" murmured Vance, with a
family deprccating smile. ut was
not the lady, then, but her gloves
and bag which were presents
minute and unimportant distinction.
no doubt, from the legal noint OK
view :. ;. Still" he added, Il de-
plore the inability of my layman's
untutored mind to accept the two
conditions as identical. Ny trousers
are at the dry-cleaners; therefore.
! am at the dry-cleaners, what 80
Go be Continued)