The evening world. Newspaper, February 2, 1907, Page 8

t New York as Second-Class Mu!l Matter. © Znteredat the Post-Ofice -MODERN MURDER. French, Italian and Spanish courts and juries make a distinction in| @® erlmes of violence whether they were committed for Passion or for) ——gnoney, While this difference is not clearly recognized _in_ American > @law, it is more and more appearing in the lines of the defénse in °c ‘of murder. — Crimes for gain have always out numbered crimes committed. fc ~ passion or revenge. When duéls were popluar and regarded as the most! ./Sentlemanly kind of murder, recourse to them was the way to commit crime-of. passion... ‘Lhe man who was_jealous of another or. or -desired revenge. had this way legally opened to-him. “Bitring Uiemany-centuries when wer lemalamasetalan were for gain, was a capital offense, NO, 16,601, and high + their lives no-more by adding mu der to, theft. Also, in. those‘ earlier sand more primitive days there were few ways} known of taki propért others vexcept bv violence. Th were no stock exchanges, no_rail- road. pools; no_ industrial tmists, nd: spec lative manipulatings. , There were not even any stocks.and bonds It could not _be taken/from it without his consent ere its owner ithout his kno required force. : =<violence led naturally. to_a diminution in_the number_of murders for gain. Such industries as piracy, the slave trade, robbery on the’ public ually died out as the same kind of talents found more*lucrative employ- -ment in trusts, politics and high finance. ‘This process has been carried so far that- few: murders-are now for ergain. Aimost all- men killings ate for passion or for revenge. Boards of vadiréctors take the place of robber barons. ; In-the-Thaw-case_there-is-no-trace-of any_financial. motive..The.man ———-who killed Dr. Townsend_on-Staten_Island_could-not-haye been actuated pee Dy gain, because he took nothing. The frequent. murders_in-the-Italian —=—.colony in Now York have rarely any pecuniary side. Crimes for money have not diminished in number, but in the nature © of the crime. Ful g The most colossal and successful grand larceners substitute deceit and-concealment for open violence. All the spoils of all the yegg- men of the United States for a year do not equal the profits from Edward H-Harriman’s-Union Paclfic-coup of tast summer: -» Fhe making of murder for money unprofitable will ‘tend iG restrict the past ten years the Patrick case is the only one where Seal Pes cuniary gain was charged, as the motive. And in the Patrick ca i “Rice's death, his efforts took the course of assisting natural Causes, and “agthat the chloroform: Soy of Valet Jones was an inv -However, the text of the criminal Jaw may remain unchanged,-the = substance of its ‘enforcement wilt be varied iby the prevalenze of murder. for passion and the absence of murder for gain. All’ men are opposed to murder-for-gain. Eyery householder feels the menace of burglary, be- cause not_the personal equation but the property-is what sways the fur- : ; no personal passion or personal desire for revenge and one man’s house is as good to him as another's. Therefore, everybody hay- ~horhood. But-crimes-of-passion-cause-no-such general-alar ‘alann-and-put-onty-a Minority: of the community in Prospective peril. The man who-has no enemy. desirous. of killing him. has nothing..to fear, The man-wha-has -never-provoked-a-tusband's-jealousy-or-a- father's or brother's syrath isin ‘no peril of death from their revenge. Aimost-alr crimes of passion sman's“inspiration. may Kill in sudden anger, butin the premeditated murder of fi revenge the, woman must be looked for. Letters from the People Pity for the Conductor. Yo the Saltor of The Evening World: is it that o often overworked ors in New York have to stand oll the adoae of the passengers? “There should bo Bome way_to atop this abuse Decause the conductors as a ruje are hard working and honest. Passengers should be courteous and polite toward the conductora and remember they s vequire- require Men ion or RCTS ;jtaxing childleaa. 2 “| dachelors, the money ucate but arts, he ¥ Diany “bachelor bills being Indiana. It oss the Atlas Stites a tremor Ola World ehould be given’ consideration und {I have’ been yer: in treated like other human beings. [tiese bachelor fail E. J, D, helor I still favor {dene J. aL Cc, tes Elghty Cent Gan. Another Subway icfek. «Mo the Editor of ‘The Evening’ World: | rp Why doesn't the Gas Trust introduce * a simple way to read the Indox on thelr | ong Kaa meterd? There are thou#ands of press again Poor consumers who are unable to read) tyirry-five? the {ndex, It should bo ‘made so that a | ¢rom sachool boy could read ft: Also tho! yy ti, company should tusue a fe natlos | ioe that the Inspector could at the! tims timo the index te taken, so that the s ETUC consumer c [to the 1Atitor I have a brother who ty f ed and hasn't got any am | anything. He has had Jobe ete Ripa and employers nay ho ia too lazy tol) {ne ay much as ten /awvork: WHI readers “who” know “abo It ta evident the pollce departinant « an t handle this congestion.” 1 jfuggest thée-Mayor appoint’a c fon to go abroad,agnin to study thos employed ‘In London, and ‘8 mmntroports \tlons ay ser faich matters advise us ubout su toy?) He ts elghtecn years old now. Shute Tax on Unchclors. [fo the Buttor of The Dyentng Wee | Some yeara ago when some ono, re- 1% ‘Gtloned’ tha ead st ‘pata ve? DIN by the Press Publishing Company, No. 52 to G Park Row, New York fed him} Stealing ‘by force] men, bandits and burglars risked “Of: The discovery of other ways to take .ptoperty dishonestly than by E highways; -organized—bandits,-the- taking ~of persons “for ransom~grad- |= {ihotorrapher-user-to-derelon night and the whichness of tho moo: some of the largest go south of the Ohlo River and try to n | houne to prove ft { perjury bringa to ming and /thessny of the bat and a lot! . ey ein the white folks’ Sore | Weep bone collar buttons. aaron the subject of trials, and speaking of of other malar za What al! Cpanridged |impetuous Democrat would certainly | From what I could gather she was en-lit to me. “ trials Uy brings up the Thaw he expect? 7 ded inigh abourd me and give me ye Sen-| gaged tn proving that she'd com | know—now thatthe Stay © days afier the Thaw pro- H apoutsalt : stock than her parents did. Dual cor nee Unies in New York, they fie proper. tin a 9a largo atock of fore-} gers when the trial for—his lite e-property to lose takes alarm when there are burglars in the neigh-|° Kae k The Chorus Girl ‘Has a New Grouch on Dopey. McKnight By Roy L. McCardell TRESE MECHANICAL STUN t sronys sree) XK a5 Voge be RINE SS * 3 | | { * i ie Miller Discusses New. York and Jersey Justice By Martin Green. ® Hi Glasses & To Green i Glasses ° At Funny & Glasses, Va. By Irvin S. Cobb. sf | Hold STILL TILL { | ' ait a ucat! WU YEU BE HILT STIS A abe LISTEN TO TREY WONDER FULT SINGING ee058 } ARC LIGHT! ed = ; EEN report. ss ing th. = THAW Soca the Hoboken studio. y Wienerwurst my with a trowel" res eet again Next maarieed Joo ation mo-tf It-should be the nuthor -of Joe between a mtudio Milles Joke Book, but they, out tay | and jumping in suspenders Yestere the fiver (2 ‘-want RB Supers them «to. reserve sede by mw Kuy mea nice string who kicked in. as on a retren: Jesse Pomeroy, the pevhtse” TMT te avine boy—murderer £ ier s down aniong the tow m prison in, sachu; i} feod. 3 a He-can't: + The atudlo tex tsa N institu : The'Musical Swede, Attacks the Singing:Arc Light. Hoboken tet bag eT eTOR TATA : you Sec, We Was) Wise Hot to ruffle OT AMUN |KO Ti our business. ane Wiae tween the dors, It's I! Vay scheyy » trlals, burglars rian tonk Goes lath TeKnlight to bring his ram-< rough-hou: cl thr slcke atid = asetuinare have to get acclimated to dt before’ you Swede,to fee Teil ae er night. eto Ket tare torte A ett teat eee fils. bug where the. pintflasks and and a Jana - ¢ a8 1 of *ttioully in pill-bottles yo and let on to be a . at] andsDop that awful rum-dujn, trial to | report. anna? aan e se BoOd ar i c i a ae jreeeney,| Guedes pour ry and be a Gand 5 ‘taking the place , { Ar aan all for my wine, anu hey, did, they could around and take ws home, or make us yea t Tho etago acttings are comparative! © agent), didn and if they could pay for ft) a wine 1a /quanter: no's to pretend wo didn't xnow them. Soe cman of the guest Th imple, Meenuso \most bring thelr own scenery bott ‘ends ngdins the guys that drink It's Gome to a pretty p ‘They was coming along, beating sino. cyhen -fist-aa they got with them, ©: say's George, ‘when } omy Kenerally takes place omg Sunday kway well. we. dl tor: {s “asked to mect dead ones that wouldn’ tl lent the telharmont: gag bi = rmoon—up tour Mehts-ot—stirs ins Atopateba trie ninh-rEzont ter irermee between Perfect Hrute nd ta, Ste Take a: Steam a Jarge, Square room with a skylight in unde it Instead ‘of windows. A skylight 14) eno. of emlan things-¥ aE could find anywhere, and when ¥ redden over the® add twoipr zy corners. ful! {hight don't bes that. shine slop, trying to cut into my Jj foan wine, Seal, that spends trade! “Rut Mt to Bay nothing of yee out in front of the its mt a bet and interview- Where Dopey and the Musical Swede had just been cussing how them mechanical plano-playe: : ong and: phOUseri pis was. puting B-istance plano-; card tho deep vic stops. although eof the ness Te Ts tnt prilo overs. tine abe-mentions it. | pnbe couldn't come Attorney asks «his hatr-cutin-te or_on the Bowery, to answer on the tot would tend to nnd degrade him: Any= r would think that ease that re contd be would” be ttm to “tell to_beut it from the witness-stand, ‘Us not so. The District-Attorney, on asking questions and the wit- see tho pain jn thelr pax ary to serve a tuncheon that ts almost composed of food and a_lovely punch | ‘Ivouls sald Avie and he was by amiding: Containing several-canned cherries and |W: heady path n quantity of horse Uniment. The punch | From that on they was long on 1 they gave mo tasted Nké the stuff a] they are short on money ‘Ablesayatho old adage, Tf att coed, fal), fall, n is commor to be Imited Yo thet goods 1 wou Stie-knocke tt trom tte bra ket_and down ft te saas fitts wires singing Toot! Toot? Sk Phen the Musical Swede sand volts, ‘Ot cournc eto _blither! e any day, get near enoiigh to holler at, If Qld Man Moneyton docs encourage Dopey Me-| Swede, Mamena~ Pe Hirans 14 says, HaVo hia little eccentricities’ and |), n't put up the tall yell about it, For, If it got te talked about he should mention us tn Jatives Might bring {t up as evidence he In't feel it, but a few sparks camo hd “Dopey” thanked ih for arette, © here was a crowd and screams of ‘Live wire!’ But what can ‘a live wire do against a dead one? | } "Thay had to {rm a police Une and hold up A studio t the favorite rallying place of all the novellats who haven't 5S written 'em yet. and all the playwrigh who are gsolng to tum out the ere tal dlatrust these days that credit- ne tt tnkes the truckman gimma de mone: } some n't be surprised to learn | ce Smorfean drama aS sunen cane = te ate Maing | fatiled under. the roof. | crowd tht current waa shut off. ‘That announcing thathe ta Sa Aas Gee tnecver Hsdesciaoere where Able and Loule has their loft voto |. “So George, being a ger some busl-| the music, and the Musical Swede and Dopey ating himself, until, peuulee x es | 0 on the roof and swcep off the snow nny more} %¢33 Wortley, on Hecount of some Rotting | satist throws up nia! noclety any time smart society should | turn around and star; back the othar | this reason. way. When I butted in, a pale post! “Old Man Moneyton met Who ought to have his liver looked Into ta Md of some* Amer! Able and Loute before the | deemed at a Ulils Week, and he says | fect, Brat. burnt that. SG What wo have to nd his rummy friend. 2¢_awful_ notoriety on ain :the paper in a was-so full of electricity t afraid to touch them, hut fanned the: wit ch are non-con no witness goes out and ngementa to give a banquet bel, Assistant District-Ate 1 worked for two days try: qa 1 | Dopey amt Bc nies Upto sar to- us witle-the-espe: wast “They didn't feel the fanning no more than they the ton thousand _valts kid, would you mov Wasa BOOT Us. ash an you Had In Tie Tundved Leire =a a EES immediately following a|and he fald, ‘J never Guy storks, 1 selt om, chatty mpecial article on the Atunitect:|) “That's how he got rich, Just like them merchant ili’ Of dhe“ Catledhal “of San” Plata; Princes -who-make.thelr a Mong becaurc they always Aichovies, Spaln. = up with from Dop I'm #0 afrald th And maybe _ WourE could give an answer that } would tend to incriminate or degrade Limaand-finaliy-the Judge dropped the fag ig had im. dise tan dvallthe wa sas all abau that would have made an ossified man ‘Speaking o n wants 3 [femity arn Mo of the afternoon oF betore break: hep wild’ feel ate { ; Mt Ram’ Mert ave the papers, in: the fast. Indlan ig mh. was in the nelghibornood=-The-way she SHOT ua} j set wernt tit meemed that ft Isa lovely Mie een Tnineewe “ut aA shotsun | 2 wie a a absolitely ¢ you’re’a de- /&¢t the Thaw trial started next fall. It's = at-a sonneting a lange, Ti pene aK WHbs—_The ta tie-nbsolitely’ sure | ouing ie deat slmostna:hard to:keanaxThaw duror.as the sinple peo. itis to keep a cook, Your brother HI ead Vidual tock the floor and began erupt-} mulatto os a rhead, L. . 5 f John's Obedience. Giles Ane ee he Cheerful Primer. SS se eae z woman, who demanded Instant admit tha: he Kived Stanfont Be and unquestionable obedience. sepa Li from her children, One afternoon ja end of Tong Island ; Storm_came_ up, and she sent her son, | to close the trap Jeading to the [ Pnatroot-ot-thn house: ‘Rut, mother’— sald John, SON NT-toid=you-te-shut-the trap! “Yes; but, mother’— “John, shut the, trap! “Allaight,- mother, —-& your poe = “Johni"* John «siowiy~ climbed -the shut the trip, The afternoon went on |*" and the storm Mowled and raged, says | }). the Farmer's, Advocate. ‘Two hours! tutor rhe pamtly garnet ror toa ant when 4he meal. was -half-over Aunt) lMary, who was -ataying wha Sire Fini Tad not appeared, — Mrs Tt TATE. f= an_inyestigation. he did not have ted =i “ask any duestio John answered ‘frat ono. BU eee, mothor, Ke and IY 39, n emazement as a man rm Jury duty tna. capita his ntaira and} OloeK at night. Vx caso will be all sewed shre—Trwete to an extent to eT Tank he See the “Gz WHITE WING? © business,” cons sho fs up on the ue fed and Prof, Straus THE “FUDGE” IDIOTORIAL. as A reporter for this JOURNAL We Vindicate Was. present the other evening at Ourselves! a dinner given by the Sphinx Glub- The Sphinx Club Is a body | ote “TRAINED advertisers, Their motto Is to keep SILENT unless they have something _ to say, Then they say It ten or fifteen times! This Is known as the “follow up" system. Wo do tt our- | selves. When we have said something we LIKE. we keep on ‘saying It until EVERYBODY ELSE Is TIRED. “But—always a but—or hut-In—we. are not PAID enough for what we say. We say MORE than all the other New York Papers “combined ever say about themselves, but no one will pay us for It, We have exhausted our gold mine.and weaksned our Intellect, ‘but no one ofiers us REAL MONEY for our thoughts. | If we cannot be properly Taid for making a NOISE, wo ‘should be pald to keep still! What Awe want Is pay! We do not care what we do to earn the money! | i Ea, nial Oh, Look, Children! TheWhite Wing Has Slipped Ona’ BANANA PEEL! COMPENSATION. / + n't know how I do It, The Chapple—What curfous) mistakes ya tel! what time of|ien muke sometimes, I'vo: Just been Makes Convicts Pay for Their Keep, ; v4 “lreading, for instance, that Columbus IIE Connécticut State Prison for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 1564, entab= out looking at a watch |r ies nat he had discovered. the T Ushes a new yecord of revenues, Earnings from productive fabor agures Thdlos® gated $7411, AvhMle recetoty from jvarlous other sources swelled the total t show hel the pa. ( atestati—to mo eure, Nature alwaya| @he Marrted Man—Ah! 1 made avorze | Income to $61,015, he ahowlng, representing nearly,71 per cent. of the operating Perceiving th Koreatrtatse ie fnallnct pon tres that| mistake Gian Crat, Whon I-married my | oxvonses of tho Be titution, surpassed tho incomo exhibit of any previous year, a Slujout Ureider myisiferfieader, the sol ered him o k the Wah~) tui. —Chtcago| wate I thought I'd discovered Paradige, and enabled tHe prison inanagement, desplie:the lh cost of supplies, to Imig ’ sy Skethy Mick buna g “Cusselly Alpatzing © to 62,801: ite Gratis upon the Stato treasury. { eo Cres rears f