im
as closely as his shadow. Even his friends suspect him. They suspect him
even when they help him.

Such is the daily life of these unfortunates. What can be done? I can
see nothing that the officers of the law can do. Officers represent the
people. They reflect mob psychology. Even though an officer here and
there rises above the crowd, as he sometimes does, it is of no avail.
His place soon is filled by someone else. If only the public would
understand! If only the public were more intelligent, which in this case
at least would mean more human! If only the statement I repeat so often
could be understood! There are no accidents; everything is the result of
law. All phenomena are a succession of causes and effects. The criminal
is the result of all that went before him and all that surrounds him.
Like every other mortal, he is a subject for pity and not for hatred. If
society is not safe while he is at large, he must be confined and kept
under guard and observation. He must be kept until he is safe and a
favorable environment found for him. If he will never be safe for
society, he should never be released. He must not be humiliated, made to
suffer unduly, despised or harried. He must be helped if he can be
helped. This should be the second, if not the first object of his
confinement.

Assuming that the scientific attitude toward crime should be accepted by
those who make public opinion, and that this should become crystallized
into written law, the problem would be easy.

The officers of the state can, as a rule, be depended upon to deal
properly and considerately with the known insane. The insane are more
trying and difficult than the criminal. Courts and juries and the
public, however, recognize their mental condition and do not visit them
with vengeance. It is appreciated and understood that they cannot with
safety be left at large; but they are given the care and consideration
that their condition demands. If the criminal should be looked upon as
are the creatures insane from natural causes, the State's Attorney could
then be trusted to prepare the case and do the best he could for all
concerned. The defendant would no longer be a defendant. His case would
be under investigation; his past life would be shown, his credits as
well as his debits; he would need no lawyer, not even a public defender;
no jury would be required, and the uncertainties and doubts that hang
around judgments would be removed. There would