Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . UOSIE \ (jKAR. ROSIE COHEN. ,.^t. I JACOB WOLS. JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN. BY tSLEKlUT 01 IIAXD. 29 a woman like Sophy Lyons, the daughter of a notoriousfence, should have a passion for stealing- which her husbandtried in vain to subdue, although he was himself a habitualcriminal. But it is certainly surprising that the child ofparents of excellent character and abundant fortune shouldbe impelled to steal when no real want or taste is should a young l
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . UOSIE \ (jKAR. ROSIE COHEN. ,.^t. I JACOB WOLS. JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN. BY tSLEKlUT 01 IIAXD. 29 a woman like Sophy Lyons, the daughter of a notoriousfence, should have a passion for stealing- which her husbandtried in vain to subdue, although he was himself a habitualcriminal. But it is certainly surprising that the child ofparents of excellent character and abundant fortune shouldbe impelled to steal when no real want or taste is should a young lady pilfer piles of meerschaums for herprivate cabinet or veils enough for a sultans seraglio? Thetaste for a collection of rings or precious stones is lessinexplicable and kleptomaniacs who show a fine discrimi-nation in the objects of their mania are likely to discredit theirplea of insanity. It is our task, however, to deal with therascal and not with the maniac or the displays of mania. The regular professional shop-lifter is to be distin-guished from the amateurs who occasionally yield to tempta-tion as well as from the perplexing kleptomaniac. Bothmen and wom
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