FINGER-PRINT EVIDENCE.

Mt Benger Mail, 1 April 1914, Page 3

FINGER-PRINT EVIDENCE.

NEW SYSTEM OF DETECTION!. By Robert J. Kennedy, in 'Collier'; Weekly.' Three years eg,, .Mdme. Jules Guion the wealthy widow oi a ioi mer a; -v ernor ol the Bank . I Par -. started b\ train for in . e unit i.y h a,,0 neai i on tainehleau. She up i : to , nn tit alone. Cn tlio , ... i:g j mi her i>. dv was found !v lit h -de Ln, tracks. ' As there wa ■' ;m , d, :. . I crime the police di.-mi ed e c i ; hi theoi y tha in .i I'm •'.. ■ i I brown hi r>t ii I om the ■ But a CO tail) deli ■ 'a >! witlt the expiaiia ne undertook an mv. a-, n <,n i..mvn ai count. :;, .. a., ;. av . a. ..■ i the coinpartnieii:. Imp ng to I'nd • clue to suhstaiuiate h s a. n in el .! the woman had bo< u m ir l< led. thing wafi I o\ eah d by ;-.,... ; tin carpet. I'ndenieath la l md way ticket, l.x a: iny the 1 h-< dy ; of ;t fingi !'. Tin- I ekei s; eh . given to Kronen <oidiei's a . ion .Now, in Lranee, as it! ' '• ;•■ :., i'., ol eveiy soldi, r and sa u- .. , n at the i line ol en,;-: a.en: So . t wh :■■ among the army re ords tiiere ,-, a> ■ aetk ct.rrespKmLl'w \h \ ."' the ti kei. Vim re, ■ •; searched >n i :!n eoi r« -p.. ... presMon a ,■ i, >.m ! V, ; both the muni. ;er ; .nd , , a e -. ] la.ued. and both w. :e a v,- d the guilli tine. Possibilities lor Busin •; Use. No otht : .a Ivin ..- ~ i. by :..(.- .old i •: eotild have pi .ived wi: a acii e : i h s pai : icipat on in the i r.nn . tor or an art ii !o et ir> ~-, a . • d.i ol idontilying a.a.. A La; ! . ~ :ng .. veiy naim . dropped m . . . .■ • ; guih m> sui i y ii ' aer fo . h a ev donee had Uvn a. a hoi e . - lor iiat migilt a.:., iiy auothor a- a . . could hat e del:'' . . : :v.y , did the bli ■ l\ til ■ .. pi'i Seme in : ~, : . a,, .. But though in Ainorii a and :n i in which lingi :'-p: aiai.e i,a . the ineun; ol dot. »:g d <u criminals, a i-> o: i\ i e • . . : hat ihe in< iliod in n rion i; mer : -. I hough the |> d'ce . y '""". v and ll) e 1 ei v tv i . ( : >: '>-- I'-arii ; i tlio r« ogn.! ion ai ia ;, -, and In nd'iig an-. . -.a a ai vt ■ ree, lit. .Many . aj i.i coiiipaiKes havt -ti;l :<• e ru ■■ cue lingi r-prni; -, n ~\ ' ■ n a , - 1 he dent die;: : u ■.. el il has 'a • a ..i . a '.ha. [•lints are the • idy ui n.ean . < :.-, 1:..Hi.':.; :.!;': ~: .a . . • . i hi'\ are the < idy uoi: , .n 1;: idual thai i aim iniitateil, or •■• aau > I . ' , ; < m aiioti or. Phot. a. h ay I . - ; oils. iiert ,K.n men: - eary .'.i t:io<-<, lor otu • iat : may measure a man co-eiy and an -oil a ;m asiiro Ii in iocseiy. Bu: :. •• mark ngs ol tho anger- are uniij and indt -:, ; '' . d'aa .\'o\ or .u tne woiid wore moo two sots ilia' exauh oi rosp- ndovi. i' :■ in the rad ■ io the gi a\ o ill ■'• :. irks • ,■. .:• i ■ -aaaa > i disiiuci . re an: pair oi thum ■ ■ i hat i [> . u! her pa r ol :. :ia a\ r L-iieui clot-edy « hough i , rai i v. i on,! ' ion. i lie gn .ii nil nhe; oi d< i i\ ■• aad their pi en' ai ii regulai . ran a iimni make . . i - ;ot\ b nations ,-o niiini a as to ord . difforenl pati a lot , ; : tas'iioned by '".;.: are. I in' . :, .: lion ol the pat Li ni, t.'.e p: angles and Hccotn ;.,- «.■.:: os mat ks Liiat .; bunguasli • > l-: ung, • and <•'. e; y ; I urn ii ai d > . ■ : ■ ~ ~ _, . and < \ oiy I'thor thumb in lae l*'or ail . hi o a:;. ....... nit. J las there are but lour gem ral d into i lie ol ~ hich a\ e: y a may bo class lied. Ju I la the CUll . a I'illgi :-pr.!lt .h ' ej' a "whorl," a "loop, 1 an "a: ■ r a ••cornpi site," the la.M in mg b ok, a or irregular combination ol two ui the other classes. The Whorl and the Loop. these ditioiout e.a--e- mat . iieedb but a giam • tu I . c .. , ■ - tweon ! m tn. i wo urotao: ■ . ■ b rOf a oaU'.leCti.e tea a: ',. ■ i •.- bombiance to oaen otu. r is i ; . uoum ed . ha i e\ en tiie.r >.a. n. a ■ a a iioi idem ily t-ht m, ■■.. i . o ,o i s . ■ l.mo ago lu liu New i • Pom .: .adquartors. Uuo was laken iuto iiie n -pri i loom wiiuo tho other ivailoo. uts.uo. i ho ■ ajiia.n in < harg ■ a a.-. ...i, d to jcmtiiusjo careiiuly tao uuii ai .-•too.: beloro him. As ho shook a ~5 w it.i the young man he took ran note ol the other s rigai thumb. ■: \ oung man then left the room ai ..a.- . xai t countoipart stepped in. "Is iii.s thi man you sa.i i. ! : ' asked thi inn nagi r, wi. > ad ; lan .1 I ho e\p< rt ;.:!a.i, U r LOO V00.1.i ~ aa.i righ . Laiai . . . gfci:.■ i , . . . •>\o/' he said, "the ,ii- ? i a.an h I .: 'whorl ; I h-- ■ in; hacs a loop. i a ;■ are not at ail a! k< tue it umbs, ; mean." It lia ■ taken a SCO! i: } aa;a to these facts ccncerii.iig linger-prinis into general acceptance. .;■• ivhoie idea appean ( to ha . ■■ . on so . lurtii: that everyone suspecti'd a ' rati a somewhere. Perhaps the most oiiiicuit; tioiig to believe it. thai Lho iaaik.ngs i the tingers aio ineradicable—t-ha: they cannot be eil'accd oven r, th a g .mlstone. But, in poim ol la t, th.s lit' been tided aad just as . I um failed, for the lim • ext ud I v >w d through all the layers ol the cut ■ 1 iu the Hesh itself. Ihottgii i he •■ ur.aci 6 the angers were rubbtd away mil i >o nerves .'.ore raw aad tho ■. -d -tartod the record would be nii tie.' aha: i . '■• cause in the process the ;..-.;■ to destroy the marks mere..\ won u h v ■ cleaned oul the small secreta nt . ■ between the mmtite ridges withoot destroying the marks the; i eive . , h only way io remove ihe am. a •,-. aii'd to bite out or cut out the ball ai i >._> digit. and ii any living man 1 If u stoic sin to subji t:-t hin so f dsl.l ■ ly to such tiigiutiii , irture ihe muti ai on woti.d mark him as a i ritninal more m:stakabij than befoi'Oj aa.i would only deloal his own object. "Pudd'nhead Wilson" Started !i Here, Some cf the lingering feeling that taking finger-prints is work for a stage

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»' of two burglars who broke into her e house. In an attempt to save his l m nher, a son wounded one of the pair. ... ;• both were captured. The wcaudi ■ . man, E'rank Scldieniaun, protested iial he was not a professionel house--1 ieaki r. He daimed to be an artisan i tin oi work and that his companion .. i ..iu-.cu uni to join in the rob- - '■■< ry. i 111 finger-print expert went to th» .. whi re the injured man lay and his finger-prints. Comparison I that Schliemaim had no police -eeord in Greater York. The de- . . ve was forced to conclude that the winning prisoner had told tli9 truth ;; ! e insisted that he had had no - . oil- criminal experience. V p 1 Infallible Evidence. iii • :'.- just filing the record away when he recognised cue of ihe thumb--1 .:.:-. Live minutes later he was on -. way to Brooklyn, he walked into ilie ..ard where bchiieaianu lay and, w i jut warning, snapped a question at tin man tying n the hispital cot. •.tsclihemann,' 1 he sad, "when you !»i'. ke into that other house in Flat-ha.-h three months ago why didn't you iako .:... cut glass gowl with the gold ..: : i i ull iLr' ; iaki-n by surprise the frightened irderei blurted Gut the truth, 'lt was too heavy to carrv," he ;: " ; ' the expert hazarded another good guess. And why did you turn the canary b id loose?" '"Well," said Schliemann, "I had jt'.-t done live years in prison, and I Id io see any living thing locked | i p in a cage.' ; \\ uen the expert had filed away the 1 ngraph taken from the rose bowl had dism ssed it from his mind. I One wouid think that the impression with its iahyrintlih of interlacing lines .. iid nave been quickly forgotten or asi. confused with the great number i t>thers to which ids intention was - tantly being vailed. >ni the mom rj of a finger-print exis Uke that oi a tiained detective pays particular attention to the ...' ut ia.i■.. Unconsciously he re<i these impressions. And •.. ng una. uaj markings w.ll iimiJ for mouths or •■ . go a Mew ioik policeig:ii to headquarters a soup • in \V'aftiiiiigion Square. ... i nvl of the ladle, which i.el :-ad examined and thrown ■•■io, uas ti.e imprint of a "thumb, M 'ar and distinct. ■ ni was an unusual one. !it :... i idee deltas, whereas most Lave but one, and only a tew iwo. The expert in the Bureau i'i Criminal Identification studied it iuiiy, and then began a search ■ ._.. the hies, whic'i! continued for ■>•■ •■•lc tig in \a.ii for a duplicate of .vas found, and it was conI . that the thief in aii probability : .... a beginner. Some months later a suspect, who | had been found loitering around an i iiiasi S.de pawnshop, was brought to iie.idquartors. His iinger-pnnts were | taken," and the expert, following his : usual custom, studied them a moment j :■ ii io turn.ng them over to be classij bed. A- he glanced at the thumbI pi nt he caught the impression of tliree (. . A moment later ho had taken I a', ai the files the impression of the is up ladle impression. The thief, Herii.au Kaplan, caded the "candie burglar, ' on account of his custom of aiways carrying with him a caudle dip, 1 leaded guilty to the Washington Square robbery and was sent to sing sag. he had left tne soup-ladle, he sa.d, because it was plated. Ihe recent adoption of finger-prints inks as a means of identification . ■: 'ing much to prevent wrongful paymeiitt-. 1 v rgeis who have made banks the . part'cuiar prey have been compioteiy dripped ol their power to proirough their criminal skill because ui the ad( m.va oi :he finger-print method. Cr minals, whose impressions are on re u:d :n the large cities, often fear to rcitiain where the slightest suspicion ■ gainst them may at once show them up as old offenders. This fear often drives them to work in the smaller •. .ties and towns. "for that reason," says Eugene \ aii Busk rk, superintendent of the National Bureau oi Identification at Washington, ''every city should instil | a finger-print bureau. The ieas; siiouid be able to take impressions to be sent for comparison to the nalional bureau.