HOW IT WAS DONE
FORMULA OF 50 NUMERALS. TBs finger-print' code system forms part of the 'general campaign for the suppression of international crime. The scheme for a secret code of , finger prints which could be telegraphed or wirelessed immediately to any pert of the world, was adopted at the last international Police Conference. The method is known as the “Distant Identification System.” Commissioner Richard E. Enright, head of tbt. New York police, describes it as “a means for the promotion of efficient co-operation between police organisations throughout the world.” The system is used in connection with a register of known international criminals, and it may be applied to any ‘ ‘fin-ger-print” system. By the use of numerals the patterns, ridges and characteristics of finger prints may he accurately transmitted. A complete formula for. positive “distant identification” consists of approximately 50 numerals, to be used in transmitting by telephone, telegraph, radio, or like means of communication, a description of fin jar prints to distant points, thereby acquiring in a comparatively short space of time information that formerly required many days.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12001, 2 December 1924, Page 8
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179HOW IT WAS DONE New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12001, 2 December 1924, Page 8
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