SAVED BY FINGER-PRINT
Finger-prints have sent many a man to prison, but finger-prints saved William Feit, a New York salesman, from a life sentence. One Isaac Shapire was wanted for larceny, and the police arrested Feit on a ferry-boat, since he answered the description of Shapire. Numerous witnesses identified him as Shapire. Shapire had been twice sentenced for felony, and under the New York State law a man convicted of four felonies must be sentenced to prison lor life. Feit was released on bail and was continually rearrested by police as Shapire. Finally, in a last dramatic moment in court, when Feit was about to be sent to prison for life, a finger-print expert was called in. He identified Feit as Shapire, and then the finger-prints of the two men were laid before him. Today Feit is free, for he has a loop on the third finger, whereas Shapire had a whorl.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12660, 21 January 1927, Page 3
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152SAVED BY FINGER-PRINT New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12660, 21 January 1927, Page 3
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