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Show MARKING OF MOW It Is Done With a Ping, Not With a Pen, as Supposed. "How Is money marked?" repeated a headquartara' detective to a Star reporter's repor-ter's query. "Well, it Is not marked In tho manner that tho public thinks It Is. "Tho average person no doubt believes that money Is marked by private mnrks placed on tho bills with pen and Ink; per-hnpa per-hnpa somo employers thus mark tho bills they placo In the cash drawer which Is being robbed by a dishonest clerk. Of course, "marked money' of this kind is good evldonco in court on the trail of a man upon which it has been found. But a check mark In Ink, unless very uxpertly put on. might, with the aid of a good lawyor for tho accused, be shown to navo been perhaps accidental, and thus would the ever-sought, reasonable doubt of the accuscd'3 participation in tho robbery be raised. "Thcro aro several different ways of marking money by police experts to tho end that they may establish its positive Idontlty of having previously been In their hands beforo tho thief extracted It. Tho way I personally employ, and which is perhaps tho eafe.t to secure certainty and conviction, is tho 'pin-prick method.' "Lot us take the familiar sliver certificate certifi-cate of tho $5 denomination lor an Illustration; Illus-tration; one that has been somewhat worn Is better than a now noto from the treasury. treas-ury. In tho center Is tho woll-known vignette of tho' head of an Indian chief in full regalia of feathers and trappings, presenting a full face view. "Wo now toko this pin nnd mako two punctures right through tho bill and directly through the pupils of tho eyes so. I hand you tho bill, and, oven though you saw mo make tho punctures, they arc not visible at a casual and ovon critical glance. I now ralso It to tho light, and ou can see the two tiny holes made by tho pin point as distinctly as windows In a building. 1 then apply tho pin point very neatly at tho twist In tho neck of the largo llguro 5 at tho two upper oxtremo ends of the noto. You will observo that thoso diminutive di-minutive twists do not appear in the necks of tho two figures of 5 which nro in both ends at tho bottom of the note. I then pierce tho note at tho extreme ends of the scrolls on cither sldo ot the word 'five,' which may bo seen in the dlrct center of the noto at lta lower edgo. "The marking of the note Is now complete com-plete It is exhibited to ono or two por-sons por-sons In tho secret for tho purposes of preliminary pre-liminary examination and idontillcatlon, and then placed In the money drawer, perhaps with sovcral others of the same denomination, nil exactly marked aliko with the greatest caro. Tho thief may bo on tho lookout for marked bills, usually usu-ally Ink marks, but ho is a slick ono who will get onto tho Invisible but suroly present pin pricks. You see, this class of thieving does not admit of a crucial examination ex-amination of tho money beforo taking: It is usually dono very quickly by palming tho bills, placing them in somo preliminary" prelim-inary" placo of safety, to be later removed. re-moved. Then wo count on dotectlon with the bills on the person before tho thlof has a chanco to oxchange or tb spend them. "And tho pin pricks remain? Indeed they do. Tho monoy is afterward carefully care-fully placed In envelopes and is not promiscuously pro-miscuously handled. "When they arc exhibited ex-hibited In court and their preliminary preparation oxplained under oath conviction convic-tion Is practically certain." Washington Star. . |