Show 7 j tj t. t i 4 g i F 7 I 3 fri 3 Yf l IJ I 0 i I 1 1 n IO ff IlL C m I 0 JL J l 11 J 1 t Hi H 11 W a 1 Y 7 How Rafael the g fh J T 7 Polish Wizard of eF s ti y ll I H 1 Graphology Reads the r I Ii TL 1 I Innermost Secrets of oft t t s i the Mind by the j I a IA tt rod Script of the j 1 F. F iii V y 4 1 Human hand ti II i r. r i. i hf E 1 LS 4 r L 0 i r Ui y yI I I 1 i t 1 tt L' L c ew rc 7 4 u WW ir r I i ir r NE ONE thing at least Rafael t the Polish handwriting wizard from Vienna has accomplished by his visit to the States Even while he was closeted In his New Neer York hotel suffering the nervous nervous nervous' breakdown brought on by too many tests of his power applied in rapid s succession he was achieving one of the greatest triumphs of his career This triumph was the introduction of the study of handwriting as part of the detective service of the New York police department From now on minute attention attention attention at at- will 11 be paid to any scraps of writing found near the scene of a crime not only minute attention but careful scientific analysis of the hand Vr handwriting Moreover suspected criminals will Have nave ave their handwriting studied with a view to determining their character the state of their emotions and the probability of their guilt or innocence The study of graphology will not be carried so far that a man may be sent to the electric chair on the strength of ofa a queerly dotted i or an unusual z t But the mere fact that such a hardheaded hardheaded hardheaded hard- hard headed proposition as a modern modem city police police police po po- po- po lice department should consider the study of graphology as part of its do- do equipment is in the nature of a victory for this Polish marvels marvel's views It was in large part the old and half- half forgotten Elwell murder which convinced the police For years ears the case had hung fire when went down to headquarters one day at the request of the c commissioner to look over oyer specimens of criminals' criminals writing The detectives showed to a bit of writing connected with the Elwell case The police had a secret secret- about this bit of writing and the secret was known only to the police themselves What can you tell us u about the woman who wrote this they asked with their tongues in in their cheeks J told them many things about the character of the writer and the writers writer's appearance things appearance things so true that the detectives gasped But in the first place said this note signed Margie l isn't from signed a woman oman Margie cl is a man Ho He was right and it was a secret which the police had been guarding for many many manya a mo month th HE things which nn has acT acco accomplished ac- ac T THE co read like witchcraft Indeed Indeed In In- deed had he lived three centuries ago the little Pole from Vienna would undoubtedly undo undoubtedly un un- do have had a most uncomfortable ble time tine of it Yet th the alienists and psychologists psychologists psychologists who have made an intensive study of his gift declare that manns mann's uncanny ability has a wholly scientific foundation They a add d that some iome day it will have a wholly scientific explanation though to date nobody has been able to make that explanation pos pos- sible lible Least of all I do not know how i it is I can do these things he explained with his gentle genUe rather harassed smile the tio other day all I am sure of is there is-there there is n nothing thing super super- natural natura He lIe speaks English with a decided accent accent ac ac- cent sometimes dropping into his native wr jF J WJ T 0 r f l. l The bomber who leaves a threat threatening ening letter tacked to the door rK k f N U of the home on which he has h visited vengeance leaves behind him not only a clue but in in a r d sense a photograph for Rafael iJ the Polish handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing expert by looking at atthe atthe eti ayo M J 4 tM a the writing is able to visualize h the appearance of the author r F f t Many times he has has' done this w 3 2 7 4 and for he is sometimes more is sometimes r rable able to tell the mood the writer t i a i iwas was in in he penned the lines 1 r rt 4 3 4 R o- o s w H 9 j I j tT i 0 k v. v J f u skill figured not so long ago in a famous trial in Vienna involving any an y r attempt to defraud a bank ank Each of the suspected d persons wrote a sentence on a sheet t I o of paper and by y looking at them the writing wizard was able to put his finger on the k t criminal To To the he world at large s. s I s sa says suppose the chief value of s v v t jf rt Yr graphology is IS in in an detecting criminals 1 31 o 11 r A ASchermann's I taste in dress is as simple and unostentatious as his mode of life He apparently does not co court rt fame but fame has come ome to him in full measure because of his uncanny skill in m tracing identities through h handwriting tongue when a thought becomes too Involved in involved involved in- in for the tee alien language of America Amer ica lea A short rather heavily built man with a some somewhat hat long nose a slight baldness and very kind but very keen blue eyes this eyes this is the man whom have hailed as absolutely the only one of his kind since the world began His taste in dress is as quiet as his speech His manner is as simple as his mode of living He does not seem to seek fame but it is inevitable that fame should come to him How could fame for or example keep away from a man who by looking at a specimen of handwriting can tell you the appearance of the writer the mood in which the words were written the place t the e time the pas past life of the correspondent correspond correspond- ent and some idea of what his future actions may be How could fame overlook overlook overlook over over- look a quiet insurance agent of middle age who can tell by a a. glance at an ex extract EXtract extract EX- EX tract from a letter that the writer write has heart trouble pale brown hair and ned a 8 murder on his conscience 1 e 1041 Lv bv F It is a little hard to explain mann said in his earnest but gentle voice voice voice-he ho has the sincerity of manner which carries conviction combined with witha a remarkable lack of self conceit When I was only a child but two years old I Iwas Iwas was much interested in the mail which came to my father every day My father ather was in a business which brought many letters to the house Always I would be looking at the envelopes and my father noticing father noticing this used this used to pick out out strange specimens of writing to to sho shoto show to me Without at first knowing it I found that when I looked at the writing on an envelope I saw in my mind a picture of the person who had written I would describe person and the description would prove accurate This he added quaintly seemed remarkable to my my parents v You understand I do not wish vish to be bo alone in possessing possessing this power I wish many many people could have it for or it could be of great benefit in a multitude of ways ways NOT the least benefit which has been derived from the extraordinary ordinary combination com corn of science and what and what for for want of a better name is called ed second sight is in guiding the young into the tho occupations occupations occupations for which they are best suited This is very strange remarked remarked remarked re re- re- re marked when I look at a bit of handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing I can tell that the child would be be good as a surgeon or Of a dentist as a salesman or a novelist or a painter It Itis Itis Itis is not that I see a vision of surgical in instruments instruments instruments in- in not exactly that But when IA Co Concan I look at the writing writing writing- there was a sort of wonder in his tone tone I I can see how swiftly the childs child's hands would work ork among a surgeons surgeon's tools had not been in New York Yorka a week before he had astounded a gathering gathering gathering gath gath- ering of distinguished men by his character character character char char- acter analysis through their ing N Not t only could he tell without knowing the distinguished mans man's name or appearance j just st how he ho looked and what he did but in many an instance he diagnosed some obscure ure ailment known only to the writer and to his physician As a matter of fact has more than once upon analyzing a bit of writing recalled to the writers writer's recollection recollection recollection tion events in his past which he had altogether altogether altogether alto alto- gether forgotten I do really believe that one of the greatest values of this gift is in aiding to to s solve lve crime added Do DoI I think think think- he listened to the question with some amusement Do I think crimes can be solved by analyzing chirography chirography chirography chi- chi But surely I have solved crimes in this fashion many times many times There was was was' in in Vienna a very famous case A large sum of money had been deposited in a n bank under one mans man's name But this was a fraud to steal that sum from rom the bank itse itself The entry of deposit of the sum had been forged and the forgery was apparently in the handwriting of a trusted bookkeeper bookkeeper bookkeeper book book- keeper a woman The police believed woman this this woman woma to be guilty But in Vienna they sometimes consult me about such things so the forgery was brought to me At once I saw sav it was a clever imitation of the womans woman's writing It had been done as I t saw by the picture which came to my mind when I looked at it by a n stout man with red e eyes eves es The stout man however was not the thereal leal real criminal The Thee man who planned the crime was young with dark eyes and of good family 1 At the request of the bank officials all the filed past me and wrote something something-a a short sentence all writing writing writ writ- ing the s same me sentence Wb When hen n one ono young man had written it I saw at once from his writing that ho he was the guilty per per- son And so it proved for he confessed it l About the mood in which a piece of writing is done and of course in criminal criminal criminal crimi crimi- nal investigation the mood is of great importance to know well know well you yourself will admit that when yoU you are worried you write one way when you are angry your writing is a little different At least you will see see that when you are in ia ina a hurry your writing is not the s same same me as when you have leisure Good I Well then you ou must see that the hand does nothing by itself The hand is directed by the brain and the brain together with the rest of the body determines what the hand shall db do and how this shall be done If you are ill iiI your hand is not so vigorous If you ou are angry your hand moves perhaps quickly no Now the whole human organism isa is isa a most delicate instrument The very thoughts of the brain make our muscles act differently even though we have no consciousness of this so that a man who has lIas committed a murder will actually write in a different style from that in which he wrote when he was innocent To an an expert the difference in style is ia discernible Every mood every thought affects the brain the muscles muscles and and the writing The variations are arc possibly exceedingly slight but they are as definite as the fingerprints fingerprints' or or bloodstains by which crimes may be solved TTE flashed his r rather ther melancholy HE sympathetic sympathetic sympathetic sym sym- pathetic smile As for reading character by handwriting handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing this is an open book to the graphologist Certain routine processes of thought give to certain muscles a aroutine aroutine routine process of action and these v muscles determine the character of the handwriting Hence by a study of the handwriting one may tell what are the everyday routine thoughts thoughts and and hence the characteristics of of the individual Next to solving crime perhaps crime perhaps more than solving crime crime I I like to use my myown myown myown own gift for solving peoples people's troubles I am no fortune teller no Sometimes I fail completely to analyze a persons person's writing my mind is a blank I see no picture Why I cannot say Perhaps I am tired Perhaps the person and myself are arc unsympathetic toward each T other other other-I I do not know But when I am amable amable amable able to analyze I perhaps like best to help a person solve some worry To the world at large however I suppose the chief value of graphology is in detecting criminals The skilled graphologist can perform wonders in inthis inthis inthis this way Though as for seeing pictures picture when the handwriting is examined spread his hands with a deprecation that robbed the statement of complacency So far they tell teU me ma meI maI I am by myself t at a t |