Show f T Talkies arid and Prisoners V r it C CIS IS s quite possible that the lie Philadelphia V V A Authorities in making a talking V a prisoners prisoner's confession to a crime V bare fe started something that will Ii have far far- V ie reaching ching on police V V tIce Safety Director Schofield of Philadel- Philadel V is sure sure- of f it V V Within a shOr lie predicts every V bIg cily have la a talking movie movie studio as ts part Vart of its regular police equipment arid V man arrested will be taken taken- there at The resulting film ays the director will make identification V easier than is possible under the present V gallery system V S w-It w it strikes us however that there is is t way in V which the talking may be useful in criminological workS work p jot job is only half done a a. suspect is arrested An arrest is worth nothing at all unless it cart bV be followed by byj j Alid Aud possible way to jQ a is to get the prisoner to conf confess to the crime Every effort is always made j. j gaul gain this end 5 I There h r is an institution ill iii mci lean police stations known as the third deV de- de V Under this prisoners ire are beaten deprived of food V and aId sleep threatened often injured in ord order to force them to conA con con- fiss A confession obtained in that manner is the third degree in ift addition is is-a is a matter thatter of common knowledge Every juryman jury jury- man cnn fas heard of it IL V j V Thus a prisoner who vIi has confessed to p a crime but wants to 10 escape punishment for it often repudiate his confession and jell V the jury that it was obtained by torture Sometimes of course this is S quite true some sometimes times nies it is utterly false Iii In either cither case an an injustice js apt to be done V V Vv Many a mari a-mari man vho confessed pf his p Own n free will has made the jury think S tle third degree and las has as t tres a result res' been acquitted V V V Th talking movie might remedy all all- all of of that The jury could se see and Ii hear a the being made If there were threats it could see sec and hear them If prisoner had been beaten that would be quite V evident If on the ilie other hand the con confession coli- coli were obtained in a perfectly proper V manner that too would be self self evident 4 may be that the talkie can r the third degree problem m. m If it does It will justify justify- its existence many times oven ver T i V V V |