Show Fingerprinting of Pawn Shop Patrons Poison Buyers Urged by S S. S. S L. L Expert stained Ink fingers will be all the rage in the near future according to Sergeant A. A H. H Rogers superintendent of the Salt Lake police pollee department identification bureau who anticipates an increasing sing use of fingerprints for or identification purposes The annual report being prepared by Sergeant will recommend to the city commission that ordinances be adopted which will require pawnbrokers pawnbrokers pawnbrokers pawn pawn- brokers to take the fingerprints of persons offering articles for pawn or sale and md require druggists to take the thumbprint of each person who buys and signs for poison it was revealed revealed revealed re re- re- re Monday Such ordinances will work no hardship on an honest man Sergeant Rogers said pointing out that the courts ha have held that asking a man manto manto manto to identify himself by his fingerprints is is no C implication Uon of cri criminality If poison purchasers were required to leave their fingerprint on the drug drugstore drugstore drugstore store register police might find it 11 much easier casier to solve poison slayings Sergeant Rogers explained The ordinance requiring persons who attempt to dispose of ot goods at a pawn shop to place their thumbprint on the record would discourage burglars burglars burglars bur bur- by making it difficult for them to dispose of their loot undetected Wichita Kan is using Just such an ord ordinance n nce with excellent results Already many large banks are arc using usine fingerprints as a positive means of ol identifying illiterates but Sergeant Rogers is looking for the time when every person who writes writes' a check will verify his signature with his finger finger- print When the use of fingerprints for identification comes into general use usein usein usein in banking forgery will become a lost art for a fingerprint is a signature that cannot be copied Sergeant Rogers I saidA samA sam said A few hours study will enable bank to identify fingerprints readily read read- ily fly he added Fingerprints on an nn insurance policy which can be checked with the prints of the deceased would save insurance companies the thousands of dollars spent each year in litigation arising from disputed identity cases according accord accord- ing Lag to Sergeant Rogers A traveler carrying a card bearing his fingerprints and a sta statement ment from the cashier of his home bank certifying certify certify- ing log that the prints are those of a depositor at his bank will soon be able to g get t a check cheek cashed in places where he would not be accommodated under present banking methods Sergeant Rogers is also confident that fingerprints will be used on oct passports on election registrations to prevent fraud and on every deed mortgage ge or contract where identification cation is required 9 |