Show This Will Make If It Tough lot of the hunted criminal will be made T THE pretty tough when the cinema goes on his trail Colonel H. H Norman whom Governor Hoffman of New Jersey has deposed as superintendent of ot the states state's police is to be credited with devising a new weapon for trailing trailing trailing trail trail- ing wanted men It seems more than likely that it will take its place along with fingerprinting and other modern scientific methods which have rapidly taken their place in the field of criminal criminal crimi crimi- nal nat detection This weapon is nothing more nor less than the employment of ot motion picture cameras Supplementing Supplementing Sup Sup- other means of identification an evildoer will now have his screen test while he is in custody or suspicious characters may be photographed wherever they arc observed and the films stored for lor possible future use The films will record mannerisms of walk gestures gestures tures in speaking facial expressions posture and even sound tracks of their speech Colonel proposes to turn his Idea over to the United States department of oft t S justice which is said to have signified its intention intention tion to collect a national motion picture library of criminals to supplement finger linger print files files files- li i ill certain circumstances the pictures may be shown in the theaters of ot the country when pub pub- lic cooperation in n a a. a manhunt is desired This is an important contribution to the war on crime It puts one more high hurdle in the J. J path of hunted men Colonel J I deserves nationwide recognition tion for bringing this idea forward and for his public spirited act in releasing it to the department of justice |