| Show A J 1 I I How Aw D a Was iJ I IH i. i I H r.- r. to e by bythe ithe Modem l en c of f P k r 1 If S I y J r I 1 I t I 3 I 1 I II I I l rl r t I I L. L I lA l' l I Ik ft k OSEPH L A. FAUROT FAUROT i viii l Wp orin Charge f New York CIty P t 1 Detective I I BY JOSEPH I 4 f of New York Tot City's Bureau eo Co AP All 1013 13 h by the ew I HERE 15 s no more or cunI cun- cun I ning band nd of the T. T New York police plic have bave to contend I with than loft burglars There never DOTU was wa a more cunning or more loft burglar than Cri pl at t the time of his first arrest arrest ft a m mere re with a dozen nn alIases e but with the and forel ht of an aD old oId offender Had we adhered to old time tim ponce police in n the Identity ot of the burglar who led ed t the 1 band i perpetrated the many robb rl whIch later we e learned were of 1 conception the chances ar are would ho be at large to to nt science has hilS to do with th the r ordin and Identification of Cin finger er prints brought about capture C i pl had figured In many realized thousands of d from ib be loot he he nb from the lofts of pros pros- erous Apparently hI he I led leda d da a charmed charm d life for fot the police were a fe few minutes to 01 late Inte in nt at the seen I nr of the robbery where h he and nud hs bia band of burl burglars 1 r had either ither I d broken bored or climbed into t the I loft they had marked fo plu plucking Yeti strange to say the joo that led to hi jis capture netted him little or nothing Lie He Liem m int ins that he was as frightened off by bythe the police before he abstracted d es-en es a do dolar's dol- dol br's ars worth of toot oot His flis captors asserts b bIss il tO ll Th The polke are In doubt and care Iss inasmuch a was as caught tried and con I d after atter one of the the most seu seu ever eyer In a New cw York York court of jus ce I CrispI is r recorded In police circles UDder fari canons names aames He first cani to the at- at at 1 tendon of the aU authorities unde under th the name of Lie WAS then but seven seven-I teen years rears old presumably a cloth XI r by by nd I in C consequence InA nA position to know the va value e of goods d' d n the lofts lofts' of tho thu various suit suH a and d cl manufacturers throughout the city He also was was' known under the theL L C Ua Ciss Cis Cores Corer and aud his every was bat of a and unscrupulous Youth who sooner er or later would graduate Into the ranks o of some criminal band which be content with th loot loot that was not negotiable Late lit In February the loft pt or Bernstein BrotherS in inV V ooster Street t. t wu Wa entered nce hal had been eff b rem in a pane of Gl u from we jj into the bit It was evident tt it the loft above that of thera waz waa the r real for for- forthe the burg burg- lUll had et to work to bore bora through the of the rooms to that A Jj soon as I heard beani of the robbery robber tbt the pane o of glass had been royed from froni the thedo dooc r. r I u ti-u ted one of I thy 17 s 1 to bring the wind window w to Pollee H ns Then rh n we Work t te search for telltale finger A novice after fter gian ian izig At the tho racks tho thousands thousands' of finger prints at olIc Headquarters are filed would n end endless a wit task l 1 the of of- In charge chargo to go through this lab laby- laby 4 of data In s search arch for a fl c of tho print JUSt brou brought ht in but in this b he I la wr ng 0 Only seConds out com conies a batch of print rin n a te lees are e flipped over overL L i ld id there before you Jou ts Is We tle of your I To l learn the prin prints to group th them Into the four our great classes cr of fiD ine er lines ines known a as loops r b 6 and d is I oL of cours a J but in half DaU an ano hour o l' l teach of an a person average in in-i e to to match given prints prints' d' d a. a b fore him so 80 that he is is' is isa f certain that the two are one i o me I J. J k It was only a a. question of seconds I be-I f fore had e the duplicate oi of young t prints Inless esa time tb than n it takes 4 to tell it we turn turned from the print les t to of the and there wo wot t l 1 a. a u and careful carefully measured 4 of tho man I w hd co u be lo loft t burglary li s wu OD fil n l we J I I tt it 1 we we h di 1 rate despe young un crim Dal to 1 was as I os I a 8 ho ha hau howg wg u But that ga ae mo s 's 6 I F- F 1 I II I J cata 1 s Different Rogues Rogues' the of 01 Identification b I j 1 I 4 t I I p Glass from the Door h no concern concern In ny my own heart I knew Gri pj was was' th the man who had handled the I pane pane a of gln glass s Finger pr prints ts never neTer lie I and it t only fo for me to o convince I the Court of this fact I III II pur search for Crispi WM was only a matter mat mat- t. t ter of hours Ho He was WI living wIth Ida his Young wife in PIt H boken an soon he was before me In P Police Headquarters Without With With- out words I told him I knew he had be been n mixed up tip in the Bernstein loft robbery robber He was calm cairn arid and not apt In n the least worried by br his pre pre- are wrong Lieutenant Faurot he cas casually ally replied From what you yoa tell job prove and easIly 1 toO th that t I 1 was wasl aft ahe e th theatre atle wi with some o e eI I friends when friends when tb this s trick was pull pulled d. d After ih alre t I went directly home and to to bed Iy wife ie was wita me and she can i I II I I I I I II I I II I ten tell the very verr minute J 1 arrived at the I house U lends fm-lends nd also know no when J I to home JO go f I There never Was as a crook crook- clever CI that is- is lMa is-lMa n earth who can not eIl 1 ly pro produce uce au alibi AU All policemen know nv this and the alibi Is one of the most serl serious to clog the wheels wheels of justice An alibi Beem removes all doubt from the mb mind d ot of the average a juror r rand and r I knew at at once that should 1 Crispi get nn an opportunity to fo frame up his alibi if indeed be e had not nat aready done so I b up a agaInst it in convincing a jury that this ma man actually ly in the I loft at tho time ot the the rob robbery belT a a. f fact d I V ILE beyond any q on of doubt I I alone knew the tho of lof the finger fingerprint fingerprint print from long experience m in police bureaus bu- bu I of Europe wh re Ie the system bad bd been well tried out t l I 1 Je r ed from flOm Crispi th the name nam or of th persons with whom he had bad attended the theatre hese persons Were We're Interviewed Lr by detectives detective 8 and d' d a they the thew w were re in- in I separately their b orIe as to the hour Crispi left theta them did not vary valT a am m nute The pr oner wife iCe told what hour she and her husband returned home that night and ber testimony wa supported supported sup sup- ported by bl a a neighbor The he dete detectives t who were detailed on the case returned to headquarters headquarters- end lind one and all were convinced that the persons they thC had questioned questioned ques- ques had bad told the I Nevertheless after battle In the Po Po- lice Court we succeeded d In in haying having CrIpI remanded r r the Grand Jur Jury and after still lJ his Indictment followed 1 taIl laU d d. d with the er lind nd he he W was i iI brn He I Ia realized bed that I 1 was rr sol sOlely upon the finger print for or aud lie he penly boasted that imy case a Se would crumple with willi the ease of an an shell wh it egg n Went to court He I I I I II I I I 1 aM j y r Right FinG r. r Right Ring Finger y r I u t f tJ t R tj t t l ft j J lot I. 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L i tf 1 t M U t Th i 1 l t t H e YC tj t tj iS t. t l lt J i-i i f. f i lf j- j r f ji i f. 1 f tl Wr r Jl 1 T ct at n r 2 ot 4 cUtt 1 taken from hom his fin fingers ers at Police Headquarters Head Head- quarters In iDOl 1007 and sun still another taken while hile lie he was wal indictment offset my finger print theory the defence hid In Kingsley sley and Osborne handwrIting experts and the defence de I fence tried to prove through theta them that I finger prints as a means of Identification were not ns as conclusive proof as I tried to make them out to be but just what handwriting knew about my iya- iya tern tem I could not make mako out ont Surely there was nothIng In their t that weakened weakened weak weak- ened my ease case in the sU slightest but Suet just what effect their discourse would have ban upon toe rue ury i. i was not r to say When court coort adjourned Wednes Wednesday ay evenIng even even- lug Ing CrIsp was far from beIng the self Belt confident swaggering criminal that t he be bad been I earll earlier r In Ithe the week The desperation despera- despera tion with which his lawyers were Contest lag my evidence or rather the question of Its excl sion or or admission before the jurors had had a a. wearing effe effect t upon him and hen he left the court room that night I knew that he realized he was doomed domed The jurors had come to see a great light and mv ense aea was I Cor L 6 4 of rl iid I f H. 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U j 1 t I I i even twitted me about trying to Introduce a French Fren h system m into New NewYork r C York police methods and wanted to bet me ho he be acquItted Tile The day for the trial finally rolled around and none of the the- customary that mark the date ot tr li of a attended this cace ase Crispi was absolutely cOnfident ho he would be acquitted ac ac- ac Quitted and his Ws attorney Mr Moore was Th ju th the C COurt of General Sessions Judge Ju-dc ty is indelibly impressed upon my any memory and I 1 will not forget it to o my m. dying day Not only was I unmercifully heckled by the prisoners counsel l but I knew that I 1 was battling for a system in which I had unbounded faith and this was was Its crucial test r I was not in th the least d in inthe inthe the stubborn fight I 1 knew CrIspi through his hi la lawyers erB w wOuld nl 1 put up cry E one of 1 lila is witnesses witnesses' testified unflinchingly as 1115 to his whereabouts on the night of we the bur bur- and there was no Shaking this tea tes Ills His alibi was perfect His wife supported by her n told that the prisoner had oo d home n by u midnight mid mid- J. night and she had urged him to retire nt at once which ho he He was asleep he said a few mi minutes utes alter after Going to bed bed and she abe soon floon followed him When she awoke In the morning ho he WM was stIll sleep sleep- in big at her het side aide and thia lamo amo neighbor testified that sho vf the flat early the ume Crispi li ju just f arising to partake of the breakfast lila hilli wife Seemingly there was no goIng back back- backof of such evidence zis as this but I was waa determined to prove to this court that Crispi w In the tho oft loft on OD that February morning and that he was the them who handled the m n had baa pane on which the prints had ben en left But the thu Gri pj and nd his had boasted of did not Tile The trial on On Monday Mon lon londay day a and d its ilS climax w was s not reached ed until For or two M I 1 was on the witness s stand iu in an effort tc to prove the infallibility of finger uI the while 1 took them Over o th the aca d and h her branches of the lJ and l d I Y to the hc severest t toILS the attorney for Cor the defence as 88 well as the tho jurors cOuld dc devise be I 1 stood tood by m my guns null and plugged a away w r wIth but bOut t thou t l in ew view that o of pr proving iu a J. J shadow ot of doubt that the Ithe linger inger print uL could Dot not li lie lieThe r The pane of taken from the Bern Bern- Loft yu brought to court null and admitted ull ad- i to il as w an chic chief CX- CX I The Thu entire w watch have to o do with the tbt taking of IJ were brought to court two days das I 1 to to that Jury ou on th the efficacy cr of the th p iut I system I a d. d to La tell lell the truth L 1 could not t f lt ho ho 1 W wa j whether I 1 was making u tL or or Unfavorable Un- Un favorable impression on The Tho jurors jurors' faces un-I un I were for not a gleam of interest I to fl flash h toni the twelve pairs of eyes that at were elo coldly focused on m mand me and my exhibits I Crispi WIll was leaSt concerned of oC all ali lie I sat In chair with willi air of oC a al a. a man bored by a discourse J which he was us compelled to hear ul- ul r though of a nature did not Dot iu in the thele le least t attract him He Be paid little tittle or r no to what I hAd to say and he I seemed no more In the the dJ dis discourse I course of Ids In 11 Moore and Mr Louis Louis' His confidence on th objections which his hL cr n wc-e wc re c constantly making to my JiU hoc Of w which ich jit I e at that time His j. conE i i deice Wll wa t UI I in the t f lila his wile wife and ill in that t of his sister and suLi brother aw with bom h be bad visited d di i the theatre the Ule night of or the burglary I I But u Ui mu wore on i acv T Jaw I rid new precedents etI were n established I and t that nt win was the first tine time as f r r a 1 knew ue in inthe f the th criminal oi of be be country I tha that such a case cas had even cn been tried audi it it meant everything to rine me I Pu o prove pro Ut 1 could identify DY one I by Linger l 1 r w were re made C Co o or a on in JIl the court COUlt room while I 1 waited WI outside the he r om print s p an and printed Then I 1 li leU d tt tb the room t took ok the i I f thOse se within and dev developed them end after them m with the first unhesitatingly 1 picked ou out thc I who ha bad UC been D printed finger n lug ab I I I test t caused the jurors to mani manifest manifesta t tn n a little keener interest in 10 my method It also ber ed to awaken the lawyers for Cor forthe the tho defence to the ra ity ot of the tho case C 8 aiD t their client ana Cron t that Jat woI tao wo- I ment they settled duwa dOl to work in I From irom then ou very every step tep C the way Iway zas IUS contested with wilu vigor and e even en n There ri prInts on on the pane of I glass hlass taken from Bernsteins Bernstein's door a and these any novice could ceo eo by my guld- guld dl ance WC were O identical cD wi with th th tho ion for I felt positive that the of these jurors at least would vote for a acO cO conviction court court ed on OD Thursday morning May 11 Mr Ir Moore Crispi's eJ nrose and said said said- i- i With the consent of the ilie DIStrict Attorney At- At torney the d d s to withdraw his Plea Of C not guilty and enter a. a plea of to th the third count of the tho Indictment Indict Indict- ment charging unlawful cutry The Court the plea Ilca Judge 1 promptly r replied plied Hut But b before C had aa dIed upon th the jurists jurist's lips n a ripple ripp of surprise electrical al alin in J Its effect an through the court room and c every cry ry court 58 well as asI I those among the spectators looked dumfounded dum- dum founded as they gazed ut at the Der f wu ud crumpled up up in a his sent seat a. a U a-U l of the I time stagger u n cr and bravado rdo now conspicuously con con- from his mien At lust last my victory was at hand For weeks week I 1 had bad bad- worked 1 on this case with only a little smudged daub fo fo back m my contention that this man was guilty It 6 for Cof principle fur A 1 new nc ad- ad ence viii Which b I 1 knew was WiS ot of i value lu t to police work vork waS in reality on I I I I trial and 1 W was S to |
