Show System em joon Soon to Be Put in Operation ration 0 at Police ice Headquarters A new new branch of ot police work in Salt Sall Luke will be brought into Inlo use uso as soon coon aa as 3 the police polleD department takes po possession possession posses posses- e.- e. sion of ot the now quarters in fn tho the former farmer ormer y Y M. M r. r c. c A. A building The city ty has bas purchased pur par chased at a a. cost of or 1264 a system of ot I Identification for or criminals No longer will the habitual criminal who visits sIts Salt Lake b be able to hide his identity iden idea under an all alias when arrested Tho The study tudy of ot the improved system now In use uso is fascinating and though it appears appears ap ap pears peara complicated is quite simple in III operation M. M J. J Alphonse of or the Paris prefecture of police was tho the In Inventor In- In venter of or a system of or l identification consisting con con- of or eleven eoven measurements of ot certain eer- eer tam tain bony bon parts of ot the human frame which never chango after is reached The measurements consist of ot tho the height span Epan of or arms hel height ht of or trunk length of or hand length l of right ear length th thor of or left foot toot l length of or left middle finger rinser length of or left lert little finger length of or left leU forearm or arm There Is included in this work the th finger er print system Invented by Francis I Galton Gallon an Englishman Open the hand han I and In th the center of or the bulb of oC tho the finger r Is 16 the pattern of tho the finger print Comparison ComparIson Com Corn parison of or the tho lines in one hand banal with with those thom in any other demon demonstrates that tb there re rc is 19 always s a difference in the pattern pat pat- tern These different patterns pattern ar are separated separated sep sep- p- p into types under the heading headIng- of or whorls loops arches arche and composites These lines Unes never chan change e and are tho the same maine in maturity aa as in childhood Burns or scars sc on the surface of the finger only onto aid as us a m means ans of ot identification HOW System Works Under this system the subject who is convicted of or some crime or tho the habItual habitual habit habIt- ual criminal I Is first photographed A flashlight photograph photograph- ia iff made chich brings out every feature with remarkable remarkable remark remark- able clearness Tho The measurements are then Ien taken and any an marks or that th I may aid In fn tutors future Identification are re re- re I corded Tho The finger prints are then taken take b by pressing the subjects subject's fingers on an i inked pad and then on a card Th The f sub sub- j Joels Joel's tR picture Is then pla placed d on one on side ot of a card with Ith his measurements and I finger prints on the other and the cart card caN cardIs I I Is then filed tiled away for tor future reference Chief of ot Police R R. F. F Grant Is over oyer the working of tho the system Ho expresses tho the opinion that when it is es established es- es it will deter habitual criminals from working In tho the elt city as their Identity identity Iden Iden- may bo so ac easily established when the they are arrested Police Polle departments ol or orthe the different cities endeavor to maintain a uniform system of or recording the l Iden iden- en- en Tho The exchange e of or identification tion cards between the different cities Is of ot tn great at value alue in the work of hunting down a a. criminal 1 j In Charge F. F S. S Spooner who I is secretary to the chief of ot police pollee will Viti be appointed to take charge chargo of ot tho the new department Th The work r requires considerable cl clerical n ability abil It ity and Mr Air Spooner has hIlS shown tihon n qualifications In iii that line in his present ca capacity en- en Mr Tr Spoon r was as previously EC secretary sec under C C. J J. J auditor o of tho the Oregon Short lAne 1 ln railroad It was WH training along this line that proved PO so I valuable to him in his work at police headquarters When Mr Spooner ncr as as- his duties th there them ro was an on almost total lack hack of ot system m in fn the tho work rork there I He lIe established a system of records files rues a and n bookkeeping that tha t soon oon the thea a admiration of oC polka o departments in other cities clUes The Time Identification System about to be bee e established d requires skill and knowl knowledge do doot of ot tho thu subject In order to be 10 of ot the greatest value In orr tl to obtain this knowledge Mr l Spooner will probably be besent besent sent to Oakland Cal to study tho the methods in in ht force in that city dt A subordinate subordinate sub flub ordinate ol to aid Mr Ir Spooner in the tho usual I clerical work worl will be bf appointed as soon eoon as hn hr I lilt his now new n duties |