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Show V 3 page rocBiTfieracnssTjasnuuiu -- JHE SUNDAY HEEAU), SUNDAY, IXBSUAEY15 lTP " ? ' ,r - t it femisisj- - Cm BERTH-,wbo lose eonsclou-Mcrowd and take th watch of 1 stranger who gallantly keeps ' har from tailing, Is, of course, cataloged by the ((yACiTINa " la Potto. 'TUB FWdU k liltewLw oclftUr known and understood. She pisveUoes shoplifting by direct method, but When caught, she pretend uncoi caoeane. Then ah makes htr escape while helpful bystander run for aid, Even whan criminal methods ere cot so thee, they jiatlncUe atgnatore at the person guilty, according to Pepoty PoHc Commllojiec Joph ' Faurot of New Tork. Everything yon do carries the mark ef your personality. This fact Is the basis of detectl'us work, and especially of the "modus operandi" sys-- ' tern of IdantiAcaUon which Faurot hlmaelf baa tae "7r developed. SOLVES OLD MIRDER Identification Is Faurot'a specialty. Ee won tils widest fama in UK when he took charge of the mystery of the dismembered and scattered remains of a woman which harbor fishermen and boatmen tound: a"Tttinranrtmier.In the --Hudson River. Whan be finished h had itfohtiaed ths body as that of Anna Auermuller and' obtained a confession of her murder from Hans Schmidt. Lone ago, when h was a lieutenant of detectives in charge of ths old "line up" at headquar Joe) tars, they began calling hira '"Camera-Eye'- ' Faurot. Whenever ha took a good lobk at a crhnlnai Jit jr tatned Jha jictura. Jn4be yaaLila of his mind, subject to b brought out again when- -' .aver needad, u HAS NEW SISTEM They omO him,' too, "tha father of fingerprint Identification." Ha installed the BertlUoh system i New Tork In 1SJ7 tha yeairafter he Joined tha ' polio force. In lfO ha brought from Franc the first fingerprint system ever used in America. During hi yearn of watching criminals, he haa -- ; reason wa may be unable to fled fingerprints. ' But tmeonscioualy, and it seems almost inevitably, they rereal themselves in the' way they act, "Sometimes, of course, signatures to crimes ara illegible just as are signatures of bank presidents on a $10 note. Eiicb cases require keener smarter work to decipher. In other cases the the crimtnal 4s identity-- cf as if he had left his card! "Certain thieve work only at night. Soma enter through fire escapes, soma through doors. It swindlers teU a stpry, or if tbey have a cove lng explanation to give whn suspected, it is) always the time. Some burglars search the house every time formetmng to eTor drink. Their own particular trade, marks always are present ' , and we have thousands listed. hirer u Prints and' U ly 7 A BITTER JOKE ? -- n N "The word 'birdseed Is a bitter Joke In more 4, than a hundred N'ew York fanilliea. "H recalls the time the wife paid W ,lt for a nickel's' worth of canary bird seed. A stranger presented It at the door, and said II - Th "made the canary birds ain$ like man of the house had ordered it delivered C. 0. D., tha sUiingar, and ftuuld thewifa, pleas. - UJ.-.'U- i - Galll-Curc- print as 'a mean ' X;1INGER Identification is of irer' ancient - of - ' origin.' ; i' lii earll- been known" from It lias aast when tha thumb Fsrdays in th Impression was ttra monarch's sig" .1 if r.l c i..'.. .. tt-'I v ...... X I "''-- .' nature, . Th system wa first : ; pu.towsrd scientifically lnJ82 by anminent -professor of physiology, Jff who' had adduced' nln klnje, '' "wj.. tandard types of Impressions, He advocated a systcra taiai- flcatiui bnV tnrffi alfentionwwas paid to his theory. Latar finger print' becsjh inora generally used by individuals who t signaattached, ths Imprasslons tures pn work and legal pXpff; for registering laborer and to fix Identity 'to prevent falsa pa mo nation. r IBED BT' IpOLICB !"' Sir E. B. Henry, chief, r of the London metropolitan comml-ilone- polics, successfully used for th detection of U. system i Tha system expanded until, today R is ona of tha chief measure used by police department tha wrld over n :.J,ot tha tracing and defijjlt erimaV1- Idenfl-flcatlc- L'' of criminals Peculiarities In tha, aklffof tha hand glv 'to finger r print yatem. " V- ' '. .' T t jfifj J mvjfi ' ' J5f J.Wf - ifl lm m PV VN '17l MVrvSWfc.' lytvfccb" - "V - at. irlrlrraial kltl MiMy nugeg IfalTDTIvf mMT kin of th brand and fingers in all direction and show na change front ' childhood" to old age. f vj of Impression fingers show certain patterns front which aa alphabet of sign or a system ot notation has been worked out. ?' C'f'ASHalal V :rimymm''' WSftjBr1' VvyxyF 55cSm5s2x IV VyS ktfPX Ny5vJy5 ZX'aVy'IZ K tv'i''yN.V yyW! iVJasSf j f- - if' V 1 1 1 i am.-- y "CAMERA EYErJOEAjAUfiPZ :- -' will whimper and say they did it for the starving children "at home." Usually they haven't any up with the criminal. The automobile, the acety lene torch and scores of tnew mechanical inven-- . tions have been seised promptly by, th gentry. "Mora important to a detective than any system or science is the alert, thinking mind," th veteran believes. "With that equipment, tha detective 1 a match a hain of similar crimes. .. . , et I J jrsctw -- LIKED TO STEAL woman told u sf sad story about "A T1PES CLASSIFIED ;. recently (. . ; STE,LS T.VPESTRIE8 four-folwe A husband When her scheme of classlAna. leaving penniless. i' "There Is ona man socializing in fine rugs and her, - evolved around these tlon teenhas we had checked found husband her prothat up, lapestries." says Murphy.- 'lie' learns the name paftern. vided a good home for her. She just liked to steal, f some salesman, waits unUl that man goes out The "variou eira type tyed '1 left her he wouldn't because and, aha hlmi quit.' lunch to Under the preand then asks tor for any crook. Without it, he can't take all tha "loops." "whorto" and "arch,"; ense-waatmsioyais-giMurniaTpam- s Many thieves are the Jaet persona on earth you flngerprintsand-eluea-- an ; "composites would suspect, from their, appearance, family endworld and catch his man. unsuspected about the store. He Is an expert Then there are" seven aubclasie, Persian rug so as ,oWer' iie can foM readUjf .diatmguished by n xpert. background. They don't have to steal. They are ALERT MIST. BE t0 At it around hIs"body, under his loose coat. who can, .arrange, th symbol to thrilled at tha idea of getting something by their "There's no end to the marvelous detective Thenhesgone. make then) tustinct and easily read"Iii i0 ever hear of a 'penny weighter f W. -- own cleverness and without paying for it. That 'stories about fingerprints. Take, the case of a able. ' ,; frxa not In a Boston. safe burglar who killed why they steatTThey kleptomaniac. policeman helped put him in the penitentiary, after follow-ln- g A piece ot whjte paper, tin lab ' I've seen very few that-- I thought were." r Hi fingerprints were ent all over this country, hig..methoda for some time; Ha would palm fcB(j soma int but he had fled v .Australia, h stuciiaJaiu-- -. en imitation diamond, as a magician doe. Then, thdlsnmenhapeor itr arresting for the appliance torealuWe'Chrlst- trade over there, however. On the other side of, registering of the necessary mile looking aVlSoTSThTwouldT , Scar and print. . mas Th been rush. -the world he attempted another burglary, shot prisoners have shopping false for ths real and leato.Hpromlslng to return lacerations on the fin" file in of was listed association. ths man the a and In ' arrested.. protective They rep. escaping later, before the clerk found the deception. ger do, not Interfere with reading" Which already has a rogue' gallery of 16,000 ognlsed him a aa American, sent hi fingerprints f ;Tlckpocketa work most easUyJIn .store crowds, th print. .a names. hack1 hera and w identified nira. opening women's handbags "and helping themT' wsppea 1 one out ot arrested I'Transmisslon of fingerprint by telegraph wire,. it a pro Only every selves. There's one in the penitentiary now who" ' aey wonderful-aid to fessional In The to code. U a shoplifter, quick according Murphy. broadcasting was the"fas,-t- t saw. , worker' I ever .She could 1 y -- ) r . others are amateurs, of Identification after a crime' ha been com-- -' open and rob 20 bags a minute, when the going RECORD IS KEFf .' "Not more than 1000 out of the total la our file mitted. they can be described by number o the ; was good.are hardened, actual criminals," ha says. "Tb receiver can reproduce the exact pattern. By the ' A central office where finger ;.:.:"' fV " V V " MEN CARELESS print, other have taken a fling and now want to be tune, the criminal ha made a safe getaway to a of all criminal one arrested or filed '' "Women's c; la Xq blame for most of 1 remain under new the keystons ot the whole systei good. They suspicion. city, hi description is there waiting for him. their loose to, pickpocket. They let their hand-- , ' and as oon as h does anything to gat arrested. a crime U committed ih police If EXPERTS GOING " when in crowds. iags doDg from straps even v; look for linger, - . the jig la up. s. ." priijte. jt any ' are 'The expert thieve are thinning out. There are - "Flash transmission ot They nuld block the thieves If they would hold ' fingerprints wui be very found thy are photographed and a their Uss firmly by the clasps or tuck them under-thel- r about' 500 detective, city and private, always aided, of course, by these new method copy la sent to the central offloa. on the watch (or them in Mew Tork stores and greatly arms. ot sending picture by wire and by radio. ' ' . Her experts ta the system check "Women shoppers are as good gam for thieve street. It Is more than they can stand. The .their Use. In nkay case through " VALUABLE PRINTS thieve are going into bootlegging or some other as the 8tor? themselves. We arrested a woman Print tallying Tritb those- - ot the la thief who ctv Malized on the glove counters. Sha easier trade or they are moving to ether cities, ' Identification to have "Ftagerprint coming ' criminal are found. ,' ; "Novice are easier to catch, but they need an Important function In big Industrial plant. wo: 1 vat place next to a woman customer,' - SYSTEM AtTAflKB) :a were waiting for a saletwoman. r The watching.; .They act nervbu and keep Jooklng Corporation are taking the print ot all their ii ox t to her carelessly WhO puts down her around to see if cny one see them. They aren't employes. It serve In case a crime 1 committed many attack bava- - been o quick a the prof eesional.' and also to prevent the" of mad on the ystem, i nd.alme , ,.T h.t;, ;,,u3 while, her glove are being fitted, When new nam after they hare been under the ofvnor next looks tor her bag, it is gone, to- - w wuw ma Murphy himself was In tha dty police depart" "' ment for 14 year before he joined the tore' .discharged. - j . o o , aitsreo. the ' atteav'. gether with the thief. ;" "Such a fingerprint helped me trace a burglary cwn private detective agency. "The lendlns - -- 'Ifter ar women. They work proved quit nocesfuL. Modern aclentiflo Identification method have In a big plant not long ago. The burglar bad ; handbags and loose wraps. ( with the Many criminate now wesjrIom ..c useful of loot. 'Women 6 to eover their finger Th?y given the detective half a dozen net in which left a print on th inside of the cash box. When frnry print but even to entangle th criminal today to on which ha w locked over the print of employes, th one thl, precaution ha failad Actives arc tha great protection, against women In many ' . thieves In storva-u .had tO year ago, 'Commissioner Faurot win .tall indicated was so trnstad and wS aonnected the nasf ta tiA w:mu-isv. , .... i,, marxs--i "You'll get a lie In nine "case out ot tea when ' yo He "pemta cut at th same time that tha official wouldnH believe it. But he wa eon nd ridges pt fbe -- rtfa'4,f keep you question an arrested ahopUftar. Most of them policeman needs every aid he can get tip. 4 Xft. afcfe!d. (Copyright. JB2.E. KBA 5rTlW!.'jtoo.). Ith . I " ball, and they never came but empty handed, When they finally jwere caught, It was easy by 1 V V ' a d gun-uad-li- ...L -- 1 jEy l5ew d - JE Torked, out the new system of the "modus oper- - pay him. This was our particular swindler' ' ndi." ' Worked' in every tase. Tou can - "The reason which makes igot it Hated 'In pur 'modus operandi' you put On ths same ' . . ho first every morning is the IokIc back of tha file," " , There is another "modus operandi'' file in New ptoodu operandi' method,1, says this t affable, fastidiously garbed, keen eyed master of y.ark whirh in the department of. shoplifting Is ' cientiflc Identification... quite S3 complete as anything the police can boast. ,' It 1 habit. Wh n a crimlnarbas done one It is that.vof the Stores Mutual Protective Assoda- type of crime and gi away with It, or when he jtlon. William A. Murphy Is chief detective of the - has association, and. W. de Saussure Trenholm, secreproceeded in . "certain faslUun and succeeded, . ;: . : , tary., . . ha atkk to that type or that routine. He becomes a' speclalisVyV Taking advantage ' pt ttiat Murphy tells of a gang Which he helped to trait of numaijity, 'jwe liav developed a system round up a few- - months ago. The Chief actor here was a . of Index; and classification which is exceedingly boy. 'Four men and the valuable as a jrJ5lRnt to fingerprints. . boy would enter a jewelry . store. Two ot the men would pretend to look at rings while the ."A woman tha other day described to us ex-- other two... stood quietly by, waiting for them. - actly the way In which she hod been robbed. We v.Tha boy meantime would play busily with a 'rubI " turned to the in our corresponding classification - . -- ber ball. , . L. modus operandi' file. and on the third card found When hold-uthe became interested in his salesman Identified ' picture which aha man. as her two customers, the child would bounce hi ball " i" ' j HABITS GIVE CLL'ES . ), under a counter. The two idle men In tha party Criminal would go behind the counter then to hunt tha may wear gloves, or foraome other favorite-system- . e round-figured- . i . . ; ; , . ' .1 . . 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