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Show NEW WAY TO DETECT CRIMINALS 7 French Detective Invents Two Sciences to Do Work. Poroscopy and Graphometry Promise to Make Way of Transgressor Harder Than It Is. I'aris. roriwcopy and graphometry graphome-try ai'C two new "sciences" intended r t lie inmibor."form and position of body pures remain the same throughout life. The impression of the pores In Doctor I.ocard's system is colored by chemical vapors or very tine powdera so they may lie photographed under a microscope. Doctor I.ocard tells of several successful suc-cessful prosecutions supported by his new sciences. In one case a burglar wore gloves, but left an impression ol n small surface of 'orearm. Thai to make the way ot the trunsgressoi harder than it is. Poroscopy is the science of measuring the pores of the body. Grniihometry is the science of form and relative proportion of letters let-ters in handwriting. Dr. Edmund Locard, head of the Lyons police laboratory of identification, identifi-cation, has elaborated these new methods meth-ods of crime detection to a point where the results have been accepted In the Lyons courts and are said to have been proved effective. In poroscopy -doctor Locard holds ' , "-"N.' jc.clcd . - -' - " " ' ." trace convicted him. Another burglar, perspiring freely, left the impression of pore surfaces through his gloves and went to jail. Graphometry, as termed by Dnctoi Locard, consists primarily in the theory the-ory that handwriting shows always a certain relation in ".e between letters let-ters and unmistakable characteristics in form, particularly in loops. In ad dition to these principles Doctor Lo card, of course, utilizes generally accepted ac-cepted methods of detecting, forger les. |