Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-03-05 | Page 4 | Checking the Fingerprint

ICI CHECKING THE FINGERPRINT I j Recently In New York City judge gave the fingerprint a severe setback when he that only after conviction of had the police the right to compel anyone to be fingerprinted and not even after conviction except on the order or consent of ot a competent court Regretting that this block has been placed In the way of ot the fLu fin fingerprint S stem an eastern paper I sa a That actual or po potential potential II are reluctant to have against themselves a sure means of or Identification is easily understandable The good citizen too naturally objects to make a record which aich lh he be thinks groups him with evildoers Yet the th the utility of for other than police I I purposes is 18 slowly becoming t and more widely known and al- al already already al already ready the wonderful process has gained considerable extension It is fairly faTI- ado to I i that come day dar eve even body's fingerprints will be le taken as a matter of regu regu- regular regular lar Ian routine and deposited in some bureau of vital Ital statistics where they will be available for tor man many In- In In Innocent and and important purposes Thus for or Instance would ouid the re- re recover re recovery chit chit- chil children cover covery of lost or dren be much facilitated sparing parents parents both expense god and anxiety I and the authenticity of signatures Pu documents of any kind could be made a matter of certainty not nol some something thin dependent on fallible famble hu hu- human hu- hu human human man observation and memo The fingerprint 8 S stem has baa ex extended extended tended nell ell over ever the country Its Hs Hsu u b by the Og Ogden fn police department I has been of Inestimable assistance t In w 01 king out criminal cases To Todo Todo Todo do away with this method of iden idea identification I or to limit it to persons orde sd ad by court to be fingerprint fingerprinted ed would be a slipping back In Ina Ina Ina a most important work ark of I identification identification cation In connection with l police ac- ac ac I