Show WOMEN OMEN ASSIST ALBANY POLICE Keep I Records of Crimi Crimi- Criminals Criminals nals nas to Aid Detec Detec- Detective Detective tive Work York ALBANY N. N Y Aug 20 By By The Associated Press Women Press Women are proving provIng proving ing able assistants to the Sherlock Holmes cf New York state The Bureau of o Criminal Identification tion of the the New York Yort state depart depart- department department department ment of correction is manned by women and a I woman is chief chIc of the bureau Miss Clara L. L Parsons head of or the bureau since s nce 1914 was at one onetime onetime onetime time a clerk in the same department Under Und r her supervision 1 on women's hands keep classified more than cards that tell all there is to know about the Who of the underworld and hire here h re women's eyes eye look through at the prints fingers make on clean paper Miss Mis Parsons does docs not know now why the bureau relies relics entirely on women to its work but she does doe know they are as ns capable as men She admits some phases ph ses of or criminal investigation are best b t left to men Proud of the efficient way ay in which her office assists police departments in iii checking up on who oho arc arrested in the empire state stat Miss MIs Par Par- Parsons Parsons Parsons sons says Quite often criminals with records in other states stales try to cover up their delinquencies and evade severe pun pun- punishments punishments punishments waiting for them as second s ond third and fourth offenders But our up check-up usually reveals their his bs- history tory Miss Parsons ors fa universal finger printing This Tills practice she believes would make it easy to Identify any any- anybody anybody body anywhere The possibility of mis mis- mistaken mistaken taken identity she explains paIns is only one in 64 61 trillions |