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Show FINGER PRINTS LEAD TO ARREST Montclair, N. J.. Aug. 5. The im-jrlnt im-jrlnt of coal stained lingers on the whitewashed walls of the cellar of the Montclair house Is responsible for the detection here thia week or Rob-eit Rob-eit Edwards on charges Involving him in a series of daring burglaries. Two months ago, a robbery was committed in the residence of a wealthy weal-thy broker here. The intruder entered enter-ed the house through a window in a coaP bin and, In feeling bis way : up stairs, left the Imprint of his coal- stained fingcra on the -white walls.. Next morning the police had a pho- ( tograph taken of the finger print md proceeded on the theory that the? some hand was responsible for other Ihelte in the neighborhood. On Fti- ( clay night of last week, two stores , we're entered and suspicion rested on Edwards. He was arrested and a com- parison was made of IniprinU from, his fingers and those shown in the ' I holographs. Experts - pronounced them identical. Edwards, according ' to the police, broke down and confessed. |