Show ROGUES DREAD THE CAMERA are he 11 aid in tho greatest aid that tho thief taber 0 today has in his possession is tho photograph the thief and outlaw dread the photograph abobo all things tho long immunity from arrest 0 prank and jesse james was due to the fact that no pictured pic turea 0 them had ever been taken they were thus enabled to walk tho streets of kansas city and st loutt to attend theaters play faro in loll 1011 ehe rotunda of the planters hotel and attend the race meetings of the west the vanity 0 the wild western train and horse thieves has in scores of instances led them to pose before the camera of the traveling tintype artist after that capture was easy the dalton and starr gangs owe their capture to this weal mess but the high class crook never has a picture taken unless it is taken by force and by police officers A glance at the rogues gallery on the walls of tho chief of detectives office will chow dred instances of where men have fought desperately against the process all this amounts to nothing no man can distort his face as not to leave a recognizable feature he cannot change the shape of bis nose his chin his care or the general outline of his head the ear is particularly a valuable feature in identification no two men in the world have cars exactly alike the construction will differ and the general expression of the car has an individuality of its own one pair of cars will stand out from the bead like wings another pair will lay close to the skull as if pinned there it will be noticed that the subject is always posed so as to bring in the ears police prefer a view of the face and head the larger the better to a full length view where there aro peculiarities iari ties of carriage or eccentricities of form such as short legs long legs long body long apelike arms or a peculiar blouch additional pictures are taken but as a rule these matters are left to the descriptive circular A criminal once in the toils and photographed to for police purposes may count his career practically ended every police and detective agency in the country and very penitentiary warden or prison governor are supplied with a copy of it he is taken in on suspicion on the strength of his features made familiar his alias is swept away by comparison with it and the details that accompany it the for a fugitive is continued into the prisons of the country it is a very common thing for criminals who are hard pressed for the commission of a capital crime to do like jack shea the murderer of officer doran did commit a burglary or some minor crime arid get put away for a few years in prison many a man has eluded pursuit when capture meant death by this ruse but the photograph has reduced the success of this plan to the minimum all members of the detective force we required to study the faces of the criminals sent in by circular st louis globe dem |