The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-02-26
Police Photography.

Coming BY the back OF the Champ de Mars
to-day, was attracted by group around a pho
tographc policeman who was making rather an
awkward effort to take picture of an old house
wherein an aged woman had suddenly died.
inquired into the subject. Il appears that the
poor old soul. a. eighIy-seyen years OF age, put
out her lamp OF light sooner than was expected
by her neghbors. A young man bad disap-
pesred aud so had few hundred francs. The
police were put on the qui yive, and the first
thing they did was TO photograph the cold old
corpse aud then the house. Now they are look
ing for the missing youth to take his picture 1t
is amusing to see the varied uses that photo
graphy performs amongst the Paris police. First
OF all they photograph themselves, from the
highest TO the lowest. Then they photograph
some Of their relations. aud perhaps trends
They photograph all their first and second class
prisoners. In the exhibition, their ''rOgue's
gsllery is quite an array OF celebrities and
would form u volume OF sketches. Photography
is applied 10 all cases OF murder as to persons
and places. Before the murdered body is moved
il and all the surroundings become carefully
photographed. This is done by special menu
Der of the police in uniform. whose entire work
is devoted to the subject. Photographs Of grand
masters of the art Of roguery aud rascalty are
exchanged between the police chiefs OF all Da-
tions. Thus to-day you can see some portraits
OF the Maynard sons aud daughters OF Baltimore,
Washington, Richmond. New Orleans. Charles
ton etc. in places of honor ON the line OF the
! Paris police fine art gallery. They are number
ed, and this number is an index historical and
descriptive book. The days of the dark-lantern
with the police are changed into hours OF The
camera, but crimes detected through the agency
| of photography Is an extremely long one. See
to what detective purposes has the original ides
Of the long.lost Daguerre come at last. 10.
stances of forgery are numerous as beng detect
/ ed by biography. The Bank of France has 9
special Photographic aud scrutiny department
for the detection of forged notes, bonds, etc
| Bot its invisible portrait gallery for taking the
! likeness Of a person without that person know
\ ing it, is unique and full of amusing anecdotes
On one occasion MISUNDERSTANDING person
came TO the bank desk aud presented little
package of bonds OF a certain English loan. The
clerk did not readily relish the looks OF the
bonds though those of the person were quite
the thing. Stamping little hand bella sigma
TO the photographer, who has his gallery in ciea
range of the applicants desk, yet SO constructed
that it is not easily seen-the clerk engaged tht
stranger in conversation about the bonds. anc
in such q way that the photographer SHOULD
have good view of his face. This time q coun
! try school-master. as honest as the sun OF day
thrust his face in by the desk, and he was pho
tographed in company with one of the creates
forgers of France. The constituencies of photo
graphy is illustrated at this bank when ink
marks invisible to the eye on the original docu
ment become quite plain on the photograph
You cannot alter. by writing, any paper bu
photography will detect the I" meddlesome pen
sooner or later. An erasure on the paper,
done ever SO smoothly, is discovered by photo
grsphy, The character and style of chirograph
is also we'll tested by photography. Photograp
some OF the letters IN sentence, enlarge til
photograph, and you have "a big guide as I
style esily followed and made criterion. Tn
POST Office Department here has its photogrs
phic director. and many letter is opened, pho
togrsphed, compared, and stored away for futur
. evidence. Surrounded by such agencies hov
well honesty being the best policy" is prove
, TO US. 10 the exhibition you can see some il
stances of visitors there being unconscious
} photographed. One old lady. however, disco
cred the police at their proceeding. Up sh
bounded, over went not only her chair but th
, three nearby ones down she dashed her on
brella, down she pulled her skirt over her hea
T and turned her back 10 Triumphant air up TO ii
+, rash policeman - What" she exclaimed, tai
} ing my portrait for prison o julie, JUL
J, where art thou 7" am sorry to say her spou:
7 julie was in the arms Of Morpheus. and CARED nc
, for photography. She went aud demande
D reparation and was Modified by getting pho
r tograph of her enraged self.