St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-01
CRIMINALS PHOTOGRAPHS.
Over Four Thousand Faces to be Seen
In Rogues' Gallery.
Many Handsome-Looking Knaves
Among the Coll ection.

HdihO 1OA yet lew people KNOW any lnlll3
definite of this important adjunct to the
police system of the civilized globe, says
the Chicago News. The whole thing be-
ing OF recent origin and growth, it is Chi
cagO which in America ranks first in some
essential points of usefulness of this limo
walton. The whole thing is here under the
direct and complete control of the police.
This had been first done in Berlin under
Hinkeldey, the very shrewd police chief of
the present German capital. Next rogueS'
gallery was started under Pietri, the clever
tool Of Napolean I'LL, and Chicago adopted
this system Just year ago, first in Amer
lea. and Scotland yard in London followed
suit three months later. Under the careful
supervision of the police authorities this
branch of their department has been fash
Toned into very effective, nOiseleSS, and
at the same time inexpensive weapon in
their warfare against criminals, and it is
noticeable that those cities which can boast
OF rosueS' galleries under direct
POLICE GUIDANCE
have also the most efficient force to keep
rogues in check and bring them to punish
ment. For the work of keeping and add
SiSt in taking photographs of dangerous
Indicators, but in keeping better record
of them, aiding materially in their identi-
fication and conviction, and in acting as a
powerful deterrent on the criminals them
selves.
Here in Chicago is this especially the
case. a year ago the photographing de-
partment which supplies the rOgueS' gal
lery perennially with new subjects was first
put under the complete control of the pO-
lice, Mr.. AIichaelP. Evans, formerly secre-
tary of the detective bureau, being made
the head of it. He has invented and pat
ented an album, gigantic in size and pecu-
liarly adapted for the uses to which it is
put, being very simple in construction, cheap
in price and durable in make. 1t will hold
$500 pictures and is about the size and
shape of a goOd-siZed atlas. The system
of bookkeeping carried on in connection
with the rogueS' gallery proper is the means
by which the department is enabled to keep
perfect track of and identify every crimi-
nal who has come into conflict with the
authorities, and also to have him punished
under the habitual-criminals act. Thus the
value of 4
wELL-KEPT ROGUES' GALLERY
for the practical purposes of police force
cannot well be Overstated. \ system of
of pictures is carried on with
the principal cities of the union. But. this,
as yet, is rather incomplete and unsatiSfac-
tory, most of the other cities being cOnsid-
erably behind Chicago in this respect, Phil
adelphia being, however, a good second.
There are now, since photographs have been
taken here for police purposes, books y to
\ holding each between $50 and 400 pic
lures, about 4, 900 in all, and during the
year past some 600 new ones have been
added. Only as to this last batch the rec
Ords are as full and explicit as IS requisite.
In some respects our Chicago is still behind
the continental European system, as for
instance. in mutual aid of the different cit
les to enable identification and surer prose-
cutiOn of criminals, also in the exact man
ner of recording. but, on the whole, our
TOgueS' gallery is as useful as any, and
more so than those of England and Scotland.
One great lesson is taught by the careful
study of these thousands of faces cOmpOS-
ing the rogues' gallery-that appearances
are deceptive. Especially is this true of
the bright particular stars on
THE CRIMINAL HORIZON.
Compare the faces with what is written
them on the white rim of paste
bOard-Or, better still, with the entries on
the recOrdS-and you will be very much as
tOnished and disappointed. Generally
speaking, you will find this to be the rule,
instead of the exception. that the worst
criminals are the better-lOoking ones, many
Of them having all the appearance of being
just what they are nOt-gOOd, honest, we'll
intentiOned citizens. Look at this face
(NO. PSI for instance. 1t is that of good.
straight business man. The bumps of per
ceptiveneSS. of industry. of SOciability are
Yet the man is no other
than Tom Ryan, the most expert cracks
man and safe-blOwer in the world. His
brother, nearly as dangerous a man to the
was killed by Officer AdeI-
man at Peoria not long ago. Look at this
young wOman's physiOgnOmy: Laughing
eyes, full lips, regular, delicate features,
the picture of bright intelligence and good
nature. And vet she is a piekpocket and
rObber of the most accomplished tyne
Bridget McCarthy-and her pal" Minnie
Daley, close by her in the album as she is
in life, is even more deceiving III looks.
What would the good Lavater have said. if
the Chicago rogueS' gallery had been ac-
ceSSible to him? He would never have
originated nor believed in the
SCIENCE OF PHRENoLoGY,
for their faces give his theories emphatic
ally the lie. 1t will not do. either. TO
speak of proving the rule by the exception,
for the exceptions are here the rule. The
of the heavier criminals in this
gallery, If met with in the streets, would
not be taken for burglars, thieves, murder
erS, ruiiianS, SwindlerS, confidence men, or
worse. but intelligent, honest folks. no
worse and possible better than you or 1.
Among the smore conspicuous of those
criminals whose faces adOrn our Chicago
rOgues' gallery, and who look particularly
piOus and innocent, is Edward MuShek q,
Book NJ, a noted English fOTger, caught in
Canada two weeks ago with some Bank of
England notes and checks of his own max
ing i'm his possession. He looks like
benevolent capitalist and
There is "Billy Ward"
whose right name is Tom Bigelow. He
looks like the very picture of honesty, and
vet, last year at the Republican convention
N this city he was ScOOped in as a most
successful bank burglar. Look at John
Harris, alias ''OySter JIM" one of the
'slickeSt" pickpOeketS in the United States.
Doesn't he resemble real unsophisticated
I'D granger to L? There we have Alex
lnder Mitchell. alias yankee" Mitchell.
IN expert robber, yet apparently the soul of
honor, and Clay Wilson, the
GoLD-BRIcK swISDLER.
Ices he not closely resemble some staid old
,Ollege professor you know? Charles En-
lie, ICON" man and climber par excel |
enee. looks not only stylish but also as
iOnest as the day. Would you suspect it |
if YOU did not know the man) that this |
handsome, placid face was that of Jere
Dunn, the slayer of Jim Elliott? Here in |
he rOgues' gallery they have not classed |
him with any particular class of criminals, !
mt ssiuSt OenerallvD