St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-09-14
HARD ON CRIMINALS.
Methods Of Identification which Will IRE.
vent Their Escape.


vent Their Escape.
During n recent visit 10 Chicago ]
was afforded an opportunity OF seeing
a new method OF Identification OF Grim
inals which was being introduced there
in the city detective and police work.
The system originated in France. and
is carried on by means of what are
known as anthropometric Indications
When burglar or other criminal is
brought into police station one man
measures the different portions of his
body to be hereafter mentioned. and
calls the figures off to a clerk, who
places the record in a book. the opera
ton on the whole reminding an OBJ
server Of a tailor taking the measure
OF a customer for a suit Of clothes. All
measurements are taken i'm the French
metrical system, and are rs follows:
Q) The height OF the prisoner stand
ing erect (2) The outstretched arms
from finger tip to finger tip. (3) The
trunk is measured from the bench 10
the top of the head OF the pris-
oner seated. These measurements are
taken by the means Of perpendicular
and horizontal graduated measures
placed on the wall. (D The length
of tho head-frOm the cavity at the
root of the nose TO the remotest point
of the back OF the head. (O The
width OF the head-the diameter from
side TO side between the two points
most remote from each other, situated
over the ear and on horizontal plane
at right angles to the measurement Of
length. These two ar, taken by means
OF caliper compasses. co. The right
ear-from the top of the rim to the
lowest point Of the lobe. taken by
small sliding compass. Cd The lett
foot-from heel to toe. (S) The left
middle fnger-from point Of the
knuckle to the tip Of the finger the
finger being placed It tight angles to
No back Of the hand. (9) The left
little finger. (lO The left forearm
from the point Of the elbow to the tip
Of the farthest projecting finger. the
elbow being placed at sharp an
giles with the upper arm. Q) The
left eye--the color of the inner circle.
and also of the external or peripheric
circle. and any peculiarities that may
exist Q2) The nose-the profile;
form OF the ridge. base and root: the
dimension. or length. breadth and pro-
lection; and also any peculiarities-
Q3) Forehead -Inclination, apparent
height and width. Q4 Marks and
scars. their nature. origin, direction.
dimension. location. The color of the
hair. beard and the complexion and a
photograph are then added to the de-
scriptieEl and the record is so complete
that. no matter what means Of disguise
the criL.in may adopt thereafter, the
probability Of identity becomes
almost equivalent 70 dead GER
tainty. The records are classified in
systematic manner by small. medium
and large groups, which again are
subdivided by classes as TO width o!
head. etc. so that it takes bat few
minutes only to find whether crimi-
nal has ever been in the station before
or not. This system is called the Eer-
tillon method. A recent local Cos
sip in tn. Globe-Democrat from De
,:,iye Archambault told how detect
i've, identified criminals BY Observin.
the features in a circle OF the face.
taking in the forehead. eyes, nose ana
front PORTIONS OF the cheeks III the
French ,ystem is the success that 1t Is
claimed 10 he. the unfortunate criIai-
| IA! will have y poor show 10 escape
Identification alter being haobed " .
shrewd detectives Louis Gioce
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