Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-02-05
FACES OF CRIMINALS,
Ryrnes Discards the sct=
ence OF Physiognomy.
What Features Disoiose-How 70 STUDY
ths Kyes-Charsotoristics " the Mouth
Jaws and EArs-Ths Becspttvsness
N Appearances.

~ - Wlse FIlhu WHO AuOWS uis oWR
/ ignorance, observes Inspector Thomas
Byrpes, Of New York, in the Philadelphia
Times 10
| ! am moved 10 smile when hear Of men
who San not have met oHe-tenth many
/ people Us have, or under such various and
peculiar circumstances, asserting that they
understand human nature. doubt II even
one man IL thoroughly understood by any
body, least Of all by himself For the pur-
poses Of my business, long experience in
! dealing with pen and women is Of incalcula-
| BILE value; il enables tho detective 70 judge
quickly CONCERNING the ipdividuals and &C
quaints him with many general character
istics Of tbs human family; blu after all
this valuable oxperiepce teaches one most
important )esson-thtt 1t will never do to
jump to epnclusions on appearances. It
leads the detective to distrust all general
I1ations, oil rules fpr aisrpyering q man's
tsndencies, all that 20 csllel science, physi-
ognomy, and to depend solely upon facts
and evidence, meaning by the latter term
things that will hold good in law r9Hrt
1t is true that tbs cast Of aman' . faAturas
may be Of service, and that ne detsesiye viii
examine suppos Cd criminal With his sYaa
shut; but physiognomy y merely fact9F In
the work, .ot guide t9 1t. II all man WeFa
savages, If they grew ffpm infancy to man.
hood and pld age with no artificial iahqs
ences to bend their patpres, physA9gRanlx
might be reduced " N exact Bcence;;
DO not assert that it gould, b9t sdpit thai
To-day II never can be: For edaeatisa mod
degree. Ths growth OF intelligence I'm.
not o,,lua pexv anftaua6 sxnrQa aiou
! 10 the face, but actually changes It's M.
psarance to an extent that wifi inevitably
; throw the rules OF ptysiognoMY into con:
fusion. Not that q crooked nose may be-.
come straight, or q large mouth small; but
wise hablts And the desire to appear well
! In the world may erase the ugly, viceborn
wrinkles ahont the eyes and on the fore
head, and effect otheF changes Of amilar
paturo.
While the lines may be modified and tho
nature refined, the brutal or criminal ten.
denotes are NOT, pnhsppily, ersdicstsd
They MAY lie dormant throughout life
time, and they mpy break out, II the provo.
cation arises, at any moment. II this hap
pens the CRIMINAL is . hard case for the de-
tectives. His education has taught him
come things that his less fortunate brother
In the dives can not make available. It
sometimes happens that vicious tendencies
| remain dormant for genoratiops, during
which tho lines of a mans face have been
subject TO constant Improvement. Inrases,
however, when boy Of vicious parentags
| grows up in vicious surroundings, where
bin animal nature IL given fYli swing, hs
! grows to man hood marked criminal and
can be picked gut at sight. Jyst what direc-
tion his nature takes, however, whether to
burglary, swipdling, murder. RIGHTEOUSNESS
or petty thiaying, can not he determined
with accuracy at glance, % =
have said that physiognomy may be re-.
Rarded % q factor in crimiaal detecting
Eye then it must be applied with caution,
and never be depended on without evidence
II 10 a good Plan to get evidence frat and
then back it up, if you like The diversion.
with an analysis Of the features of
the criminal. In dealing with sus,
poets try 70 get hints Of thsir character
! by observing the mouth, the eyes, jaws and
ears. FROM the mouth = fair Estimate may
pc obtained Of the subjects character NJ to
determination or weak will power, brute
courage OF timidity, chastity OF hceptious.
ness, generosity or selfRhness, cruelty Or
kindness.
It will be observed that this does not go
20 far as to make suspect fatty eriminal
or honest nan; 1t simply suggests his ten
denotes. IN seeking TO determine whether
person IL telling the truth depend good
deal ppQn tho eyes; not, however, upon their
general appearance, for the most evil-eyed
nersonin the world may tell the truth at
times, and sQNe Of the best Of men may
prevarieata upon occasions Of great tempta-
tion. It is rather the action of the eyes that
tells the saeret / try to place the person
who is In question 50 that The light thinos
fully into his face. Then can see the pupila
and il they waver or contract peFa than
the light would call for feel pretty conf.
dent that I Am dealing with . liar. It is
practically impossible 70 cenetrA the pupil,
Ono whota eyes do not wayer when he ia
aeceiying a deteetivs pspallY hetrays bin:
self by 4ha very eHpFt, which giyes to bin
face an appearance pi over-contidenpe, and
hip assumption Of innocent eeasn.dloF becomes
calm stare.
There is not y great daal IA be learned
from an inspection pf the Jaws and ears, but
ibaye NOTICED that heavy, Wida iaWs VauallY
a. with small ears that Lie el9se ia The heaJ.
Criminals OF this claAs aye geNaialsY desps}.
ate characters, hard TO handle, VIVA RFs Al.
tie amenable 10 reason, apd appreciate ONLY
the argument Of force Qs the ether hand,
men WITH lantern java aHd Happy esass psya.
sapt little difficulty,
A striking proai pt the uncsptaiptY sf
physiognomy In determining . mapss char
acter, " say nothing Of tia nature Of
his deeds, may pa seen at q glance at the
rogue's gallery In this city, Yhrea pictNrna
were placed before visitor one day. Hs
knew from the eircamstapcea Thai they
we're criminals One ha fxea ppp1 pDhesi
tatingly A. brutal murderer, an9ther as q
swindler, end the third looked so mach like