New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-07
Az EXHIBITION or CRIME.
ART CONTRIBUTES TO THE CURIOUS COL
LECTION IN THE AUSTRIAN CAPITAL.
Vienna correspondence OF The London Standard.

Vienna correspondence OF The London Standard
one point OF attraction at the Jubilee Exhibition
here Is a pavilion which reveals secrets ana mys-
tcries Of Kind which We AL love TO lcar about
the public that It's only task Is not to bother
people and arrest them has attempted 10 make "a
shows OF its duties and aims the system ON which II
works. and the results attained Tables and figures
have been cOnsccnuousiy avoided. ana very pleas
ant mode OF enIghtoning the public has been found
Tho pavilion has seven large rooms, which. with
a. insirhi INTO most comnii'utni nrraniz,finn
Forty-two artists OF note have contributed to the
ing sccne~an everyday event I'm Virnnn~of two
policemen bringing "A young girl. who has flung
herself into the Danube. 10 the shore. sculptor
has treated the same subject In mastery group
Another artist shows how mounted policeman
~ a policc station where 'eVcral policemen are
amusing little child who has strayci and il seated
their tabl' cont"ntcd to see SO many Kind faces
fire from which "A policeman snatchcs "A woman
another OF policeman on guard in pcting rain at
night AT desoate point. The policeman Who
has found babe laid away" by It's mother makes
the most touching picture Of all perhaps. and one
most cOmical There are seventy excellent works
Of art Illustrating the policcmans difficult career
Adjacent to the picture gallery is u model office
for a police commission in which the newly caught
the so-calIed criminals Abum"-whch IL n good
sized cabinet with sixteen drlwers-hoding material
which makes Il easy work to recognize the man II
he is not at his FIRST crime. The exhibition shows
some OF the photographs ~ which criminals are
taken tw!cc-full in the face. and In sharp profile
with his right ear to the beholicr The exhibition
contains hundreds or these fine photographs. many
OF which show the same man at intervals Of one
out Of ten the man In one cannot be recog-
nIzcd In the other. IL Is oi course In the interest
OF every criminal who has been In the hands OF the
police TO change his appearance much possible
But shown that two men can be perfectly
alike so as 10 deceive the cevcrest police
officer. These photographs are exhibited TO prove
the necessity Of anthrOpometry. fc-siZcd
figures illustrate this interesting system OF keeping
a record OF criminals. The eleven measurements
recorded the card with the criminals photo
nh bcr Ia rCu bsfo ~ eVcg
A policcman's schOolrOom IS also shown. with all
the material for his teaching enlarged photographs
OF hundreds OF ears, portraits OF criminals.
skeleton "A collection OF glass eyes showing all the
coors that exist: then nfty-eght wigs 10 show all
the possible colors OF hair. An interesting object
him when ne IS called TO the size OF murler-with
microscope magnifying glasses and fifty mple-
ments. including case OF strong cigars In case 4
disiufccant should bee found Indispensable.
There IL. I'm addition. collection Of criminal i'm
PIGMENTS seized on the scenes Of murders and
burglaries. The new hammer with which so
hatchct with which married couple were muir
dered years ago. a piece OF a railway rail with
which lodger killed his landady some months
ago Thousands Of keys iron bars, tOngs. cross
bars and many mysterious implements are arranged
into groups and tnbleaus. A most remarkable
object is a steel contrivancc which "A suicide made
into his heart and assured ne did not fail
There Is also n pistol which apprentice made
with his own hands and shot himself with. 4 large
Prater-pheesants. wild ducks. hares. parridgcs
and even a deer are caught In the sngs and traps
and the other contrivances, which reveal cXtraor-
binary powers of invention The most recent muir
dCrs are shown In series OF phoographs-the
victim during the examination by the PHYSICIANS
speaking OF resistance offered. the picture OF the
murderer. We are promised practical demonstra-
crowd and taken to pavilion there to be identi-
He'd and treated according to his deserts.