Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-11-23
CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA
crimlnals Often Brought to Justi
by Accidental Photography.

CTlmIn0l0 OIuCu 0LOuRAS ~ JuotANC
by Accidental Photography.
By both accident and intention, on
numerous occasions, the art Of the pho
tographer has proved Of immense util-
lty In comprising the conviction OF
criminals.
An amateur photographer in Chicago
city cunningly concealed an automatic
camera in the tapestried wall OF his
drawing-room, for the purpose OF Sc
curing some reliable evidence as to the
behavior Of certain members OF his
household during his absence from
home. One moonlight night a burglar
broke into the house by way OF the
apartment mentioned. In SO doing he
disturbed the spring which set the hid
den machinery in motion. and left an
excellent photo of himself upon the
faithful camera. which. when produced
in court, secured his speedy conviction.
In another instance, a man who mur-
dered his mother was arrested by the
operation Of the omniscient camera.
The dreadful deed was committed In
forest, where student OF photog-
raphy was at work. A particularly
pretty glen was so admired by the art
ist that he took three copies Of the
scene. One of these, when duly de-
veloped and enlarged. portrayed the
details of the terrible tragedy. and by
its aid the culprit was brought to JUS
tice.
During the jubilee celebration a we'll
known photographer in London took
number Of street scenes of historic In
terest In one of these pictures, where
n vast concourse of people were assem-
bled near st. PauTs Cathedral, the
camera revealed pickpocket in the
very act of plying his peculiar profes-
sion. An old detective. who afterwards
inspected the photograph. said that he
knew the man well. He was badly
wanted" for frauds committed on the
continent. but the officers were not
aware that he was In London. A week
later he was arrested.
A snapshot at a summer crowd on
the sands at Margate came out so clear
ly that the knight of the camera show,
ed it with satisfaction to a number of
his friends. Among these was a Scot.
land Yard officer. who discovered
among the mass Of faces the familiar
features of a man whom he had been
hunting for months. Taking the next
train to Margate he haunted the beach
es until he sighted the fugitive and
effected his arrest.
A Portsmouth photographer paid a
professional visit to a large garden
party at Southsea where he took a
group of fashionable visitors with sa-
lient success. During the process OF
development he observed that in the
holly hedge behind the group a rather
repulsive human face appeared. A
fortnight later lady purchaser Of one
Of these photographs made the same
singular discovery. and ayerred that
had made q futile attempt to rob their
house a few weeks prior to the party.
The matter being mentioned to the
police the district was secured. and the
man-who was an old crlminal-was
arrested and Imprisoned.
An Irish housebreaker In Belfast, evil
IDENTIFY ignorant concerning the charac-
ter of the camera, found his way one
night into a photographers studio, on
burglarious thoughts intent, when a
large Photographic apparatus attract
ed his attention. More by accident
than design the camera had been left
ready for use, and the artless manipu-
lation Of the machinery, by the curious
thief, actually produced a picture of
himself, which was afterward employ
ed to bring about his conviction.-Tit-
Bits.