The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
WILL DETECT ROGUES
BY FINGER TIPS
Police Officials Have Added Il New
Measurement TO the Beriil-
Ion System.
LINES IDENTIFY C0NVlCTS.
INSPECTOR McClusky of New York
Has Restored Many Pictures
That Had Been Re
moved.
LINES IDENTIFY coNvIcTS
EFprRLIC SpECTAT.

inaI is playing in hard luck these days.
The police and the prison authorities ar
continually devisins new means for hi
Identification and detection.
The latest wrinkle bag just been inaug
urated at Auburn Prison. where they TAX
Impressions of a convict's palm. thumb an
finger tips. This method Is said to be NOR
accurate even than the Bertilon measure
ments. which are used III all the prisons of
the State. well as by the police in this
and other large cities.
The prisoner is required 10 place his hand
nat on sheet of paper covered with PRINT
ers ink. He then makes the impression o
his hand on clean sheet OF cardboard AT
crward the thumb and fingers are impresseo
separately in the same manner and are
photographed for preservation. with the
photograph of the face front view and pro-
fiIe) and the Bertilion measurements. The
Scotland Yard police have for many years
made a practice Of taking the impression
of the thumb and fingers. but not of the full
hand.
Scientific study has demonstrated that the
number and relative position OF the lines
and ridges in the hand remain unchanged
from earliest infancy and persist long after
death. OF course. the general outline of the
OF the hand. but no new lines are formed
and none are destroyed The leading ex-
pert on the subject is Sir Francis Cation.
who has reported comparisons of impress
sions taken at intervals as great as thirty
years. If the new system finds favor at Au-
burn II will be introduced in all the prisons
of the State.
Governor odell dealt a severe blow 10
hundreds OF men with police records Few
DAYS ago when he vetoed Senator Riordan's
bill recurring police officials TO remove from
rogues' galleries photographs OF persons
who have never been convicted of crimes
Some OF the best-known and most success
full crooks In the New York gallery have
never been convicted.
Justice Leventritt recently passed upon
the legality OF maintaining these pictures
tion OF Doc" owens. the transatlantic
card sharp. TO have his picture taken from
the gallery. Justice Leventritt ruled that
that such pictures were not an invasion of
the rights Of privacy. even in cases where
the persons had been arrested merely upon
suspicion; and that to allow the removal
of such pictures would cripple the police
in the performance of their duty.
incidentally. there IS now pending before
Justice Towards. in Troy. an application
a. criminal. having been acquitted on the
charge of murder to have his photograph
and Bertillon measurements taken from
the records at Sing Sing Prison. The At
torney General had opposed the application
on the ground that ii granted il would he
an entering wedge to the destruction Of an
invairaole collection of public records; that
the Photograph and measurements in Mo-
ltneux's case are as much a part of the
records as the original indictment
Finally. as sequel TO the legislation re-
garding rogues' pictures. Inspector Nc
Clusky has restored to the Rogues' Gal
lery at Police Headquarters a considerable
number OF photographs which had been re-
moved on the theory that the originals
had reformed OF had never been convicted
OF crime. Before taking this action Nc
20 ls.1 Ia 49,
tive-Sergeaut Sheridan, who knows more
criminals than any other man in the conn
Try: and nd sent out his agents to learn just
criminals were doing. The reports heS re-
ceived were surprising.
The list of pictures which had been re-
moved moved II was learned. included some of
the best-known crooks in the country.
three OF them are as well known to the
police of London and Paris as they are to
M nspe1os ss M fsI,;Is Two Of them are
others were among the army OF srafters
which Inspector McClucky drove out of
New York when he assumed command of
the Detective Bureau. Still another, it
was learned. had been arrested three
months ago in Nice for druggfng man
an: and inducing him TO sign check for 81 900
mere was not man in the list the In
.pector concluded. who did not deserve
place In his Hall of Fame and so he nut ali
the pictures back
me two Hauser brothers-Bud and George
are among the best known OF the crooks
Whose pictures Inspector McClusky has put
BECK in the gallery.
They we're numbered with the t,,rf su-ipd
lers whom the French police recently drove
out Of their country. Both are wanted here
in New ,. York for grand larceny. having
Bud Hauser and another New Yorker
named frankie Dwyer swindIed many
Americans who visited Paris until the Paris
police drove them out. Among their victims
was Johnny Carroll. Hauser lived with his
wife at the Continental Hotel, in Paris. and
Carroll ran across him in the cafe He rem
resented to Carroll that he was a warm
inquired familiarly after big Tim Sullivan
and other Tammany braves.
Il have a string of race horses over
h here. he told Carroll. land am making all
Carroll was invited to dinner and met
Mrs; Hauser. who proved to be very enter
why don't you ask Mr.. Carroll to 60 to
the races with us Sunday" she asked dur
ing the dinner.
Just the thing" replied Hauser. Il am
And SO Mr.. Carroll went to the races at
the st. Cloud track. Besides the Hausers
there were Mr.. and Mrs. frankie Dwyer
IN MT Hansers private automobile. They
talked nothing but New York and New
Workers.. A srmptuous luncheon, including
champagne was taken along. Chauffeur
and footman were especially polite and def
The ladies were we'll supplied with money
and knew all about the horses. and when
the first race was announced they decided TO
choice. Hauser and Dwver agreed to wager
a like sum. and Mr.. Carroll was invited
to go into the game and make 1t an even
Hauser took the money to the bet
ting ring. The horse lost.
CHOKED INSANE WOMAN
Tn GAVE HEP LEE