The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-10-31
IITTLE THINGS sElRAY cRIMsa
var, IaslEaiaesnt Matters LEADS W
the Detsetioa Of EVtldssr's


the Detection Of kNtldssr~
81 can easily spot a plckpoeEet u
crowd" said one Of New YORK us',
ives who has been attached 10 lh'
detective bureau at police neao4u
rsv. FOR the last dftevn years. In CON
yersation with a reporter the 01u
day ut is not necessary that Aho"
INV man by sight hrst before l eau
snot him. A thief, as a rule, you Know
has A habit Of slaneing frequently o'.i
hls shoulder In a turtiye manner ~
see that he is not being watcheu, auu
II ia by that habit that a thlef u''
often betrayed his occupation to me
"Freauently have had TO UaeA
and Identify men whom | hau ns's
seen. my only means OF idenllnca'i0N
being photograph taken years as
This ia usually very diticult to Accom-
nlisb however. as il Is easy Tor tus
criminal radically to change q" AZ
pearance. II is possible Tor uian "
nose as 4 sailor. a farmer, ho"el'
tough or pastor within. say twenty
,our hours Many criminals make
spaclalty Of Disguise aud | can assure
YOU they can alter thelF appearance
10 a remarkable degree.
"Disguises, however. no matter DO"
eleverly got up, 90 not always ioheea'
a mans Identity There are, Tor m
stance. the color aud expression OF tA'
ewes. These cannot possibly be alley
ed and they have been one Of the most
fr,-luept aids Ia identifying tugltlVs
criminals Another Identification marx
although not an tnral bic one. but one
nevertheless, By which | have on 'eF'
eral occasions detected criminal
when other means failed me. are tA'
cheek bones. Like the col9r u ths
eyes, they cannot be changed
Descriptions as TO the weight and
circumference OF wanted man Ire
quently prove faulty and. therefore
unreliable, as aids 10 detection. TIL
IL especially - whore man Ia
eyadrd the detectives for any gren
length OF time, ror Il l. possible TIA
during bis evasion the criminal ms
have lost 20 4 deal OF bis weigh
and corpulsncy. while on The otis
hand. a spare man may hare Ealh~
In ayoirdupols and bulk.
In such cases. however, | have q
one or two Instances established ID
Identity Of the man | was after b
, bis ears. As rule the worst crimln
als have oddly shaped rnra aad o
matter how cisverIy they may iAsa.s
+ themselves they cau seldom surcs,
. 10 conceallng thelr trlIth!s rarmarA
. from the detective who has alrcad
made their acquaintance.
The eyebrows also afford aEoths
, means Of personal deutlty. berour
. they are Invariably distinctive an
, chara ctrristic to the trained iet~rtly
, About three years ago captured on
. Of the clrvcrest crooks man wh
, has served many terms To sing Sing
. by the peculiar slant OF bis eyebrows
Al the time arrested h.m he ~
wearing a wig and 4 s5~!as btar
, false beard. The d!sguisc might eas.l
have deceived the casual observer b.
10 me there was onc thing lacking
make Il complete Tie bad t0rgo'ts
to alter hl' ey' brows nnl they a,mD
gave me the rlrw 10 bis identity
!, Clever rrimlalla. aftrr making -
: haps a rich hagl somrw s~rr viii pa
, literally tJr "a e~tvr 4 ssgs~p, A -
facial artists Ia Nrw York Cisy rou
tell you % the handsome prices "a.
n are rrrquenfly paid tor make ugs 90,
New York Tines