The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-08

with unm1Stakable evidence to back 1T
! up.
Case of Noted ~Pickpocket.
A case was cited to a Globe re-
| porter by Mr.. Murnane of a noted pick
pocket who was measured in Boston,
Mass, some years ago. BY reputation
he was we'll known to the Bertillon
people of the country. His sudden
disappearance from the usual haunts Of
his crime led them to keep a lookout
all over the country for him. But 1t
appeared that he had gone to Calffor-
MIA for the benefit of his health, weigh
ing only 115 pounds. 1t was expected
that he would die in a short time, but
the climate agreed with him and he
came back East after six years weigh
ing 210 pounds. He again commenced
his work and was caught in st. Paul.
Brought into the Bertillon room he
was measured and identified as Slip
perry Dick" Vehemently he denied it,
but the measurements were in~exorable,
and upon communication with Boston,
after looking up his record, 1t was
found that he was the man Then he
"caved" and told the truth.
Another case of the marvellous work
of the system is that of a wooden
legged negro who shot a policeman in
London, Canada, in the spring Of 1893.
1t would be natural to suppose that
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a hard man to catch, but as it happened
it was months before the correct man
was in the tolls, and it is estimated
that during that time fully thirty
/ WoOden-legged negroes were arrested
n sent to London for Identification.
Made Brown, the real man, was cap
tured at some point in Washington On
the Pacific cOaSt awaiting a boat for
the Hawaiian islands.
There are about 10000 pictures of
noted criminals in the Bertillon gallery
of the ST. Paul police department, and
with almost every n of them
Detective Murnane is familiar as to
name and career.
Turning over the leaves of the cab
inets within which they are enclosed,
he asked the reporter to choose n
n or any number of faces and ask
who n what they are. Rapidly he
would tell the names.
THAT is Milwaukee Kid, one of the
slickest boys in the country. His re-
cord is blazed across the continent from
Maine to California. That one is old
He's now serving a term in Joliet. This
is the murderers' row. Fine looking
specimens of the genus homo, are they
not? When mi considers the number
Of faces there are it is bewildering to
think Of it.
Two Photographic views of each face
are taken, full face and profile. Strict
attention is paid to all scars, tattoo
and other indelible marks. The other
important feature of the means of iden-
tfcatton used is the color Of the eyes.
1t might be thought that, in view
Of the many and diverse kinds and coll
ors Of the eyes noted in a days OBJ
servation, this would be one of the
least certain Of all the methods of iden-
LITIGATION. Not so!
With DR.. Bertillon's system the
chances for a slip have been reduced to
the minimum. The different shades of
eyes ave been graded into seven kinds,
according to their different pigments.
The first is the unpigmented eye Then.
successfully the yellow augmented, the
orange, chestnut, maroon in circle.
greenish maroon and pure maroon.
Each n all Of these are fully illus
trated by means of charts and unmiS-
taxable a Of locating each one.
The ear plays a distinctive part in
this rather dramatic business. The
different ears are divided into three
kinds, c%oncave, intermediate and con-
Vex, according to he interior folds Of
the lobe. The nose Is thus divided,
also. The foreheads of the evildoers
are divided into three classes, receding,
intermediate and vertical.
In taking the measurements of the
foot the subject is made to stand upon
the left foot, meanwhile holding to a
handle in front, and as a further pre-
caution, for fear the foot should be ca
pable Of cramping in this position. a.
smart blow behind the leg viii quickly
cause the muscles to relax and the
measurement is taken in a twinkling
before the subject has time to re-
| cover himself.