The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-06
-.'ENcE HELPS DETECT CRIMES.
.ore TeIesraphy, Photography
'I c.o,,;stry Often Assist Police.

;s4rv Often Assist Police.
,rr>-cTON. D. c., Dec. g.
,na science plays an important
..davs in the detection OF
par I'D has in many ways SIM
''' tho work of the police. The
P'' criminal finds the task OF es-
"' ,nn from the results of his crime
moro difficult than ever.
9f'o, taIanhone. the telegraph, the
.rt of photography even the iao'rA
IF the chemist, have been sue
ssfnIIv pressed into service all rend-
l.taction and conviction more
and certain. With the perfec-
3 wireless biography, even an
.on.gong liner is no longer sanct-
+ha hunted criminal and his
:, oid-ocean may be effected at
any moment
rrootricity has proved one of the
successful weapons against
.;,,o not only in it's detection, put
n its prevention. When the enter
missing burglar goes "a-burgling at
a present time, he will possibly hho
oath leads him through tangle
of electric alarms, SO that the shgnt-
49,, elm on his part will arouse the
,,;ra household. Or, if he be not
,xooadnglv careful, he may sud-
aorlv find himself hurled to the
.,onnd with the force of an earth
o,aka due to some equally cunning
electric contrivance.
Chemistry a Thief Catcher.
r,on moro marvellous, however, is
a., mart which the analysts laboratory
has come to play in the detection OF
crime. Time was when the suotie
roisoner could accomplish his deadly
work with little fear of discovery.
Modern science has rendered 1T almost
imnossible to carry out such MUIR
ders with any hope of escape. Muf-
dars bv arsenic or by anthony nave
been brought home to the culprlt py
the careful methods of the modern
ANALYST. Medical men, many Of whom
have made the effects Of various
posons lifelong study, are TO-DAY
more than a match for the most cum
ming poisoner. - tv
There are mnumerable tests by
which even the smallest trace OF pol
son can be detected in the system az
Ter death When suspicion as to the
cause of death arises, every part o.
the human body is subjected to ex-
haustive examination. Even where
Nison has been administered in min
p fe doses the chemist is able &c
discover the particular poison en-
ployed by means of it's chemical prop
critics and crystalline formation.
In the same way elaborate tests ano
experiments enable the analyslstS &c
tell the age. etc, of blood marks, as
well as TO distinguish between the
hairs of a man and a beast. In this
manner the denials and falsehoods OF
criminal are swept away and ms
}Ime brought home to him.
Science Burglars Foe.
As with the murderer of today, 81
with the modern burglar. Science ha:
added materially to the difficulties o.
MS labor. Some years ago a Frencf
servant, discovered, after innumerabl'
experiments. that an imprint of TIT
thumbs of no two individuals was ex
actly the same.
Now, as the gentlemen of the jimm!
and the lamp frequently leave the inn
preston of their thumbs an'
myers on window panes and else
HAere, the new science was iInme
Gately utilized by the police. impress
SONS left by burglars fingers wer'
taken and preserved at headquarters
anu have often been the means of con
Nc'mg Wrongdoers.
only recently, after burglary at
large publishing establishment in Lon
0'il' an impression of the burglar