Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-21

the mirror at the same time gives. In adj
dition. direct profile. Thus are the two
views obtained simultaneously and on
the same plate. he only trouble with
the invention Is that fractions criminals
will sometimes butt their heads into the
mirror and break II Just about the time
things seem to be running smoothly.
Here Ia man photogra pied while wear
Ing the false nose which he bought for
disguise. Here again is a woman lmper-
senator. You see that he has let his hair
grow to his waist and has bleached It. We
also have photographs of women disguised
men.
This Is dead man, as you can readily
guess from the expression OF the face. 1t
Is typical case. He was a hold-up man.
who did six years in the Canon City. Col.
penitentiary. After his discharge he went
into West Side saloon in Chicago, and at
tempted to hold up the bartender. New
foundland dog belonging to the place COW
cred the man until the bartender shot him,
and the dog dsfigured him so that idenu-
ficatfon seemed Impossible. One of the Ber-
tulon operators at police headquarters went
to the nnorguea took the mans measure
ments and description. From these the bu-
reau of Identification had no difficulty in
digging up his past record, which showed
that he had done time not only at Canon
City, but at Joliet.
Identification by the Bones.
Identification by the bones, then, is the
ticket these days. The features are no
longer of primary Importance. although
they help. man can change his features.
but not his bones. He cannot disguise the
exact length of his head. forearm. middle
finger, foot, etc. That. in a nutshell, is Ber-
tillon's theory, based also on the fact that
no two men yet found have the same com
bination of bone dimensions, Not so with
features or expression. Sometimes are
found two men who cannot be distinguished
one from the other by mere examination OF
hte physiognomy.
The Problem of Doubles.
zone of these cases OF doubles occurred
in recent months in New York city Two
men, Richard Gamble and Albert Scherten-
Heb. remarkably alike in personal appear
ance, were arraigned before Judge Nc
Mahon in the court of special sessions.
Both were charged with the same series
of robberies, and both had TO be held for
trial. One of these men-Schertenlieb-al
ready had confessed to all of the crimes,
but Gamble. who had been under arrest
for some time, had been identified by per-
sons expressing themselves as positive that
he was the man who robbed them.
In fact, doubles are such likely guam
titles that crooks sometimes claim that
they are the innocent coUnterparts of
guilty persons. Bluebeard' Carlton, just
sent to Sing Sing for nineteen years,
claimed that the crimes for which he was
blamed were committed by double in the
form OF ms nTSl cousin, VINO even went SO
far to break his index finger, that II
might be crooked. like his own. and that
this cousin even bore his exact name.
by the photograph alone, not only are
two distinct persons often identified as one
and the same, but often are several por-
traits of the same person identified dis
tinct individuals. Here. for example, are
two cards of the same man. The one with
bald head bears date showing that it was
made by the police photographer of one
city some time before the other view, with
a full suit of hair. was made in the rogues'
gallery of another place They would
serve as tip-top before and after taking
ads for hair tonic If 1t weren't for the
fact that they appear to be entirely differ
ent men. No one would ever dream that
they We're one and the same individual.
The United States army ignores photo
graphs altogether in the careful system
which 1t maintains for the Identification of
deserters. For every enlisted man in the
service there is made out separate card,
and all of these, filed away in a great in
dex, have precisely the same outline fig
ures, side by side, of the human form, front
and back, printed line cuts and resem-
bling the diagrams seen in physiology
books, save that the space inside each fig