Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-17

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pt erie need operators measures and
photographs them according to the
Rertlllon system. After the measure
ments are taken a record clerk cheeks
them up. In all proba ability some
G1htr city has sent ont a .lookout."
1t describes a man wanted in that city
The circular is registered. If the
CRIME tor which the man is wanted
is Graver than his Chicago offense il
is likely that he will be surrendered
fer trial in the other city.
captain Michael P Evans of the
police department is in charge of the
Chicago bureau. Previous to the
demonstration of M. Bertillon. Cap
tain Evans was chief of the bureau
In this city. He was one of the FIRST
TO see the value of the system. He
worked hard to have it adopted in
this country. and he is said to be one
of the best operators in America.
Ndl'diH Evans is man or femarH-
able memory. In several eases h"
has glanced at prisoners brought for
fcient He will catch the unsuspect-
Ing prisoner unawares. call him by
name, and then tell him his last of
tense. In this way he has detected
many a man wanted for offenscs of
long standing. and his memory has
landed the man in the penitentiarv.
One day letter written in Frencn
came to the bureau It contained a
photograph of a man arrested in
Paris. The nrefect Of police in -ho
French capital asked for identifca-
ton of d foreer. whose picture he in
closed. Captain Evans "called the
turn in second.
"This is Barney Mulligan. an OK
nert foreer. We made it too hot for
him and he Went abroad Five min
utes later he WAS debating letter
He told the prefect of nol;ce in Paris
that the man was an American thief
He gave his record from the time ha
committed his first offense He ad-
vised the foreign chief 10 look out for
men whose pictures and measure
ments he sent in the letter. Thrnn
days after the Frenchman received
the letter he had the other men He
acted none too soon.
One day a Kentucky chief wrote
Evans He inclosed a PHOTOGRAPH %
man he had under arrest He want.
ed to know if Evans knew the man.
The prisoner. with a companion, had
committed an offense there. The
other man escaped. Evans renied: ::
"You have under arrest one Of the
best hank sneak thieves that ever
onerated anywhere in the world He
is member of che big five: all men
dangerous to any community Thro"
serving sentoncses now. It is ikcly
that NJ c. is the man who
was with the fellow. rorr"Snond
with chief of no'ice Of W AND
ask him to look out for the other fol
low"
Three davs later came this tele-
Gram:
"Chicf at W has ether ma"
under arrest Identification com
plete. Thanks for your tip"
Several wears ago a band of men
held up Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy express train. In carrying
out the hold-up one of the men was
shot. While his injury was not NOR
tai his companions knew that. hurt
as he was, he would be burden to
them. They killed him. An oper-
ator was hurried to the spot where
the hodv was found He took the
n1easnrements of the dead man and
identified him
other fellows were old-timers with
records ] will send You descriptions
and photographs in few DAYS"
In like manner thousand of thieves
are identified every day. It makes
no difference how far they may ne
from the scene of former crimes #
they have ever fallen into the hands
of the police in any of the larger cit
les in the country they can be identi-
fed in a few hours. Fear of such
identifications has worked marvels
for the good of the general public.
Men expert in crime have deserted
criminal paths and have become hard
working, good citizens. And it is all
due to M. Bertillon who discovered
that certain narts Of the human body
never change after maturity.