The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-08
MONEY MARKED WITH A PIN.
Detective Says This Is Better Methoe
Than Markinc With a Pen.

| Than Marking with zen.
How is money marlsed?" repeatei
headquarters detective. ELL
is not marked in the manner that t.t
! public thinks ii is.
The average perscn, 70 doubt. be
l;eves that money is marked by Pr
! yatc marks placed en- the bills VIII
| pen ana ink; perhaps some employers
thus mark the bills they place in inc
4 cn-h dr2~cr which is b2iH@ robe
! by dishonest clerk. OF coarse
! marked money of this kind is gooc
! evidence in court on the trial CT {
| man upon which it has been found
! But a check mark in ink, unless very
| eXpertly put on, might, with the alf
| of a good lawyer for the accused, oe
| shown to have been perhaps acciden
| tai, and thus would the ever-souSht.
reasonable doubt of the accused's par
ticipation in the robbery be raised.
There are several different ways
of marking money by police experts
to the end that they may establish
its positive identity of having beer
in their hands before the thief eX
tracted it. The way | personally en-
ploy, and which is perhaps the safest
to secure certainty of conviction, Is
the pin prick method
Let us take the familiar silver Ger
tificate of the five-dOllar denominatlcn
for an illustration one that has been
q &c O
note from the Treasury. In the cen
tire is the well known yignette Of the
head of an Indian chief in dress re
gala Of feathers and trapplngs, PIE
senting a full face view. We nov
take this pin and make two punctures
right through the bill and directl!
through the pupils OF the eyes-so.
hand yOu the bill, and, even though
you saw me make the p4nctures,
they are not visible at casual and
even critical glance.
Il now raise it to the light and you
can see the two tiny holes made by
the pin point as distinctly as Win
dows in building. l then apply the
pin point very neatly at the twist IL
the neck CT the large figure 5 at the
two upper extreme ends of the note
You will observe that these dlmlnu-
tive twists do not appear in the necks
of the two figures of which are If
both ends at the bottom OF the note
l then pierce the note at the extreme
ends of the scrolls on either side OF
the word five which may be seer
in the direct centre of the note at its
lower edge
The marking of the note is now
complete. 1t is exhibited to one OF
two persons in the secret for the par
poses of preliminary examination and
Identification, and then placed in the
money drawer, perhaps with severa
others of the same denomination, al
exactly marked alike with the great
est care. The thief may be on the
lookout for marked bills, usually ink
marks but he is slick one who will
get on to the invisible but surely pres
ent pin pricks You see, this class
of thieying does not admit of a cru
cial examination Of the money before
taking; it is usually done very quick
ly by palming the bills, Placing them
in some preliminary place of safety
to be later removed Then we count
on detection with the bills on the
person before the thief has chance
to exchange or to spend them.
and the pin pricks remain? In
deed they do. The money is after
ward carefully placed in envelopes
and is not promiscuously handled.
When they are exhibited in court and
their preliminary preparation explain
ed under oath conviction is practical
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