Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

M as regards his mouth ana
ltN ESI the lower part of his face
in the mustache and beard, and he
takes full advantage of it. The trans
formations of the professional wrong
doer's lower countenance are often
marvellous. says London Answers. The
mouths of wanted" people, unless
they are women, are seldom given a
line in police descriptions. and instead
we find: Generally wears heavy
brown mustache," affects dropping
mustache," full dark beard" or mus
tache and whiskers."
BY shaving or allowing the hair on
his face to grow the sought for individ-
ual used once to be able to secure a
considerable safety from recognition,
but it affords him little now. The
detectives scientifically trained eyes
have learned to study just those parts
of the face which are most permanent,
and which no ingenuity can alter.
THE mouth and the parts around it
are commonly supposed by inexpe-
rienced criminals to afford them the
most excellent facilities for cheating
u.s." said Williamson, the head of
Scotland Yard. "That is what often
makes the foolish fellows actually
throw away their money in purchasing
false mustaches and boards and
things. If you doubt the effect of
wearing a false mustache buy one,
and go out in it and see the result.
You will discover it very quickly. 1t
will attract attention to you very dis
agreeably."
LEROY, when he fed and the police
were hunting for him for the murder
of Mr.. Gold, was found when cap
tured to have a false mustache in his
possession.
The latest attempted disguise by
means of a false mustache was the
idea of a woman who transformed her
self into a man while travelling in an
empty railway carriage, she having
previously supplied herself with the
necessary male clothes. In order that
the disguise should be complete she
put on little black mustache She
decided, to throw off possible pursuers,
to alight at a station considerably in
advance of that to which she had
taken a ticket, and while explaining
to the ticket collector how it was she
had determined to break her journey
there the mustache fell off. 1t was
a fearful shock to the railway officials
nerves, who did not, naturally, forget
to mention the extraordinary passenger
to all he met The lady was in custody
almost Immediately.
Where the criminals mouth is OBJ
feature. Deeming's mouth saved the
life of one of the women he had
marked down as a victim. His man.
ners were peculiarly suave and calcu-
lated to impress woman favorably,
but his mouth was "too terrible" she
told the court, and even when he was
saying the most honeyed things to
her she could not help looking at it.
At last her suspicious obstinacy
aroused Deeming's ire, and she had
glimpse of the fearful, straight mouth,
set and grim with a sternness that
made her avoid him ever after.
LEROY would have been wise to
grow mustache and beard to conceal
his mouth. 1t was a terrible one.
But he was too conceited 10 believe
that it was anything but beautiful,
and he used to express his wonder at
men who ibid their faces behind
hair"
h
steel trap" declared reporter who
attended the trial of Dumollard, the
French peasant who, with the aid of
his wife, killed some twenty poor
girls seeking situations for the sake
of their petty belongings. 1t was a
remarkable mouth, and when Du-
mollard spoke it seemed more terrible
than when it was closed, though the
voice was smooth, and even agree
able. 1T was a mouth whose fitting
place seemed to be biting the sawdust
of NJ. Deiblers head basket" said the
correspondent.
'FWhat is the matter with the mans
mouth" inquired a perplexed London
magistrate one day of a prisoner
brought before him.
s'It's nerves, your worship" declared
the accused. at will keep twitching.
/ can't keep it STILL"
The magistrate remanded him, ex-
pressing the hope that the medical
attendant in the prison might be able
to do something for his relief. A sus-
pic1ous detective in court had consider
able doubt respecting the aff1iction, and
he was cruel enough to bring an expert
IN the silent lip language on the occa>
sion of the prisoners next appear
ance. His suspicious were fully justl-
fed. The prison doctor had apparently
done the poor fellow no good, for his
lips worked as theoretically as ever.
He was sending messages to his pals
in court, quite oblivious of the fact
that all his words were being taken
down in short hand. The dodge played
on him led to the recovery of some
hundreds of pounds worth of jewelry
that the invalid" had misapproprl-
Gted.
Lip language has been well studied
since then, and no criminal not hope
lessly behind the times would rely
on its secrecy to-day. 1t is strange
that lip reading appears to have been
in use among the professional criminal
classes years before scientific people
thought of making use of it as me-
Gium of communication with the deaf
and dumb. The wonderful manner in
which criminals can communicate with
one another by means of the lip move
ments is well known.
Criminals teeth are generally good.
The amount of dentistry which has to
be done in our convict establishments
is remarkably small. When the teeth
are white their possessors are apt to
be Unfortunately vain of them. In the
case of persons convicted of more
serious crimes the dogs teeth are
frequently of formidable growth.
1t remained for an illicit diamond