Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-19
Man with Camera Eye

| lannemora. 80
IAN right" says the inspector. He
never asks Sheridan II he is sure.
, He knows he Is.
The identification chief In the court
OF last resort. An old crook with u
record long buried may pass the liue
of $50 sleuths ut morning lineup
without one Of them recalling his face
-and to make themselves familiar
with the faces OF crooks Il their bust
ness. He may even fool the Bertillion
experts who 90 ty measurements only.
accurate rs these are. But ne never
gets by the Identification bureau
That's why all crooks. big and little
would rather enter the lions cage al
Bronx Park htan 60 into that little
room In the rear Of police headqnar''
ers building to submit to the scrutiny
Of "the man with the camera leyes.'
whose brain might be said to b" honey.
combed With pigeonholes In each one
Of which there Is face properly bag
ged Just like the pictures In the gal
iery A very keen pair OF eyes has
Sheridan. They seem to search irto
your Utmost being. AZ II to drag any
secret you may hold from you. That
Is the way they looked at Joseph Fay
and Frank Codd.. arrested by Dctec'
tive Michael Kear on the Bowery.
The sleuths looked them over ana
pronounced them strangers. kcar
took them over to Sheridan:
Were Promptly Identified.
ANY record of these men. Billy
asked McCafferty.
YEA" responded the identider.
pointing an accusing finger at Fay
THAT man there Is Mott Haven Red.
Saw his picture ten years ago. Blew
I'D a safe of the Standard OIL Company
in Syracuse and got nine years and
eight months in Dannemora for IL.
Joseph Fay grippsd the sides Of hts
chair tightly and then snorted con.
tempuou5ly: Where did you get thst
dream?" he laughed. you ought to
get doctor. You don't know what
you are talking about" .,
IAN right. l may be crazy. but l Will
give you q look at your picture" said
Sheridan. He took It out and and
showed 1t. rs that your he asked.
MOT by a jugful. 1t ANTI"
Pull up his sleeve. Mike. and you
will find w. |. u tattooed onhis right
forearm"
Wondering, Kear did so. Sure
enough there were the letters.
NOW, look closely At his little TN
ger on the left hand You will lind
that a cord Of 1t has been cut and
that he can't straishten the finger out.
Am risht?" a,.- =
.It.s there all right" replied the
mystified Kear. - 4
There Ia something else. It's .
scar over his left eye where wedge
or something blew out Of SAFE and
cut him"
The scar was found.
Are you satisfied now. Mott Haven
Red?" asks Sheridan triumphantly.
Mott haven Red Stumped
The prisoner is stumped but defiant
Say what you d. please, I am NOT
Mott Haven Red" he snaps sullenly.
But before McCafferty again Ms
demeanor changed. Who fs that guy
in that little tackrOom? he whisper
ed. He got me- I am Mott Haven
Red. but I wasn't going to let on 10
him who I WAS" ..
The other man was also identined
as one Who had served time befoe.
He escaped punishment On that part,c-
MAR occasion. but three weeks ago
sheridan was sent to Nyack 70 look
over a man lying In the hospital under
the name OF Edward Murphy. He
had been shot In the spine by tne
postmaster while attempting q ROD
berry and was paralyzed. Sheridan I'M
mediately identified Murphy Is
Frank Codd.
Robert Suffrage was arrested under
the name Of Wiliiam Murphy In 1905.
| IN Brooklyn. He had gone into tne
s,rague National Bank and seized
Si7o from q man counting out, his
money. Caught two blocks away.
Suffrage insisted that his right name
was Murphy. Capt. JAMES KeynoIo".
then in command Of the Brookiyn De-
tective Bureau sent a man to Haymo1a
street Jail to look al the prisoner.
He returned to saw he didn't Know
him. The man vas PHOTOGRAPHER add
| his phctosrsph sent to Manhattan
Inspec;o, Titus showed II to Sheridsn
Reeor6 % eeb suffrage.
"Tha. Is Bob Suffrage. said sner'
dan HE served i've wears In Liver
pcol eight years IN Brussels. fse
terms IN Sing Sing and several %
nisct~e.ls island. He Is known q
=. international crook Call up CapS
Revnovds. One Of his detectives
II
Tom MuIvey. arrested Suffrage '~eu.s
two years ago. in 1889. ! sever sss
Suffrage. hut taaf's the man
NuIvey went tn RAYMOND street. ta'k'
ed with Murphy and SAID the man
Gas a stranger. The newspaper men
!, scr. s,ccfui. They thought they MAD
one on sheridan at last. Here vas 2