The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-15


on white paper, and you have an i'm
preston that cannot be duplicated N ~.
the world 1t is an impr essloh ina "a,
would be made at any period from tis
cradle to the grave. Some take the thuIno
only. Others take the thumb ana the
four fingers of the left hand, because
il is the least used and least liable TO
injury. Some have the fiat impression,
simply pressing the thumb flat. DINERS
make the person to be idenuIleQ place
is vertical. and then roll the MEMBER
around on the paper until II Is vertical
on the other side.
The army. the navy and the marine
corps have all adopted the finger print
method OF identification. When II comes
to Identification by one Of these prints
the print OF the suspect is compared win
that on file. Under microscope II is
note its direction and character Win IN
finite precision But modern ingenuity
cannot lay claim to credit for eVOlVlng
| this exact method of identification. Like
such surprising lot Of other things
which men now regard as wonderfully
ingenious, finger print identification
comes TO Us from the Chinese from A
period far behind the birth Of CHRIST
Cinnamon used it as their signature 70
important papers, such as wills ana
deeds.
Commissioner Bingham Of the New
York police department recently declared
tldE ArOlHdln mas not q 5iilEic III - Nicl9o
detective in It's whole service, and goes
even further in saying that the city
would net recognize an officer OF such
a description If he were to march down
Broadway heralded by a brass band. He
thinks that there ought to be Two or
three civilian detectives, and that only
the mayor, the police commissioner and
one or two others should be aware OF
/ their identity. He believes that 50 per
cent of all the crime committed in the
City of New York is committed by for
/ eieners.
The introduction of police dogs in New
York has been watched with interest oy
police authorities everywhere, and the re-
msTkabls success that attended this eX-
l'periment has led other cities to consider
adding dogs to their forces. They nave
| been used mainly in the SUBURBAN sec
tons and outskirts, and since their IN
PRODUCTION burglaries have almost en-
tirely ceased. The prospect Of being
chased by an unrelenting police dog Gas
I been too much for the light-finsered gen
I try. They all admit that one cog mas
more teTrOTs for them than a dozen po-
/ licemen. Airedale terriers and German
sheep dogs make the best police ca
mines. First taught to be obedient, to
jump over distractions, and to carry
/ misSives and weightier articles. the dogs
are then taught to run errdnds and IN
| doing SO to keep their noses to the
ground. After six months of primary
/ teaching they are ready for the gram
mar grades. so TO speak. where they ar
taught to follow trail by dragging a
piece Of meat over the ground Then they
/ learn TO seek out the trainer and his
! assistant Promotion to the hiuh school
/ of dOgdom next follows. and ther are
/ taueht to keep strange trails TO throw
down the person they are sent after
| and TO hold him until the police arrive.
| William 4. PinkertOn recently stat9d
I that he did not believe there were more
| than q score OF first class porch climb
| eTs I'm the United States. He says they
( usually select the dinner hour. ar1 hav'
/ spent much time before in learning all
/ about the household they propose to in
/ wade.
! The police department of Cleveland O..
/ has tried A new experiment in the form
! Of 4 golden rule policy. 1t is TO be
/ gentle with the first offender. and tC
/ take the drunken man home when he +.
/ able to go there instead Of taking hin
1 to the lookup. Those who are not able
/ to go are held till next morning. when
/ they sign waiver Of trial i'm the sun
| rise court and are sent home IN cases
| where it is warranted the offenders ar.
| Released under their own recoSnizance
/ in fifteen months the number of arrests
| declined GS per cent, and there was nc
noticeable increase in lawlessness as a re
suit.
Council Bluffs. Ia. has a remarkabl,
auxiliary police force It serves on hOli
days without pay. and is made I'D oil
I boys who wear star badges. 4 boy has
/ TO be good for long term to get OF
/ that force. If an offender whom they al
I tempt to arrest resists. a bis policernar
IS called and thu stern hand OF the Law
fakes hold. Every boy in Council Bluffi
wants 10 be polio man and the result
has been highly conducive to GOOD cit
zenship among the male juvenile pOpU
| latiOn of the city.
/ The great gathering OF thu worlds Do
lice officials at the St. Louis world
fair has resulted i'm a better understand
| Ing between the police of Europe an
me HsTa ID s.
in an effort to vine out every hidfnl
place of the notorious criminals who's
onerau tons cover continents as well as ma
tons. There has been such cooperate
/ esta Dltshed that perhaps 1900 of tn.
/ worlds worst criminals are always undo
the eye Of the inferno tiOnal police Som
times they get away and out of sigh
Tor a while but for the most part tbei
/ whereabouts are known
Copyright, 1893, by Frederic J. Haskin.
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