The Washington times., 1911-11-23
Comparison Prevented,

Corps all agree that this makes IL very
probable. that the man held here Is
the same as wanted In Chicago.
Comparison Prevented.
Because the copies sent to the War
Department have been returned to the
Chicago police, it was impossible this
morning for Mr.. Taylor to compare
those prints with the one made Of
Smiths hand yesterday. He said he
would not make an absolute statement
that Smith was the man sought in Chi
cago until he had a chance to compare
the two.
while it is possible for two men to
have fingers marked alike. SO that the
same combinations are produced, 1t
would be great surprise to me IL :he
men known as John Kabusta and James
son." said Mr.. Taylor. "When the Cnt-
cago authorities sought to find their
murderer through our files, We worked
on the print for two hours, and, Of
course. that meant careful study. rhe
hand came under the IL classifcat on
Smiths hand is classified the same, and,
Furthermore, eight combinations. ali
identically the same. are worked out of
the finger prints furnished of Kabusta
There are several things about the
usual" continued Mr.. Taylor. The
second | saw the finger prints in The
Times. ! said:
I've seen those prints before A
the characteristics that first attracted
my attention. The left index finger
might be classed either as a radial loop
or a T arch. rhe right index finger is
tented arch: The little finger of the
right hand is a cross between an uina
loop and an arch The little finger of
the left hand had perfect arch
bn inf
Smith the NOR. certain was / that they
were made from the same hand as those
or the Chicago murderer"
Remembers the Prints.
Mr.. Palmer, who assists Mr.. Taylor
in his identifications, and worked with
him at the time the prints of Kabusta
were forwarded from Chicago, said:
'Those are the same prints. I remem-
Der them very, well. Furthermore. the
home on the car, l saw picture Of
Smith in The Times. I said to myself
then: I've seen that picture some place
before I could not remember Just
where at the time, but when 1 saw the
finger prints in last nights Times I re-
membered the picture had seen in the
paper the night before was Of the same
finger prints sent from Chicago. The
Kabusta finger prints were accompanied
by q picture of the alleged murderer"
lnlS morning Mr. Iaylor went TO PO-
get duplicate Of the Chicago copies,
which were returned, SO he could COM
pare Kabusta's and Smiths finger
prints, but 1t was learned there that
} kabusta's prints were not on file. They
were sent to the War Department by
the Chicago police because they believed
the man they wanted had once been ir
the army. When no record of then,
, could be found there, they were sent
to the Navy Department.
Confirmation of Mr.. Taylor's fdentif-
cation is not confined to the men work.
ing with him in the Navy Department.
the finger print division for the army,
said this afternoon: THE classification
Of the two prints Is the same. The man
who made the search through our
records Is not here, but certainly there
is reason to believe the prints made in
same man. Mr.. Taylor noted the COM
binauons on paper, and they are identi-
cal'
Record Has Been Ordered.
As the finger prints of the man want
ed in Chicago were accompanied by his
picture, and Bertillon measurements, the
record Of the Chicago murder fugitive
has been ordered by telegraph. A Ber.
and he has been 'mugged," SO the au-
thorities feel certain they will be able to
identify him.
Mr.. Taylor says the finger prints as
shown In The Times Of yesterday were
perfect and today messages were sent
OF The Times and compare the prints
shown there with those on file in con-
nection with the Chicago murderer. 1t
Is believed that In that manner an