The Washington times., 1911-11-26
Bennett DECLARES
SMITH IS MAN WHO
MADE ASSAULT
Wounded Man Receivers
Consciousness and Makes
Statement.
CONTINUED from First page.)


ed in Chicago for the murders Of John
Gregor and Louis Tallerdeau.
When the finger, prints Of James
Smith were printed exclusively in The
Times, Mr.. Taylor recognized them. He
informed his associates in the finger
print division that he had seen the
prints a few weeks before in connection
with Chicago murder. and was 50 GER
tain of his ground that he obtained
permission of his chief clerk. G. e.
Yancey, to communicate his knowledge
to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The police took up this clue with the
result that Smith was positively iden-
tilted as Kabusta yesterday when tele-
grams were received from Nicholas
Hunt, inspector of detectives in Chi
cago. Other detectives in Chicago
wired that the Identification was posi-
tive.
THE second 1 picked up The Times
showing Smiths finger prints l knew
! had seen them before" said Mr..
Taylor today Il examine the finger
prints Of 100 men daily, but the prints Of
that hand remained fixed in my mind
for two reasons. One was that when 1t
police it was for the pupose Of iden-
cause 1t was peculiar classificat ton,
known professionally as ALL.
in The Times showed that they pro-
duced identically the same eight com
binations that were produced In Chi
Cago by the hand, OF kabusta. There
that Smith and Kabusta were different
persons"
Mr. Taylor explained that in the two
years he has been examining finger
prints for the Navy Department a III he .ha has
system. In not one instance has q mis-
take been made. Each time the man
has admitted his identity.
The Navy Department relies solely
on the finger print method Of identi-
fication, while the system In the
army and Marine Corps is augmented
by the Bertillon system of measure
ments and photographs. In the en-
tire history of finger print identified.
tion In the Army and Navy Depart
ments not one mistake has been
shown.
system Has Made Good.
Though the finger print system ID
kept primarily to prevent the re-en-
listment Of deserters or men who
have been dishonorably discharged
from the service. it has proved Of
. service In various ways. Recently
the decomposed remains of q drown
ed man were found in San Francisco
Bay. Recognition was impossible be-
cause of the state Of the body. SO q
print Of the fingers was taken and
sent to Washington. The man was
passer On the West Virginia.
Another unusual case in which
three sailors were quickly identified
has recently been before the Navy
Department. The bluejackets went
to sleep in 2 Hoboken hotel without
turning or the gas. When they were
found dead the next morning their
ship had sailed. The Navy Depart
ment wired for hngerprints. and they
were identified as three fremen at
tached to the Tennessee. ~
In all Of these cases, Mr.. Taylor has
furnished the identifications. He
averages more than one Identification
q day for the Navy Department. Usu-
ally there are about. forty a month.
There are 1,024 primary classifica-
tions in the human hand" explained
Mr.. Taylor. "These are divided into
countless sub -classifications. We use
the ten fingers, but even II we have
the impression of only one finger we
can find our man.
"In one case we had, the man had
destroyed the ridges Of nine Of his
fingers with acid, but we identified
him, nevertheless. OF the 700 men
identified by the Navy Department
since have been in the division, only
one has made 1t necessary to produce
proof. At Annapolis l had to appear
before an officer and show him the
characteristics Of each finger. The