The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-02
K@f1lon goes his Wondedul
y pEngofpfft System one better
and now Completes his
Textbook that will CfootQ the
Anatomical DotpCtWGr--TO
BY A. c. SANBORN.

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W W Your crows feet E'leave behind you foot
SM prints on the sands Of time
lMH Alphopse Bertilon's latest wrinkle in
ltH mna Identification classies the Fuckers in your
HR Tbe way Of the transgressor, ever hard is now
np strevu with almost insurmountable obstacles
Police Captaiu Joseph A. Faurot Of the Bureau of
Bminal Identification of New York has just gone to
his to study the new of face reading thus
NNring it's prompt introduction into the police de-
nttments of the large American cities.
Time was when the only barrier which barred the
NNtmnal once caught from TRANQUILITY continuing his
bsen vocation on release his accusing likeness
n kh which the art-loving curator of hogues Gal
" was ready to confront him. An older gen
NJ ktion of crooks were wont to complain that this
k5portsmanhke practice OF mugg1ng dld not leave
~ en- fighting chance
IWhat would these poor nuocents have done in the
Be of the antiquated methods of Sherlock
hines who would have measured their footprints
h convicted them the evidence furnished by a
lint through his microscope at the tetale ash from
Dir cigars?
Had they not reached the age limit and retired
m active business on pension before Bertion came
hg with his scales and calipers to weigh them in
Il take their measurements, these worthless would
re thrown up their hands as others had done at
b suggestion.
a., kODAY if you believe ''the Lord helps those who
- 81 help themselves and would escape prosecution
~ resourceful than these elder members Of the
MAJ Iherhood prove martyr to the cause.
cen The Hghtes fingers leave their prints and such
Mkessons ndelib]e. However, the wise ones of
l. degeneration discovered q way to avoid leav
thfs such marks of Identification when they wished
are arsvel incognito 1t is quite the fashion this sea
npeHf for all late callers TO gloves.
H requires than change in fashions. though,
and lconquer the master mind of Monsieur Bertion
arth thas mp]ifcd his old system, and catches
nj bIrT b,f fha turnl
a ths his eyebrows, by the Of his lids
~ No method Of concealing his identity is left the
I Unfortunate except to skin his face, and then he
lid be caught by that very disguise. He is already
0A M hg driven to the wall in France and he will
"1 obliged to his operations this country or
ns ""tue them against almost overpowerng odds.
10 WV few short weeks Captain Faurot will have
ion arned fully instructed in the science of verbal
ths aiture He and his aids will then be able tell
its Hininal from his twin brother at glance This
appeal system will enable him from written descrip
rbsna and without the aid of photograph to identify
nd th ffcndcr from roomful of Of the type
ma, captain FauTo has been with the police depart
,arth OF New York City since before the BertiIlon
stoaem accepted, and he was largely responsible
, any FITS adoption.
o sou1Athough rumors Of its wonderful possibilities
floating across the water time earlier, 1t
" NJ not until March g. 1896, that the police depart
), ,srF OF New YORK CITY adopted the Berou system.
", sah before this Captain McClaury introduced the
rv mAm into the state Of Wisconsin and practced il
beeBsfully However, New York was the first citv
more 81ve it official recognition In May 1896 its
aurdWas made obligatory In all the penal institutions
clue fe Empire State The rest Of the country soon
ica ~ 1T up; the organization of the system became
uy sS1pal and then International Now there is not n
hargsF of records and nstnments fopp M,n IL
b wnsl measurements, Next to New York and Chicago
at inrfle, San Francisco Portland Or and RnFfaio,
for IN the order named with finger print libraries
neg idoa of system based upon the law that ma
as turc never produces two individuals exactly alike
OF co9ery detail WAS first exploited by Alphonse Bor
the q In March, 1870 Six years later he formulated
or 'ublishod in Paris his unerrng and revolutionary
the I'M OF human identification When skIlfully and
the safatey used this nfallibe method Of ident
the M and speedily finding the description photo
es ~ name and history OF any person whose record
J;Teret4cep previously taken.
lent means it provides for detecting and arrest
criminal nor to the aid it renders in the tri nj
m Wv fonVction OF the suspect IL equally of service
Did vse discrimination OF the sentence By means of
The eeps Kept with each criminals measurements the
vs. over maf know how many times the prisoner has
extrsd the same offense and how many terms of
o. s urp he has already served. In this way he may
VS. Enether the sentence should be heavy or light
also aets as restraint upon crime from
ot mfery knowledge among the criminal classes that
hen suSL measurements are on file.
occoYe lSco9isal term given to descriptions of per
ae pos there three kinds The first is sto anthIopo
~ nuses which predicated upon three principles;
to aptthe ~ human frame is after the twenty second
d the TO practically no change that the human
gun s almost unlimited diversity of dimensions; and
the X tndI certain dimensions of the skeleton can
yer at tsfasurcd very easily and precisely.
edue seSond signament is called descriptive Its
and 10 10 describe I in words without the aid Of usr
~ Of SPe tSs sns time attaining something of the
on o Ehi16 hsrt this is done too technical
kthod Of limits Of approSimstoH st ,ue'eets law OF
Innd signalmcnt furnishes Identification by