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the man wus Frxnk schliamann, aims
John Smith q convict Of long stxnd-
ins.
Chx11n CE4syd. aylas Caesar GAIA
was convicted In generai sessions. New
York city. Of entefng q loft he had
removed q glass panel from the door
In order to avoid setting OF the bur
glar alarm. The imprint Of three nm
gers was ON the glass. Captain Eau
rot's testimony was a sensational fea-
ture Of tho Crispi trial despite care
fully prepared abb adduced by Crispi
and his protestations Of innocence. But
Crispi lost courage before Faurot's pre-
else demonstration Of the peculiarities
Of his hand a. compared with those
shown on the glass door and confessed.
entering q plea Of guilty. Judge Ro-
salsky asked him in tho interest Of SCI
snce and justice to state whether he
actually removed the glass. Crispi con-
fessed that he had and admitted that
the prints were his.
sPudd'nhsad Wilson,"
Those who have read Mark Twain's
story of "Pudd'nhead Wilson" know
that the story turns on the detection
Of murderer by his finger prints.
But not many persons know Of the
long, patient study that has been given
to finger prints by scientific men and
offlcials. The most noted Of these
students was the English anthropolo-
gist Francis Cation, who began his
work on finger prints in 1888 and sub
sequently wrote many articles and
three books on them. Probably the
first thing to direct popular attention
to them was an article by Cation in
one Of the English magazi IN 1901.
But before these dates the anato-
mist Purkinje. writing ON the sense
Of touch in 1888, had described the
ridges ON the finger balls. and a med
zeal lecturer in Japan had described
finger prints In an English Journal in
1883 and given an instance Of their
use In detecting criminal. About the
same time a San Francisco man pro-
posed them to identify Cinnamon, and
Gilbert Thompson Of tho United States
geological survey. while in the west,
was using his thumb mark to prevent
fraudulent alteration Of figures on or
ders or vouchers. Meantime a high
police onicial in India, Herschel by
name. was making practical use of
the method, having begun with It in
1oSo rhc,,ch ~ AtA ~cx A>->~sN~ "A a.
English papers till 1880, his records
furnish much Of the scientific founda-
ton Of the study.
There are writer's who think that
finger prints were used as a means of
Identification In China more than loo
years ago, but the passages in proof
are ambiguous and may only mean
that the party touched the paper sym.
bolically, a. one among M, in making
his mark, touches the penholder or q
witness being sworn touches the Bible
An Assassln's NsmssIs.
In 1907 word came from Paris that Z
criminal had been caught BY his nnge,
prints. This II the story:
| A mysterious assassination had beer
committed. The detectives arrested
one wrong man, discharged him and
were preparing to arrest another wher
to their. chief came q quist scientist
saying: The assassin's name IL Henri
Leon echeffef. Here are his photo
graph, hin description and past rso
ord"
M. Cochsfsrt, chief Of the surets
hesitated. my men know nothing o.
this person." he said. How shall ",
accuse himr
ARREST him." insisted the other, ~ant
should he prove to b innocent I vii
| give him 1000 francs ~ IN Indemnity. :
But what basis have Jon for you
certainty Of hin guiltr' asked M. Cochs
fert.
~soms Ans~ prints hs left On pisc'
Of brctsn siass.s replied the man o.
sciencA
II was not necessary b pay the in
demnity. He who was thus strangely
accused was arrested and confessed hi
crime and % ''Pudd'nhead Wilson" h
spite Of IT. alleged sxtxavagance, found
] Justification n real mn