Evening star., 1913-11-20
FINGER PRINTS NOT
GUESSING MATTER
Make Identification of Grim
inaIs Easy and Absolutely
Certain.
SCHIFF AND HILL WARN
OF BAD TIMES AHEAD
Country Is Waterlogged With Sc
curities, Declares Railroad Mag
nate of Northwest.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


NEW YORK, November Il. 1918.
There's mechanical certainty about
nnser-printing at police headquarters that
would convince even a Judge. In the old
'camera-eye" days a suspect was viewed
from various angles by many detectives.
and bullied and wheedled, and traps were
set for him. Often some one remembered
him. Quite often beard or a new
pucker or the passage of time saved the
INSIDERS pelt for the time. Nowadays
the policemen just run suspects through
a sieve.
Ever arrested before?" asked the
finger-print expert wearily the other
night The finger-print man was tired.
He wore a green shade over his eyes. His
voice carried no shade of emotion-except,
perhaps. impersonal kindness.
Never" said the youngster under ar
rest. He was well dressed clean-cut and
Intelligent The finger-print clerk brisked
up 4 little OF the boredom left his voice
Well soon See he said, in a friendly
way.
Ten minutes later the assistant was
looking for card 219A-a7-313. The
the window, his back turned to the man
under arrest. When the assistant came
back:
There you are said the expert in his
IA
sing. o.
The youngster turned to the detective
escort 10 De led away The finger-prnt
expert Tipped the card across the desk
70 MS assistant He didn't look up from
beneath his green shade One could see
Just corner of his complacent smile
Reformation Didn't Last.
Two officers of the regular army walked
down the Bowery not long ago They
were trim, square -shouldered, clear-eyed
\ carpet-whiskered bum hailed them bv
their first names
Three or-'ic-pals togezzer,' carolled
the down-and- outer
Tne stew graduated with higher honors
IN the same class with the two officers
lie once held position of responsibility
mere His wife is the daughter of a well
known western editor
Two OF pals, remarked the sub
merged one. oshifers and zhentlemen.
ozzer ole pal jush a hound
so the two old pals took the third old
pal. more or less by force. They bathei
and shaved and clothed him and nursed
him back TO health and strength and
sanity. For six weeks he was out of
sight OF man. Rumor has it that he was
IN the hospital on Governors Island under
purser's name One day he walked
down the Bowery looking like a stall-fed
athlete. He was Well dressed and bright
eyed and sStalwart. Halfway down the
Bowery he sold his coat and vest to an
old clio man. Then he dropped into a
saloon.
Give me a nickers worth of the old
third rail-" he said 'Congratulate me
boy. ] have 81 and six weeks thirst,''
Toll of the Automobile.
Since January l 2iO persons have been
killed by automobiles in the streets o.
New York. Not person has been sent
TO prison for any killing. So that the
city magistrates have determined 10 stop
the racing of locomotive engines through
the streets. The chauffeur of United
states mall auto faced one magistrate.
The officer" said the magistrate glow
ering at his helpless prey, tells me your
machine weighs about four tons and you
were driving like Barney Oldfield He
says IL IS marvellous that you didn't kill
some one In the crowded streets
Not having anything TO say. the chauf-
feur didn't say it. He just chewed gum
and acted as though he were looking out
of a window. The magistrate beat upon
the desk.
So, you little rascal" he said-this is
vety rough version of his remarks--'if f
Saa ever come before me again | shall
IL ute severe with YOU. Honest | will :"
Then the chauffeur was discharged He
Wrinkled his nose at the arrestinS police
man on the way out.