The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10

10 the police made public 1t also
transpired that while the majority of
losses mad happened while society having Its Sum-
mer cation the Winter seasons in New York had
not been entirely void Of such incidents.
But the most curious fact of all the manner IN
which many of the Investigations we're suddenly
dropped In number cases the missing Jewels were
reported to have been found mysterously returned
Then. throughout the Winter just passed there was
sudden and marked decrease in the number society
robbercs And the reading public In Of Hood
of other news forgot that the solution the dsar.
pearance of million dollars worth Of loot vas
stu. apparently. hanging in
Now in Europe-and particularly in France and Ger
many-the profession of criminal hunting has become
science. Bcrtllon the inventor the portrait parle
or minute mapping of every of the person. and Of
the finger priat system OF detecting the identity Of
criminals was type of these scientific detectives He
however was only of many who have made
criminoogy their life pursuit who bring TO bear
upon the problem at hand the Of trained minds
and every resource Of science
II Of these men that William J Burns the most
famous OF American detectives wrote when this news
paper some months presented fascinating series
of articles dealing with their work following tribute:
The successful detection OF crime has now largely
passed out of the old system haphazard guesswork
and is shaping itself along the lines OF more strictly
scientific study The progress OF the profcs.
sional crminologiss OF France Germany is little
understood in America where few detectives avail
themselves OF these resources Of science. am
making conservative statement when say that the
actual applications real life in detective Of the
methods OF Professor Ress. OF the University OF
Lausanne Professor Gross. Of Germany and others are
often bewidcring TO the uniformed than any OF
the imaginary detective work OF Sherlock Holmes"
And 1t was this same DR. Hans Gross mentioned by
Mr. Burns his curiosity and interest aroused by
tain unusual aspects who quietly began and
an investigation where the American detectives left
and has just made his astonishing conclusions known
to his colleagues in little essay he calls Crime as
Sport
Dr. Gross makes the astonishing statement that the
majority Of the robberics committed by a man
O YOrk6
man Of great wealth and social influence.
"a cultured criminal. he says "of great intellect and
resource who stole not for gain but for excitement
Probably highly decadent type In whom passion
for sport could not find satisfaction In the
big game hunting. the pursuit. of women, polo. any
the more dangerous forms Of amusement,
that form Of predatory excitation
big business. Satisfaction OF the sport impulse with
this man could only be gained In the game of ptna
his wits against the safeguards with which society had
buwarked its property"
Why. it be asked. did DR. Gross and his col
leaeues-for he was not alone in his Investigation
turn their attention TO America when would be thought
that they had enough 20 occupy their minds abroad?
The answer To this question is found in statement
by DR. Albert Weingart another OF the German scien-
hc detectives and colleague Of DR. Gross In the In
vestigation. who writes
1T Is not alone in the detection OF crime that the