The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02
Love making.

tors marks are JUS, as nice lu.. .. IS
the marks Of a clergyman's hu-. lm
cant gaze at the finger prints ~, r..e
and say severely: We'll. D, I.... 90
It's not provablc. I'll allow t.. me
great tone artist who sees a gI... .r a
blue or a red color attachup .. tor.
tain chords may discern SOM. .- 4
a mans morals in his fineor mu... .It
I'm blamed II can.
Il may he considered prciudi.,I ..W-
ever" says Lieut.. Allen. with % .'..,e.e
of the eye blending humor and sarcasm.
"because | have very strong up.r .u. as
to whether or not physioguums b..
reliable guide in determining H., u.,d
or immoral man. Some of ~, r..,o.
graphs Of crooks We have h,t, low
as fine looking fellows as you'd u,,' 10
days walk Honesty hoam- from
their eyes-if honesty ever do e.e
out that way-and if you had 90 un
your confidence to a person a ...rI.S
as his photograph impressed you N.y
you'd hand over your farm deeds and
safe deposit keys to some of The most
notorious swindlers listed ON police
records. And on the other hand You
constantly come in contact Will m.G
who are the most prominent and r"pu.
| table in the city with faces that almost
force you to believe they would ca, a
throat and scuttle ship.
which leads to the conclusion nat
many men serving terms in prison have
no doubt been handicapped 10y their
bad faces, while other open guun-
tenanced chaps have been able To- put
through an innocent plea, because they
really looked honest and therefor IN.
nocent. For that matter. though
| there's many a man in prison VIII is not
| inherently bad.
He has lived along in mauN cases
more than half his life never thinking
of stealing because there was lu need
| of doing so. Thea comes a hard up
time. He has the opportunity {" steal
He is in a hole, and maybe not through
extravaganza either. He takes what
doesn't belong to him. He's caugh' and
convicted. But I can't believe thar thr
mans natural tendencies can o., .."t"r-
mined by what he does in five minutes
when he has lived clean fifty yrar-
Back To the finger prints sure
enough We have made about ln"un IN
| the last six months. Seems Ike ID large
number, but you know ", '.. q"
persons convicted in a Cour whore
there is formal presentmcn, 81 . Use
against them.
"There are two kinds Of imp ms
| taken. one is rolled and thu u..'G IS
plain. The rolled impr, ssiuns az. NEen
by placing the fingers upon tn, -f' u
glass or metal on which tn" nE aAS
been spread. The fingers are 'H'H'd
from one side of thu nall to tH' .N'r
but of course not up to or ON I'll. 'i'"
The idea of this rolling from uH Ne
to the other is to get the fu.lo~' SOFT Of
an impression.
"The fingers are then raised ana
placed again lightly on p.,C' OIL. "s
white paper. Then they are - .. .',"
and forth from one side to aru'.,. me
same as on the piece Of lnN Hiss
Compared to the art Of pr.n' '"'
fingers are like the plate in d.. .'-"'
process, the ink sinking into A.'
lows instead of being applied o. I.. l'','
ing types
"plan impressions are m1o' b'''
ing all fingers simultaneuu- rue
paper without rolling them Z '. sur
to side. For classification pa. He
impressions are frequently Il t "'
four types, called arches, loui. N..IH
and composites. These types ''. . '""
classified and so on. We can any
finger print record desired IRON "''
within three minutes.'
The bureau of ident.hCatuN 'IF
number of men going all th' h' u"
. maintain the records in an uN Jaw
condition. At times In the .. '''"
of the recruits dcmOnstraiin-
are given TO prove the mia.
,the finger prints.
~ ,r.tn,,o,,a "a uur and
upon il, while the Instructor f'
posely absen, from the room
struCtor returns, sprinkle ~,
on the finger impressions I''' Wv
bottle. and then brushes th''I '.
exposed surface with cdh ''
brush, thus developing the ins't ~
The instructor, having the ms '' '.u
of the recruits, is able to md- ~" Wv
| examine the bottle marks ana l.". Nv
man who handled 1t. This u 49,,
strongest kind of an Impress
) recruits mind of the imr"'
disturbing nothing at tn" -"
! .,c,-.,aa -, oo.uo, dotc,,. work
. with that Of fction?" says liz '
in conclusion. "Oh, the rcaI
= isn't like the book defective
the book detective of the ".'
: very much. All the Ply
2 analysis you read about I'm
y stories will always remain
> stories. O.,
o I'm actual life detectives d. n"' N"
up case as a problem to '' J.
r like a game Of chess, move 10y
r until the game is won as matter "l
tainty. on the contrary, ! am OF -
e opinion that a great deal of their
= cess In life is due to great good luck