Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-14
By JOHN E. KENNEBECK.

criminal? Will 4 chance of freedom
tend to bring the criminal to a real
:zation that he ought to follow the
straight and narrow"
! Psychologists teach that 4
criminal has an instinct to do wrong.
and that he fears not the moral evil
in an actual offense itself, but rather
breads the probable result of law
violation-the penitentiary.
| Hence, the professional criminals
ways are wary. He eludes capture
by the slightest trick; he leads po-
lice on hot trails of burglaries and
the more general of crimes; he
withholds his identity when appre-
hended, if possible, and is continual
I ly plaS ming a next move, especially
so if escape from prison at any time
is probability. The criminal lives
4 life solely for himself.
Caught Eventually.
Some of the cleverest brains in
police work, for the detection of the
criminal, are constantly on guard
for the apprehension of notorious
and clever police characters, roam
ing the country at large, ever ready
to blow safe, commit hold-up or
swindle game.
Eventually the law violator falls
into the hands of police. Bertillon
measurements, the greatest system
of identifying criminals, are taken
of the person and sent broadcast
throughout the country that police
in other cities may have record of
him. Finger prints of a person
never change, Bertillon experts say.
Through the system of finger print
classification Identification Of the
criminal is positive.
Identified Through Bertillon.
1t was through this system that
Louis A. Miller, alias Wheeler, alias
DR.. L. A. Tyson, alias c. c. Huff,
an escaped convict from the federal
prison at Fort Leavenwortli, Kan,
was identified by Hans Nielsen,
Bertillon expert at Central police
station. 49,.
The man was arrested last week
by Detectives Joe Baughman and
Herdzina for alleged forgery of
checks aggregatng $1,000. He gave
the name Of DR.. L. A. Tyson. Upon
the discovery of his real identified
ton, the man openly admitted that
he was wanted at Fort Leavenworth
to finish a three-year term for i'm
personating all army officer, and vio-
lation of the Mann act, according to
detectives.
When confronted with a circular
bearing his picture and accurate de-
scription by the Bertillon system,
he flinched, say detectives, showed
surprise and confessed: YES, I'm
the man"
Eight Months Ago.
Shortly before being taken back
to prison, he told the story OF his
escape from the federal penitentiary,
where he had worked in the dental
office Of the prison during his con-
finement.
81 had only eight more months to
serve" he said But freedom looked
better to me than to stick out the
term. | was made a trusty about
the hospital and, Of course, mingled
with the soldier guards. I planned
to dig tunnel for escape; it failed.
made other plans and they failed.
"One day-it was on June 20 Of
this year--ny chance came. A ball
game was in progress. ! broke into
soldiers locker and changed my
prison clothes for a khaki Uniform.
A black eye-guard, which ! had
taken out of the hospital, helped dis
guise me as a hospital patient. I'm
concernedly, | mozied to the prison
gate.
Fooled the Captain.
IAN army captain confronted me,
but | lost no courage. With a
snappy salute. | passed him. | saw
him signal to pair Of outside
guards to pass me through the lines.
knew then | was free. The cap
tain mistook me for one Of his men:
II had a little money that l had
saved fromthe allowances given ME
for tobacco. Kansas City was my
first stopping place. 1t sure was a
relief to be free.
Under the name Of DR.. L. A.
TYSON I visited Sioux Falls, S. D.;
Sioux City, Ia; Minneapolis, and
then came to Omaha.
."As l had acquired some learning