The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1920-07-12
Finger Prints On)ySure Way
ofIdent;f;catjon, Says Expert

Ft'SstN 'ffNhlltlN A'fF.fi'f Ff'''ffIff''.'
Is keeping ur her spirits aud st,irr
~he believe hers ohnd viii eventually
be found
But meanwhile whenever clu" De-
discovered. whenever baby who's,
description tallice with That az her loot
son a. found Mrs CoughlIn must take
% trim t. sufuc distant place. expensive
and disappointing a. its end
Each day that pasHHa is changing
IIiakelevs little features. In fow years
If nc were IN b." found n ~ doubtful
If his own mother would recognize him
There IL only one means 81 ,daurn
cation the, time doesn't change mo
finger-print.
II Bl9kcl@y's tiny finger Prints had
been taken, caIds with ftcFlmilos ~ Ia"
Vhorle and grooves different on every
human tsing-- could nufc been forward.
"A to authorities al over the country
TO compare win ans baby thought ~ b"
the child kidnapped from Norrgt""r-
The finger print has solved many
trimes. traced many murder"rs
Some interested investigator ot the
Elgell mvstery claim that II IN" r"tIur
u Elweils eyes had been photographed.
picturc of the murderer might have
been found there. This theory wns part
% statemen, with intent 10 prov"
Paris more expert In detecting Grim"
than New York
THE idea Of taking pictures Of dead
mems eyes ~ an ingenious them" "f
detective stories said Frederick Kuhn"
Tor nnny years attached 20 m" Bur.
eau OF Criminal Identification Of IN"
Police Depa In this city, who II
fin9erprint expert.
But the finger print ~ tn" most posi-
tive means II identifying any person.
Think Of the endless trips ana trOu-
ble In store Cor Mrs Coughlin who's"
little son has been stolen. =" mother
could hear Of any clu" without looking
It up. Ano each trip that IS fruitl"Fs
means siCkcning disappointment Tor
her.
III mothers had children 0ng"ruriot'
cd how muCn trouble could b" pre-
vented
I thought 81 magazine story written
q few years aRo by clever young W"'
man in which she told ~ babies carr.
lr.sly lost and mislaid in hU"pitnla. cur .
iuus an IL se.ms brand ncw mites ~ /
humanity with the sauc 'uloring 81
hair and eyes could De very easily mix |
81 up Tnia writer recommended ~ |
that time, recall the finger prin'in" !
81 babies Immediately after hirih I" !
avoid hearbreaktns mistakes. Imagine :
the mental turmoil ~ "a young mother !
catching a child grow up. meyer KNOW
Ing IL the little one IN" sheltered were
really her own
Children chang rapidly whom grow
ing from babyhood Features and chat. .
aeteristics become more definite. Hu' /
tho tips ~ the fingers n'Nrr 'h'u@' ,
except 10 grow larger. hut. IN expand. I
ing. tho design 81 the lines remains "u.
ai'eIable
The idea 81 ,aklug prints ot finger"
10 associated In most miuds Win ''tW", /
continued Mr. Kuhn". "Ru' y should
not be thought u In that respect ~
view OF III. help IT can render In many
other eyiGcn,i'g of NJ"
For !nstan'c tax" the cng.. - % man
making n viii II" may name relative
for a beneficiary. hut there may u" two
men Of the sam" nam" IN th" Il"'t.
After the sigrer ~ ihr VIII be- dotd. Who
can say 20 which r'lutir" b" in'"'d'd
20 will hiq fortune \ finger mint 81
the object " his tcu"vol'ucr 'uId
simplify proceedings greatly.
often. IN severe accidents p"nl"' ''.
20 helrlcgsly Injured that their hnHi'.
,annot be- claimed los relatives ln i'''
and other Gir1st"ry II 49, had 'Ht'.
prints ~ victims MANS person N''.I
not 20 90 an unknown grave.
In the theft ot tho famous painting
IT Mon Lie, from M" Louvre. Hr
~pr print ,ud O. the discovery Of jn'
thi"f.
Before that time the French did n.'
want g. ~. finger prints That would
mean trs thlu'ing ont ut M" Hrh''".
-y-'en The French are very '"Hs'l.
,a'iys I"op,. iu such cases
yet f,r q long time prints had n"'H
made secretly nI me finger. ~ ''i'.lM
ais and v,r. t.pi iu tia ar'hiN'. '.
IN" Pans pn'Ir'
"Nino.r.n T.suaz.u Will" be- $50.
yyorklrt. in 90. Louvre. stole 'h. W.'."'
becs Ig. according o. his own sir'. ..'n'
no waited h.s own COUNTRY. ''HF I'd"
hsye uusscseiuu II tho great v"I. '
hcr son Leonardo ia Niu'L
But D.. -.s' finger nriris uu tho s.H.
and fran, tr,i had enclosed Won.
r.lss's i.rrrus sriIe. Later u w. '"H..
fhas. l.r..r v.r. identical v.'n '"'
ur.n's o. pa-4eiu.s digifs taken "n f
ureyious occasion ,eu"v Do" hH' '''H
convicted .. .uuiuE firearms F.'H".'
81 hermit
In d.. rrH.u r.w robbery OH"
a,rdug ba ,a.f -ur'u1.1 'h. ..H'..
rhuuId MOL ..., been touched after o."
'0ss H7s Discovered But every one about
hsndl,d D. ard thu traces of finger. ,
must haE '.rn uHii'.r-f'd
Grim. r.s.r'naTsss Dr. pr'''- 5000.
fully STUDDED arH raced here ~ Ante.
!oa n ~ .rr 81. FL. -uwfv,r' rlI meth
ID with f-... u..d i1 Paris e.. "
rhIicer1an iH -H-' r.'v may 'HE. a rnn o.
TO hH and '.a-~ him there -..'rH. ,
,laF- o. HH-.r eI.HH.f ir.rr.u= Hl.H
Into court O. 'H.s lrE. D.. court ir iH '
-a---Iou p f.s" arrested u.-' h' token f.
Their INNS. '.Iv And fiIe. arrest 8.
ia nEeTrIs I.srHr. here
In An.s .s s #Hr iH Innocent '..
h. car o.. .....I suits Abroad 'H.
appo-i'' s '..."