The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-27
FINGER-PRINT IDENTITY.
Value Of the Form Of Identification AID.
vocated in Many Associations.

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Whether finger printing of indiyid.
uals should be made universal or not is
a question that is being much discussed
There are those who believe the sys-
| TEN should be extended to embrace
commercial and certain other fields, and
others who desire to confne II solely TO
criminal Glasses. The hopes Of these
conservatives have been shattered, for
the system already has been extended
with advantage into other spheres Of
life. There is every indication that fin.
rprinting, because of its immense
value, will eventually be applied to
many walks of life il is everywhere
becoming more general.
During the late war the war depart.
ment learned the great value of finger
prints for Identification purposes This
| stamp Of approval from the war depart.
ment gave the system a great impetus.
Many hospitals throughout the coun-
try now make it practice to take
the prints of every infant within their
walls The past has amply demonstrat-
ed how easy ID is for infants to be.
come mixed to such a degree that par
cnts are left in doubt Of their identity.
This is especially true in cases where
infants have been kidnapped by women
affected with form of mother mania
"a desire TO have baby to codde
About a year ago an infant was kid
mapped from in front OF a Harlem de.
partment store. The police finally To-
Gated an infant in city hospital which
answered in every way, even TO dress,
that Of the Kidnapped baby. The ia
Their identified the infant as his, al.
though the mother could not be so
sure In the meantime the right infant
was found by the police in possession of
the woman who had kidnapped it
The Maternity hospital in Brooklyn
and a hospital in Baltimore and in Gin
mates Ii is difficult to finger print an
infant on account of the smallness of
its fingers and OF the difficulty in
keeping them quiet For this reason
hospitals take infants foot impressions
instead Of fingers What is true OF the
fingers is true Of the feet, no two i'm
pre- s'cns are alike
Some business houses require prints
Of employees and several banks now re-
luire prints Of depo~itors. These prints
have been OF immense value to banks
which have large number Of foreign.
ars as depositors Many such are ig-
norant and illteratc. understanding lit.
lie Of our laws. language or customs.
By taking their impressions the bank
protects both them and itself from
fraud No dcpositor can lay claim to
, lost bank book unless he j. able to
demonstrate by his prints that he is the
'wner IN taking the finger Impressions
# such depositors the bank takes prints
IF the index, middle and ring fingers A
n Williamsburg bank ha. found the svs-
en- a great help. and its depositors
lave voiced their approval Of IL Since
he system was inaugurated the mum
'er Of depUsFors has been materially
increased
Joseph g. Faurot, third deputy com
missioner Of the New York police de-
iartment, probably knows as much
bout finger prints as anyone in the
Commissioner Faurot believes
hat everyone should be finger printed
{ was he who some years ago went
broad and made study Of prints, and
hen laid the foundation for the re-
collection Of prints they
lumber more than 40OOO0-of the
.tys police department
Unfortunately he said, the taking