The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-07
Finger Print
Expert Gives
History Of System

No two people have ever been
round whose finger prints and Ber-
t1lon measuren ents were exactly
al1ke," Lieut.. George A. Haux, the
niger print and Bertillon measure
nent expert of the Bridgeport Police
department told the members Of the
JUNIOR Chamber of Commerce at their
last dinner meeting held at $50 last
evening in the Y M c. A. banquet
THE BertilIon or Anthropometric
system was invented by AIphonse Ber-
Gllon, the eminent criminologist, of
Paris, in 1879. 1t is a perfectly re-
liable method of identification and is
used in every civilized country on the
globe 1t has reached its highest de-
velopment in the larger cities of the
United States.
1.-THE system is based on the unaI-
teraible scientific fact that the shapes
and dimensions of human beings do
not alter after maturity. The meas
urements of criminals are taken and
all marks or scars carefully noted.
THE principal measurements taken
are the height. stretch COT arms),
head length. head width. cheek, right
ear, left foot. left middle finger. left
little finger and left forearm" con-
tinued Lieut. Haux. These meas
urements are noted in Latin, abbre-
waited, SO that they may be under
stood by the police departments of
the world.
Eye Classified.
The eye is classified under nine
with no augmentation to those of the
Monaghan races which are of a very
dark maroon and believed by most
people to be 'tbIack" eyes There is
no such thing as a black eye-there
are black eyes, but at least there is
no one who was born with black eyes.
The only black eyes are those re-
ceived in scrap and the color of
these may even be questioned"
THE average person can not de-
scribe the color of the eyes of even
hn
ears have a great deal of variety: the
open, the closed, the thin. the fat. the
crushed The lobes Of the ear may
be round, square, or blended with the
cheek When you go onto the street
you will see plenty of all types Of
ears"
used by the Chinese in the third cen
fury who did not have any means of
controversy between the advocates of
the Bertil1on and the finger print |
systems it was decided to use both |
each of which have never been dis |
proved. might be had to check the |
other'' |
"Ffnger-prints never change. They |
remain the same from birth to death /
and even after a body has been part
ly decomposed. They are divided in
to -four classes-the arch, loop, whirl
and composite. An anxious parent
brought a pair of twins-who Sc meas
urements were found to be nearly
alike but whose fnger-prints were alb
solutely different. A child may have
prints which resemble those of the
relative whom they most resemble in
features
Can't Change Prints.
Criminals have filed their finger
tips, gelatonized them and resorted
to many other devices but the prints
grow in exactly the same as before, |
provided the finger is not badly dam
aged
There are several pictures which
you may examine which seem to be
of the same man; they are not
their fnger-prints and measurements
are widely divergent"
"a criminal is measured and fin
ger-printed for only the major crimes;
it would be a stupendous task to take
those of every man who is arrested
for petty crimes" Lieut.. Haux told
a member in reply to a question.
Liuet. Haux told Of the number of
pictures taken in the past year and
since the system was originated in
Hrfd geport-2000 in a year and 2O,-
900 since 1911. He also showed mem
hers the mugs tof some of the ty1pi-
cal hard guys. The cards have in |
formation pertaining to the age, ma
tiCnalfty,s previous record, the crime
committed, the date of the crime, the
date of arrest. aliases he has assumed |
and his color.
The dinner meeting was the last of
the seaNon. Vlve-Presddent G. J. Bal |
ey of the Junior ChamOer presided |
for Bradford G. Warner who is in Call
fornia- t
The meal was served by Mrs Hop t
ms the Y w C. a. chef. assisted by ! {
Toifunteer mattresses, Misses Benson g
Ind Hoerlev- s
Members of the Junior Chamber a
Who heard Lieut. Haux's most enter L
aiming and instructive talk were:
Ray Beckwith. H. w. French, c. A
Willard. J. w. SCHNEIDER Raymond b
Toebel, E. Perkins Nichols, E Mer- i
i'll Beach. Corado Caserta. Russell il
z. Moore, Fred J. Deiss, Ray Thi- o
,ault. leslie A. Hoffman. Kenneth J q
Sriffen, Fred W. Stanton. ]. H. Lott, c
:. J. Bailey. Sigurd Swanson. J. J. n
Robert Lester and Mr. L
latch.