The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-05

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arm and the operator listens n
Whether the first questions y.
connected with the case Or MOI ~
subjects pressure would proAeaSs
jump to 100 and remain there a
novice might at once concIsde a.
the subject was not answering r,
questions truthfully, whereas ~
reaction would probably be d. =
. general uneasiness at the ~.
terious proceeding. Az the az.
lions proceed the operator NAV ~
that the chart he il dravine ~
mains At q level Of 100 or drone ~
toward normal, indicating that -
subject is truthful in her sat-.
ments.
On the other hand. the press
may suddenly rise. even reAcAinr
peak Of ITO or $50 when sigrifiesa1
questions are answered This vera
generally indicate decepcn
curve: not necessarily .hoveye9. =
make an extravagxnt iiicstratio
suppose that just as an important
question is asked a ferocioas -
rilla should leap through the N.
dow. This would have nothing 4
do with the case, but the suhjoat
blood pressure would rise = rsc-
ord-breaking peak
The tests are given in Z ron
free from disturbance, but eEea "a
! the Questioner has to watch for uut.
side influences that might affsu
the chart In order TO read III
chart correctly afterward oel
change in pressure must Be marks1
with its cause.
There is no way OF deiiberately
cheating his barometer. tie pu.
biologist asserts. Ii might BE- poe
sible for a Hindu occult student To
delay a test by seE-hypaot!m
Such persons are able TO SLOW dcvl
the heart action until II aimogt
stops. and other organs Of the boy
at the same time are affected. 4
subject who puts himself in this
state could not be tested until h
released himself. But 10 one aa
control blood pressure alone
There is one type of individua
who can unconsciously cheat Tie
sphygmomanometer. II . pessea
! is violently insane the test IL
meaningless. because such psrsua
has lost consciousness OF right and
wrong. Suppose that your audi
tory nerve is pressed upon By d.
ease SO that you imagine that bslls
are ringing constantly. You voald
| truthfully say that you could lar
bells ringing. and your blood Dres-
sure would accept it as a fact his
/ is an example of a slight hailsd-
nation. but it serves to show hCv !
person with a mind completely Do.
ranged would react to a deception
! test.
/ In detectives and slightly insane
cases the mental and physical fune
tons are subnormal to varying de
grees. Making allowances for thiI
the test can be used. In drug ID
diets even slighter reaction to cues
tioning is shown The chart OF y
addict win show curves less thai
one-third as great as that Of . nor
NAL subject @ x
The blood pressure test has Il
ready proved a friend to the pris
oner unjustly accused II is IN
relentless foe OF the skillful hal
DR. Aarston tells of a woman wh
was taken by the police from a dis
orderly house. She claimed ina
she was carried there drunk tn
night before and that she had neye
lived there. Her story SCENE
plausible and she would probahl
have been released. The decepuo
test was tried on her, however. an
lit refused TO accept word OF he
tale. Furthermore, casual CUES
itions about the wcnan's husban
brought out suspicious reactions o
I the chart
| Closer investigation proved ina
the woman was guilty, and by 10
lowing the clue TO her HUSBAND d.
tectives discovered that he was
notorious forger, wanted on nun
Der of charges. The woman IA
been hiding him and passing forge
! checks at the house where size va
taken.
! DR.. Marston believes that his te:
will find a useful place whereve
veracity must be caretullI-iudge'
People write humorous letters
him. he says. asking about the II
strument that can tell a liar On
man earnestly begged 10 kno'
where he could buy the apParatu
as he had an unearned reputatio
with his wife for eyading the trutl
The sphygmomanometer. Will
not prohibitive in cost. is not 2 mai
ket commodity and ii is not gam
1T is q solemn proposition. Il 70
have any doubts, just reflect hi
because Of it the art OF lying ma
soon be a useless and obsolete al
icomplishmeat.