Evening star., 1923-09-22
CAPITAL ASSURED
IDENTITY BUREAU
Conference Furthers Plan for
Keeping Nations Criminal
Records Here.

The National Bureau of Criminal
Identification. TO accumulate here all
information concerning criminals in
America, today was one step nearer
realization as a result of a confer
ence yesterday at the Department of
Justice, attended by officials of the
department, members of the board of
governors of the International Asso-
citation of Chiefs of Police, and off,
cials of the bureau of criminal identi-
fication
Announcement had previously baen
made that the department would or
sanize such a bureau, and II was fur
ther stated last night in a formal
statement that as a result of the con-
ference yesterday. the bureau was
assured"
Records. finger-print systems, pho
tographs. Bertillion measureme nts and
other Identification material now In
custody of local authorities will be
sent to the Department of Justice
with a view to general Capitalization
of information.
Would Facilitate Work.
The gathering Of all available. data
on criminals in one bureau, Attorney
General Daugherty said, will facili-
| tate the work of the police forces of
| the country, and at the same time
! enable the federal government to
function with greater efficiency in
combating crime throughout the
world.
Il am confident" the Attorney Gem
eral told those attending the confer
ence, that when all the valuable
| records now Teposing in the Offices
or the police chiefs of the country are
| co-ordinated and made available to
the entire police force of the nation
at one point, there. will be possibly a
diminutiQn of crime"
In the past, IL was explained, when
q criminal was apprehended at San
Francisco, and 1t was desired to OBJ
| tain any possible record concerning &
his past operations, 1t has been neces-
essary to wire possibly a dozen cities.
| Oftentimes no record was obtained ID
| because il was impossible to cover
| every city. But with all the records,
| fingerprints and measurements CEN
tralized in one bureau, II will be nee
essary only to communicate with one
| given point to secure the needed in
| formation.
f. Discussed BY OaiciaIs.
Attorney General Daugherty, As
/ sistant Attorney General Hollond, as
sistant to the Attorney General Sey-
mour; William j. Burns, director OF
the bureau or 1nvestigatton OF the
Department of Justice, and other ON
cials, discussed the proposed transfer
! of the criminal data with the heads
of the various police systems of the
| country who were represented at
| the conference. Among the police
chiefs present were Daniel ]. O'Brien,
| chief of police, San Francisco; VIII
liam p. Rutledge, superintendent OF
| police. Detroit. president of the In
iternational Association of Chiefs oil
| Police; Joseph NJ. Quigley. chief OF
police, Rochester, chairman, board OF
governors, bureau of criminal iden-
| tification; f. Van Buskirk, superin-
tendent of bureau of criminal identi-
| fication, this city: w. B. Mills. super
intendent of police, Philadelphia: Maj
Richard Sylvester, member of board
| of governors, bureau of criminal
Identification; John A. Curry, super
intendent of police. Niagara Falls,
IN Y; George w. Teppel. chief OF
police. Wilmington. Del: Maj. Daniel
Sullivan. superintendent of police.
this city; George w. Henry. chief Of
police, Baltimore, and W. S. Gregg,
an attorney of Wilmington, Del,
representing the association of police
| chiefs.