Evening star., 1937-04-25
Glass room of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice, 1ohere special
SLEUTHING TAUGHT
Law Enforcement Officers Eager to Enroll
For Courses in Scientific Crime Detec-
ton as Practiced by G-Men.

and man on the outskirts of Louis
vile. On an automobile used in the
robbery he discovered latent finger
print which he identified as that Of q
person with police record This
identification led to the arrest Of the
three bandits.
Lieut.. Daniel A. Murphy Of the
Massachusetts, State police, also in
debted to "Beulah" for his fingerprint
training, found latent print in a
room believed to have been head
quarters of bank robber. It matched
print on the wanted" card Of q
bank robber being sought by the F..
B. I. Murphy notified the New York
division of the bureau and a subse-
quent investigation led to the arrest
OF the robber several days later In
Los Angeles.
Capt. James c. Downs of the Bal
timore, Nd. Police Department, on
graduating from the Federal academy,
organized a police school OF his own.
Among members Of his force to whom
he gave instruction in moulase was
a lieutenant on the robbery squad.
Making use OF his new-found knowl-
edge, the lieutenant made moulage
casts Of marks left on 4 door by 4
jimmy. Several suspects were ques-
toned. A Jimmy found In the pos
session Of one OF these had markings
corresponding In the finest detail to
these recorded in the cast. When
the suspect was shown this evidence
he made a complete confession.
The academy and its offshoot
training schools are eliminating the
third degree from the police picture
in America. The F. B. 1. contends
that to seek a confession by brutality
is to admit lack of evidence against
prisoner. Confessions secured under
such circumstances have been held
worthless by the courts.
The remarkable success attained by
the G-men in getting confessions and
guilty pleas from criminals has given
the old-time advocate OF the treat
'em-rough method food for thought.
The F. B. I. has developed an inter-
rogation routine along certain psy-
Geological lines that has proved ef-
fective even with the most hard
boiled OF public enemies. Karpis,
Campbell. Robinson, Mahan, ct al,
will testify to that. This questioning
technique is taught In detail to every
student.
HUGH H. C1DGG, assistant di-
rector Of the F. B. I. and a
veteran OF front-line battles with
gangland, is In direct charge OF the
bureaus training activities. Assist
ing him is a faculty of F. B. I.
criminologists expert in many fields.
.Augmenting the regular faculty Is
a long list Of special lecturers from
leading universities and organiza-
tions dealing with law enforcement.
Among the latter are Prof. Felix
Frankfurter Of Harvard University,
Dr.. Raymond Moley of Columbia Uni
versity. Prof. August Vollmer Of the
University Of California and Dean
Earl G. Arnold Of Vanderbilt Uni
versity Law School.
Lieut.. Col. A. J. Drexel Biddle OF
Philadelphia lectures on jujitsu and
other means OF self-defense In police
work.
Increasing emphasis is being placed
on teaching methods so that grad
yates Of the academy will be quail
fed to organize training schools and
give instruction to their own depart
ments.
This spreading Of information in
chain-letter fashion is q particularly
important aspect of the bureaus
long-views program in law enforce
ment education, in the opinion Of
Director Hoover.
A consistent opponent Of proposals
for centralized national police force,
or Scotland Yard" Hoover prefers
the alternate American way" plan
of . voluntarily cooperating, closely
knit Federal-State-local law-enforce-
ment system.
"The Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton has no desire to. encroach on
State and municipal police agencies"
Hoover said In an interview. I'VE
have our field Of operation and they
have theirs. Sometimes, of course,
they overlap, and when that happens
the only sensible course is to pool re-
sources in a cooperative move against
the enemy.
THE National Police Academy Is
helping to bring about better degree
of cooperation and q more effective
coordination among police organiza-
tions OF the country We are glad to
share with the police any knowledge
we have acquired in the detection Of
crime and the pursuit Of criminals.
and.we are just as pleased to take les
sons from police agencies. The mu-
tual exchange of information Is prov
ing extremely valuable In the con-
certed war on lawlessness"
aHoover's view Is concurred In BY the