TELLTALE THUMB PRINTS, FINGER MARKS OF CRIMINALS LIFE LONG AIDS TO THEIR DETECTION, Individual Finger Marks Permanent Through Life—Adoption of System for Identification of VU. 8, Soldiers and Sailors. A few weeks ago Inspector MeLaughlin of the New York Clty De- tective Bureau received remarkable evidence of the value of thumb-print identification. A letter was brought to him through the malls from London containing the pleture and record of a noted criminal whose thumb-print, with his name and description, was gent to London to test the efficiency of this new method of recording dis- tinguishing marks of criminals, By means of the thumb-print alone, the English police identified the eriminal captured by the New York police, whose record in England includes eight imprisonments on charges of larceny. The prisoner was caught by Inspector McLaughlin in the corridor of the Waldorf-Astoria ITotel in April. There were no charges against him in this country at the time, but the Inspector decided that his captive was an En- glish “crook.” It was found that two patrons of the hotel had been robbed and the prisoner was detained for a thorough investigation of his case, Meanwhile the Inspector sent the thumb-print to Loudon and the reply brought a photograph of the “crook” and a duplicate photograph of his thumb-print and his record. THE BERTILLON SYSTEM. For some time the criminal bureans of prominent cities have been using the Bertillon measurement system which also includes making two pho- tographs of the suspicious character, but the French system and photo- graphy have fallen short in many cases, as a scheming criminal can adopt various subterfuges to cheat the law, but there Is no way of changing the character of his thumb-print, for stage of their career, and the finger- print system is the only means of Identification yet devised that makes this practicable. Not only is It virtually Impossible that any man's ten finger-prints, one after the other, should resemble In mere general mathematical form each of those of another man, the chance against any such colucidenge being calculated by Professor Francis Gal- ton, the eminent anthropologist and mathematician, as one hundred and sixty-four milllon against one, but it is equally impossible that any two finger-prints should be identical in every detall. Recently the United States govern ment has also adopted the thumb- print system for identification of the sailors and soldiers in service, as this wight become useful not only In cases of desertion, but also to more readily identify the bo .es of those who Lave fallen on the field of battle. — SHERLOCK HOLMES. (Continned from preceeding page) what I should do if some sporting kind of publisher were suddenly to stride In and make me a bid of forty shil- lings or so for the le*** When the hook at last fell into the hands of Mr. Andrew Lang, then acting for Messrs, Longmans, Green & Company, the success of Micah Clarke was assured, | and its author's literary career placed | on a firmer footing. The “Sign of the Four” followed In 1880 in which story Sherlock Holmes, who bad made his bow to the public in “A Study In Rearlet,” reappeared and increased Dr, Doyle's rising reputation. His he.rt, however, was in the historical novel, and in 1890 he followed up the success of Micah with “The White Company,” in the preparation of which be read one hundred and fifteen volumes French and English, dealing with the fourteenth century in England, Is delight in the work Is expressed in his own words: “To write such books,” he once said, speaking of Micah Clarke and The White Company, “one must have an enthusiasm for the age nbout which be is writing. He must think it there are no two people whose thumbs | are exactly alike, and each person has | his own Individual thumb-print whose character remains the same from the day of birth to the end. OLD AS THE HILLS. There Is nothing really new in this mode of identification, as from time immemorial the Chinese have known | | Mberately to work and reconstruct it. { Then is his a splendid joy." a great one, and then Le must go de- STUDY IN SCARLET FOR $125.00. write historical romances, and what. ever his personal estimate of his gre detective may be, the fact remal: that In Sherlock Holmes he | created a character whose exploits as familiar as household words, who has entered the vers of Anglo-Baxon life and lterat Is actually sald that at Doyle has expressed a wish Watson had never met Holmes, It Is on thought so little of let,” the story In Holmes first appeared, ti outright for £125. The valne lock Holmes has gone up since days, however. Ir. Doyle acknowledges debtedness to Dupin, the “Tho and “The fibre It Into Ire, times that ™ that he t he of hor +) Mur Purl more inte *A Rtudy Holmes t 1 ptoonsly © acumen, Poe's $ the Rue short stories, Morgue” I" Letter” This Is the for the reason that Scarlet,” Sherloct speak rathe Dupin's skill and Dr. Doyle again: “In work which con- sists the dr of there are only one or two qual which one can use, and an anthor is forced to hark back upon them con. stantly, so really resemble every to a greater or less extent no great originality required in t¢ made . Fo quote | in wing detectives other dete There 1 Dr. | Sherlock | at {after § | that every detective must Crocuses in Mareh, BY EDITH DUANE, “Anne! Whatever in the world" The speaker, her fur cont white with snow, stood transfixed in the doorway. “Crocuses!"” she gasped, ""Crocusvs—~ in early March--with the snow outside an incn deep and more to follow! Cro- CUBQ Hw’ Words falling her, she stepped inside the heavy curtains and regarded the scene before her with astonisned eyes, It was a pretty room and long, with a blazing fire ot pine logs at one end; room that bespoke warmth and home and comfort, but the newcomer saw none of these. IL was the mahogany table in the centre at which she gazed nypnotically, where masses of yellow crocuses glowed In reckless protusion. They ralsed tremendous golaen heads roms o big brass bowl, wey nodded from long, slender vases, they flamed over the edges of a pewlier Jug ia riot. ous confusion, The girl standing beside the tabli poked the last slender green stalk into place, and, stepping back, regarded her WOrk wilh line rlwmph, dhe turned a Hushed face wward the doorway, “The only trouble,” she saad, Hupres slvely, "will be WW make hla bellgve they grew.” “Grew?” “Yes, grew, naturally,” with a vague wave of her hand in the direction of the window and the softly whirling flakes outside. “He won't believe it.” “Who won't belleve it? “He has the crocus hot by a: as daddy, and they kept moment of wild enthus sisted that his crocu March, Onto" apologetic did have a crocus the last March. "But who-—" began Dora again. “Daddy saw he but didn't care, f« had gun to bell wher aid he wa oming vi Y March he invited him the date and all. This and,” Anne dimpled, rocuses."” “Anne,” will y ‘him’ re i 8 Asin lly—"'we day of he be. he y rk in sisted, sot is the date, | “here are the irk out “" chum, firmly, saying ‘he’ and t you Wp vho and what Anne. "The 1 ’ laddy and good However, Dr. Doyle may prefer to | n n, rug VA Le | | glowing « wn old h es were full 1 her cheek softly | the last, flag. again lignan, at Rid irt-is Aying. be late” always somebodye—" be Nelson thrust his | ket and smiled unted face. to John Rexall, and take him. With him to look I shail not worry as to your And with a quick goodby he » hi “Expl good « of ro u safety.” was gone. The sound cols } of his departing horses’ 2d hardly died away when John- aired with a telegram. doctah, Miss Aune,” he an- I ae nounced took from the out- | lence, i him,” . 141d “wh ot ten- 3 {1 win man, evidently—and extremely good to look at. Just now amusement struge gled with admiration in the clear-cut features, as he stepped forward and again held out his hand, “Please forgive me,” he began, quite as contritely as if he really were to blame, “1 did not know-—it was 80 insufferably stupid of me——' He stopped. (“You are altogether charm- ing,’ sald his eyes.) Anne's face softened, “1 am sure Dr. Nelson will intercede for me,” he went on, pursuing his ad- vantage, — Anne smiled, home. simply. “Then ‘Dr, Nelson is not at 1 am his daughter,” she said we are already declared the man eagerly. “In last Beptember your father--but first allow me to present myself, 1 ame’ “Mistah Rexall,” announced Johnson, at the library door, bowing pompovsly as he held aside the hangings to admit a eElender, dark-eyed man, who ad- vanced a step into the room and then stood ungertainly in the dim light, The surprise on Anne's face was equaled by that of the man beside Her. He turned with a quick start, glanced sharply at the newcomer, then stood motionless in the shadow, With a most unreasonable disappointment Ann¢ come the new arrival old friends,” Benge of advanced to wel- camp | *1the falling embers { the hall and into the “Father will be delighted counted sO on your coming quite distrossed over your He -W after all” forces usual conventionalitices, So this was John Rexall, this man whom she instinctively dreaded-—-per- haps it was the flickering firelight that g.ve that shifting gleam to his eyes. Bhe touched a bell. “A light, John- gon,” she commanded, half nervously. “Mr. Rexall, allow me to present Her words trailed off Into amaze The room behind her was She d herself to the has | were 14 legram. | f {| So glad you managed to get here A door closing softly at the fur 4 where the erstwhile admirer has gone. Onw ple @ o'clock chimed on the mantel, was repeated somewhere tance to" graver, de shivered, Two hours the houschold had but so far le yes. Bhi till sat the re to the gl It was fe the tiny Outside the in the er tons 1 i foun dis- Antic fi 4 L E nem h : istening anxiously for his horses’ hoofb itside Indeed, | m she had the hat she would » ried to reason it ¢ n her hands, usily 'S til y, sitting, als, tinctively distrusted had found hat such an What if the ma gRenial-"for you ahe sald to herself, wet Here her cheeks sitm hands grew un . ’ ¢ . } | ther whe know at thin n } | leparture suddenly? ge? He “Wu } to see her father, and she herself tol him that her father w But as she might, misgiving remained, At the sound of the clock she slightly, and getting up fr dr at home. the vague . ot reason m her ew back the cunt wily bg ins of cen pol tnean, She stood for a while, spells the glory of the scene before her, turned again toward the fire. The orocuses she had worn that evening in her belt, now lying wilted on her dross. ing table, caught her eye. “I forgot to took at the fowers—if the fire dies down the library will be too cold for them attend them now: anything is better than walting here ™ £he left her room and walked swiftly time. | 3 | und by | then | | her entrance—a bull’s-cye lantern throwing its powerful rays on the oor beside him-—knelt the late arrival-her! father's friend--betore her father's sale, Facing her, beside a window, from whose curtained recesses he had evi dently just stepped, covering the other with the point of a gleaming pistol-bar- rel, stood her nameless cavaller of the early evening. His eyes, bright and steady, were immovably fastened on the man before him, “Hands up!” he sald. ’ An inarticulate sound came from the other man's throat; his face grew livid He flung up his hands, palm outward “Who the devil are you?’ he cried, be- neath his teeth, His eyes were fixed with deadly hatred upon hig foe, For a moment no sound but of the dying fire stillness that of dis. turbed the that reigned within the library. Anne stood motionless, thumping wildly, wondering end would be. Then, suddenly the si- lence was broken the distant sound of horses’ roofs coming nearer, A noise of wheels on the gravel outside 0 quick-spoken order to the driver, and some one came along the gorch, through room, Anne gave relief and joy. her heart what the by cry ol nent, looking and then from The nameless } vigh He was setly self possessed, the m before ther pale, but and kept him, but n e, and the surprising, Rexall, I warned were pretty lively herein “Nothing you things March.” The day, begun so strenuously, was fast drawing to an end. The shadows ftly in on the wi world out. sed + Inside —————————————————". of the rily over te w right light amed ches side, Lh Ann« room. tue ket in gy | 1 comfortably herself y ge Davenport ne corner of the | t harr the t} This las shivered ey Nove By looked up at him "Yes?" she 3 3 8 me y save itt something,” y talk to moe he went on, to nr ’ earnestly A wave of delice ace from brow to cl before his, “To let me know you better—to write y me. 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Naturally, also, the stem was promptly adopted for the tification of criminals, and It was an Indian police officer, E. BR. Henry, imspector-general of police In Bengal, who oartiedl to BEagland his experi. efices In the svork, and when appolated 2 ak AE & of x . wyeF chief commissioner of police In Ton don, Introduced the method Into New Seotland Yard, FINGER PRI NEVER CHANGE, Finger-marks continue permanent through Hin. fnjuries may partially pstroy them, Hut as the Injury heals original lines reassert themselves a® before. In growing youth the ball of the finger enlarges; so doos the pat , but its distinctive tracings are utely wmehanged, wherens the Bertillon method Is applicable only to adults, when bone measurements have become fixed. Yet youthful criminals, for their own sake, ns we. as for society's are worth watehlng ut every land | ginal pl and problems to i the alert acuteness and the relation bears to the other” | CONSTRUCTION OF SI Tr. Davie wor build up 1 ff mi which each of them IERLOCEK. rork. therefore. tn everything wi from his | an Immense fand « | upon wh t of his iN : He was practical, he was sy Ihe was logical, and his sues the detection of crime was to result, not of chance or luck, bn his character qualities, “With this idea’ “1 wrote a book on the lines I have Indicated, {and prednced ‘A Study In Scarlet’ That was the firet appearance of Sher lock: but he did much at tention, and no one recognize l him as | being anythl in particular, About three years | howe r, 1 was neked to do a small shilling book for Lippincott's Magagine, which pub- lishes, as you know, a complete story In each number, I didn't know what to write about, and the thought oc- curred to me, ‘Why not try to rig up the same chap again? I did it, and t result was "The Blgm of the Four. Although the eriticismis were f able, I don't think that even then Sher- lock attracted much attention to his fodividuality.” But this shows Mr. Doyle's modesty, GET INTO BOD COMPANY. We are preparing for publica- tion in this Magazine Section a treat for our readers, and will very shortly present to yon that most interesting novel of Sir A. “onan Doyle's, “THE WHITE COMPANY,” full of excitoment and adventure, with a pretty love story rumming through it, which ends “just right” and leaves y feeling good. JOIN US NOW AND GET ‘READY FOR THE OPENING CHAPTERS. ont, re Nl : Ire ev ' ' ) : f ox o dar previous education ol ti tf of fi f Dr not arrest Yor- —— In spite of all the talk and rumpus In the Mouse of Representatives over an attempt to eliminate the free segd farce, with its attendant enormous expenditure, when It came to a yea and nay vote of the members a big majority stood In favor of the appropriation. Earh year congress erentes a diversion by invelghing against the proposition, and then enthosiastieally votes It Into the agricultural bill it defiantly in Rexall" she y indignation as Just been . ‘ erime, “and nt And August personags storm aad will not LR 1 4 in 1 be left alone" ¥ ¥ rvar ot od Anne ia an) Dora ed and the liberated with Hot you re of one y problem faintly ine sted. will be company.” Id Mke it,” agreed yrotested will Dora en, but he i rting glance over the ride flowers gleamed 4 i nde r then Dora And the florist's bil) n I consid began d wh Cro Ann for tl Ee, At tb Dora gave way a helpless fit ia u Anne laughed, too, aif hysterical. ¥. helpless to stop herself «laughed un. til the crocuses shook in their tall vases ~sand both girls sank (nto chairs, laugh- ing and breathless “It's a Judgment—because I wanted him to belleve--they grew,” cried Anne, wiping her eyes, An hour Inter Ante descended wide, of in Her tralling gown hung in soft, straight lines; a row of tiny pearis clasped h throat; some CrOUNsen Wi tucked In her belt, and one orocus nestled In her hair, At the bottom step Johnson walted, “Gentleman to see you, Miss Anne. 1 done put him in de Hohrary.” “What Is his name ?™ “I disremembered to ask Bm his name, He said yo' all was expectin’ him." Her face cleared; Tom, of course, Only the firelight flluminated the brary, casting flickering, ruddy rays upon the slender figure that came slow. ly toward the eentre of the room; a very sweet and attractive figure, indeed, It seemed to the eyes of the man standing walting in the shadow. Neirer and nearer she came, and the man stepped forward, offering his hand In easy, pleasant greeting, and then stood spell bound. A vision In soft shimmering white pressed close to his side<his hand, his arm, was grasped In a warm though unmistakable hug, “You were a dear, good hoy to come.” the vision sal. fon he hogan helplessly, The next moment an embarrassed young man faced an equally embers raged young woman with orimson cheeks and indignant eyes "Why aldn't you speak? she de. manded wrathfully, *T thought it was Tom.” Bhe stopped In a vain search for words with which fo amnihilate this presuming interloper. **You know 1 thought you were Tom," she added in dignantly, “Would that I were,” fervently thought the new comer, Curionity tem the wrath In wasted March uses, KEM and relapsed ghter, whare. the LR re face above her, The face of a Anne's eyes as she raleed them to the gentle | to gleam of light creeping from beneath | ~~ No Money Required We want you to wear a pair of Trusight Spectacles im your own home 6 days at our expense We want you to see the groat difference between oom. 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