In the navy this bore his thumb im
print. But everybody does not know
how often the thumb print, despite a
false name, lias enabled the local |>olice to
turn back into the army or navy a deserter
from the colors. By the same process of
identification also the converse of this situ
ation lias been realized and the jK?iice have
fouftti in the army- or ttie navy, where he
lias sought Ineffectual sadctuary, some har
dened criminal whom they "wanted.*
During tile war period a woman in this
city was assaulted, robbed and left for dead,
hut her assailant had left sdtne finger
prints whjch the }?oli<-?? found. \^4fegr0.
who hail been an acquilltaDCt of the
woman's maid, fell under suspicion. but
could not be (omul. The maid said -lie
believed he hiu! enlisted. He had. The
army had his finger prints. They matched
perfectly with those Commissioner Fnurot
had secured, though the recruit had enlisted
under an assumed name. The army sur
rendered him and he Is now "doing time"
in Slug Sing.
Commissioner Fnurot hope- to live to see
the day when every human being In civil
ir.ed countries will he subjected to the
linger printing process. He holds that It
should lw as universal as teething or taxes
and more so than vaccination. "The an
tagonistic attitude of the public toward this
idea." he -oys. "1- due to the fact that they
are nccustomed to associating the flni^pr
printing process wholly with criminals.
Undertake In finger print them and they
Imagine yon are placing them In the same
class with crooks.
