DETECTION OF CRIME.
REVOLUTION |N METHODS. ANALYSIS OF FINGER-PRINTS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright NEW YORK, July 24. A revolution in the detection of crime ts foreshadowed after official tests of a system devised by Mr Robert Heger. It is believed that by the new method the police will be enabled to describe a criminal from an analysis of his finger-prints.
Mr Heger, after studying the prints of four criminals whom he had never seen, wrote accurate detailed descriplions of them. In one instance he gave the man’s height within an inch and his weight within s!b. Also he described bis gait and the colour of his hair, eyes and complexion.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20255, 26 July 1937, Page 7
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111DETECTION OF CRIME. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20255, 26 July 1937, Page 7
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