The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . well de-fined lines, and that while each finger may seem toclosely resemble the others, with a little study you willnote that each has a distinct individuality, as to theridges or lines, so much so that Mr. E. R. Henry, I. (Asst. Commissioner of Metropolitan Police), ofLondon, England, has succeeded in classifying them sothat they can be placed into four types or divisionsknown as arches, loops, whorls and composites. Eachdivision is then subdivided into thirty-two differentclassifications known as primary classifications, with the
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . well de-fined lines, and that while each finger may seem toclosely resemble the others, with a little study you willnote that each has a distinct individuality, as to theridges or lines, so much so that Mr. E. R. Henry, I. (Asst. Commissioner of Metropolitan Police), ofLondon, England, has succeeded in classifying them sothat they can be placed into four types or divisionsknown as arches, loops, whorls and composites. Eachdivision is then subdivided into thirty-two differentclassifications known as primary classifications, with theresult that an expert after taking a record of a criminal,can at a glance determine the particular type and beable to file it away in its proper drawer. Should thecriminal at any time subsequent, have his finger prints 416 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK its great superiority, and it is being taken up in thiscountry by the larger cities and penitentiaries. Throughthe courtesy of Mrs. Phil C. Holland, Asst. Manager,THE DETECTIVE, the official organ of the police. Mrs. Phil C. Holland. and sheriffs, and who is the greatest expert in this lineof work in this country, we are able to present a fewinteresting details of the application of this system incriminal work, etc. Mrs. Holland is a pupil of JohnKenneth Ferrier, finger print expert of the Criminal OF A DETECTIVE 417 Investigation Department, New Scotland Yard, London,England, and after one years thorough study, whichincluded the actual taking of finger prints of manynoted criminals and the practical work of classificationat the Four Courts of the St. Louis Police Depart-ment, she was pronounced by Air. Ferrier, thoroughlycompetent to instruct, classify and install the system,and to apply it in all ways to high-grade scientific de-tective investigations, requiring a thorough knowledgeof the application of certain powders and photographicreproductions and enlargements. In one of our prisons recently, a man who had justbeen sentenced was
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