Ledger fingerprint article; 03 of 05
- Identifier:
- iai001375
- Title:
- Ledger fingerprint article; 03 of 05
- Date:
- 1922/11/05
- Series Description:
- 3. Doepner/Faulds--Notes
- Folder Description:
- Items 1-134--Clippings Scrapbook
- Item Description:
- Page 14-16; no title; Discusses the prevention of 'unknown dead' by creating a law that will require everyone to be fingerprinted, as they do not change overtime. Wearing gloves, though hard to work in, can prevent finding fingerprints. Describes a burglary and the accused being John Proctor and Samuel Reubin, in which a palmprint was evidence. Discusses the markings of the whorls, loops, and ridges on the fingertips and hands of laborers, etc.; Philadelphia Ledger; DF 654
- Box Number:
- 10a
- Folder Number:
- 1
- Item Number:
- 010-037
- Format:
- Clippings
- Subject:
- Criminals--Identification, Fingerprints--Identification, and Dead--Identification