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Magazine Sec tionI lt;U MM I) IN IJU.TIBX TLm,v ■■ , -acrLINCOLN. N K!1K \SK V. M M)\V VI MSI II 1 lt;. l*mOutdoneM.igazi noSectionSECTION KScientific Methods to pture Poison-Pen Writers Safe-Crackers, Robbers and MurderersFendrickI von.s, France.A SC1F-V I no super1 whis ag** a Schubert sonata sits .n the la; o -a'or of t^e to ons police headqua-v An assistant humes in with a bar.c.e of photographs still dripping we* I have beer. able 'o bring out the f'ix prmts on ever*, one of tho.se anonvmo aletters * re reports brisklv Thev wee invisible of course but the new a paratus is a wonder The prints v *ah micK bv the same womans hardIr Edmond Locard supersleuth, get.' the Chef de Svrete, 01 detective oh ' on the phone.I think that you il Ix able to pick up that poison pen soon/ he announces *'T e letter* reveal a woman s pr nt-V *u ra^e hov mat.- powub.e fe:vlt;« i*er on ' our sus;ect list? I tree uusay? \\ % easy then 111 prepare cithree lota of pot* la up stamps u p d ferent se :et marktnt aid yo,.r m know hon to place these m the h.au; o' the icopecm Ha. haf I know v o.vl * r We'll catch if lad*, in a■ wfew ay* fej watch g the stamps, andm t i *ne . - r v s w. s a ; have a • c. ♦tight case against her. 80 you cancall or the surveillance on a.l the men•u. pc -?5. a 1 re v o r. ( hiefAnother Mne the detective chief i..n •elf burst* into the laboratory, draggingw ; .« •. ppery- h.-Kii.g u.p, :Hen . the n un who dri ed t 'sate n th» Hue du 29 Juillet last • 4 it the 1 luff booms 'but hi 1 tiie hi. tliar I ever met He says he s never beennear a safe m his life; wouldn’t even know 01.e if he aw t t -a. si \ idg eh rn .u • , mhDr. Locard seizes a powerful electricr r11 rt and r ih a ;a.: t t. ! rPc»* the tn n : :oi. * •. r. ,•»• ;a. . a:o n dt e K;vfv \h - ?:n cur mi! n« uoff : e 1 . IV dr . handled- »? • ::rb. s cf metal, many not larger than ay n punt Aklt; Let.u . t.ierc :• a..u t atr. ^pooni il of them.Don t oj realize trat when you dri I a safe many of the shavings loege m your clothes?” asks Dr. Locard as his electric magntt ex-t icts the telltale evidence t*at a 111 p'ace the thief behind barsdence. ana there is not.. u v ? a . e: t na n•o bring nm to the laborator. and giveh.m a gorri cleansing.Dr l ex ud has perfected a very skjIJ-f \f x: que f1 t restoring burned docu-n. r. I . ■ c pi . u often find incrinu-r 111.: p*pc aflanp in making a raid I «v hav orders r ot to throw water onx flanv dip vo tr\ to choke out the fin* bv closing fill drafts A labora-• : a ; unit .. urnmoned at once and :.e ufh 'he burned paper b\ blowing X ; the a 1: witl a bellows and catcher it 01 a )ie of gla,v. The paper is gentlysprayed With csIt • lid collodion and another g ass laid on top. ITie edges of 11. f gluv a re fastened with ta;e or •ax w... o preserves the charred paper p»:mai.eiv * The same process must tv rlt; f .p *lt; w:tu each sriieet, of course !’l « civ u ient can generally be read bw n.e naked c* e and if not bv one of n .. dr-.. a e photographic processesUnusual: P *. * q ... of I 4 1crim.nal faces when he starts a battle of w * wuh tne Lvons poliee laboratory, but Dr Locard possesses even more amazing talents.Dr. Locard is also a fine painter and musician, and distracts himself by acting as musical, dramatic and operatic critic tor an important Lyons newspaper! Almost anv morning or e can read something like this; ”1 had the pleasure last night of listening to an exquisite inter-pretation of the Arabesque and other works of Debu.%sy by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. It is r ire to find a leader whj has penetrated go deeply, so understanding!)* and with such delicate sensitiveness into a conrpc^ers soul as Herr X has managed to do. One was gently swung into the mystic, voluptuous harmonies of tlie Arabesque, as though floating heavenward on a magic carpet, without even noticing that he had left earthly things behind, and so forth for e full column of criticism 111 sophisticat' d style, signed E, L. IW findsy\R. EDMOND LOCARD, director of the Lyons, Prance, police laboratory, is a man with the following accomplishments:Artist; violin \irtuoso; lawyer; doctor of medicine; chemist; botanist; biologist; skilled photographer on special apparatus; linguist;specialist in germs and microbology; cipherexpert; master of the fingerprint system; graphologist; fiber expert; armorer with xsidc knowledge of arms and explosives; liighlv experienced in the use of various rays; musiccritic and writer of books.And with all these accomplishments, Dr.I ocard applies the principles of simple psychology when he Inst enters upon a.criminal ease.I r IS • axiom at Lyons that any--1 thing written or typed with Ink can never be entirely hidden.( Mk a ole contracts can be washed ii acid n::d then written over again,but the original ink has left mm of• al elements In the paper aid• • ,;tr*i - v .olet rays and other xnethodjv... make Tie original wanting «!anlt;1 out like a housf afj*e.I ha ( known ah kinds of forgers*tid Dr Lo* ird knd the only one -. ® a 1 a lt;red.tab job was a French no* ti win) learned to Imitate the hand* writing of his brother. \v* r-i -:.e br«vherciied, a hand-written will was presentedthat was perfect. Unfortunately for thei.o'ai : 1- (ilt;*( «d*‘d home tune alter v rn -the will to embellish cartaht lat lt;• and • ; an .a; that was chemiea.^ pi.-d' apn * .#»ad tne ^additions and led to his t 1 u ■ sion of guilt A scientific sleuth, trained tn Uat; . no: :: . . *♦ a. lt;' ahuman being under a single wisp of hair. An expert c. n tell if a hair is hum u /( :i.« ‘ f. o: 11 lt;: ' (J w 'i;.. *comparative age of the person and If fresuh diop:*»d. Ir some c ases a 1. r v good gues can e made to nationality of the ptnon.’Hie laooratory detective must oe ableo d . 1 a •* ret lt;odf - }• ri r. . c nr; -mals x * tnem frequently—as wei: a ■»make a complicated chemical au.ilv s and c4 nV\ a germ or micron* as sure.yas t ran tell what poison wax used for Hr, i 110 a racehorse bv examining trpiD ' th shakes hu head in mock * « aspa know y 1 inyour profession, who take such minuteprecautions and plan out the smallestC . Tf It. ad .. .at ove: Maxhe ! * nn; iroi it a .lv 10 tla- i n :. !treally shaaes ones faith in human na-I t D . . I • {. : * 1 ; Uc rill h sal* many of t ut* shavings lodge in your 'do*hex? All I have to do is to tike the*e particles you have kindlybrought m here and compare them byeshavings rott left m front of the safe. You ffftlii ought to wear an apron for such work. I wouldn’t give you this hint, of course, if It could do you muchD» Edmond Locard,U • r • ♦ » h e P 0' L rDoratory, Lyons. FrancinviMble 10 eve. Neverihi lex.s, tl.eielx nothing hah so important in runningdown lawbreakers as to find these“signutun ' This b especially true inFrance, because there are bottles of wine ui prictiunly every home, and thieves invariably sample these before leaving The first thing the scientific French *1« as 00. n 1 lt;■ i ex.im*ne ail bwt . a no giassfs bv microscope, special photographic apparatus and heavy black powders far making the prints visible The search for prints is also important in poison-pen letter cases, hold-ups tn jewelrv bhoos and manv other kindsuniverse lv meir criminal detection methods and theories, not to mention the fame of Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle s fictitious sleuth. The young musician studkd under BertUlon, took his university degrees and began to lay the foundation of a new laboratory technique for identifying and convicting lawbreakers, or, conversely, for establishing a suspect's innocence, that make S.ierlock’s exploits seem tame in com*uropean masters, a rosy future retched out before him, for he was nusually brilliant. H.s professors prc-icted great things. The road to arctic success seemed to be clear. An uprt.vdv* genes of concerts had btfna greatfives—r*o suitable n for them yet—in I in the world He the dictum ’A law his crime, and if UIx)cai d eisen r^mo.ei d upon tonlav^nir anv.LxK.ilnist and to visit the iead.n*r-.t i B* r. M ir.K h and
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Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Mar 19, 1933
Page 37
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