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NEW SCIENCE HERTS CRIMINALS (Q,TilftbiIn$:DCabIhKPoroscopy aiul Grnpliometry Aid Po- |(I In* to Trace Transgressors.From the Detroit News.Poroscopy and graphometry are two new “sciences” intended to make the way of the transgressor harder than it is. Poroscopy is the science of measuring the pores of the body. Graph-ometry is the science of form and rel-•ative proportion of letters In handwrit-NWfe. v'• v •Dr. Edmond Locard, head of the Lyons police laboratory of identifies. | n lion, has elaborated these new methods of crime detection to a point where the results have been accepted in the Lyons courts and are said to have been proved effective. ;iIn poroscopy, Dr. Loeard holds the number, form and position of body pores remain the same throughout life. The impression of the pores in Dr. Lo-card’s system is colored by chemical vapors or very fine powders so they may be photographed under a micro-■ V ^ ' *Dr. Locard tells of several successful prosecutions supported by his new sciences. In one case a burglar wore gloves, but left an impression* of aij small surface of forearm. That trace convicted him. Another burglar, perspiring freely, left the impression of pore surfaces through his gloves and went to jail. Graphometry, as termed by Dr. Locard, consists primarily in the theory that handwriting shows always a certain relation in size between letters and unmistakable char, acteristics in form, particularly of(is
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Abilene Daily Reporter
Abilene, Texas, US
Mon, Oct 10, 1921
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