May Sherman and May Surnames Shine in Detectives Tale
The feature outlines Mary the Badger’s arrest by George Koestle after fingerprint clues. It then follows May Sherman known as Lizzie Barr and Helen Brown, a film actress with many aliases, suspected shoplifter. The piece notes her evasion of police and hints at a finale in a town near New York.
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Mary
George Koestle
May Sherman
Lizzie Barr
Helen Brown
Mabel Brown
Keestle
Miss May
Toledo
May
New York City
New York
Paul Revere
Tio
Sarah Bernhardt
Leslie Carter
York
Sherman
Cleveland
The Human Blood Hound: Mary Hagen in Cleveland Rogues Gallery
The article profiles George Koestle Cleveland master criminologist famed for Bertillon identification methods. It details Mary Hagen alias Julia Kennary alias Julia Kennedy a boarding school thief who rose to high society crime and was finally caught by a thumb print on silk, ending a long pursuit across cities.
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Keestle
Cleveland
Mary
George Koestle
United States
Underworld
Wary Hagen
Hagen
Julia Kennary
Julia Kennedy
Lice
Atlhis
Koeatle
Alphonse Bertillon
Maj
R. W- McClaughry
Joliet, Til
Koestle
Jonly
Bertillon
Bertillon System Advances in Crime Identification
The Bertillon method, now used by nearly all departments, relies on eleven body measurements to classify suspects. Head length and breadth, finger lengths, foot length, forearm length, ear length, height, and arm span create a card index to sort descriptions into small, medium, and large classes.
Kipling Meeting and Early Days Mentioned in McClure Memoir
In a reminiscence, Mr McClure recalls meeting Rudyard Kipling in England and notes Kipling’s early struggles and friendships. He mentions Kipling’s associate The Light That Failed and references writers and war correspondents connected to literary circles around Hungerford Bridge and Villiers Street.
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Kipling
Mr.McClure
Metior DE Rudyard Kipling
England
Villiers
Strand
Bennet Burleigh
Houlding
Petersburg
Hungerford ‘Bridge
Villers Street
Bacon
Evelyn
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George M
Cohan
George’ Koestle
Svork
Georg Kovstle
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Mr. Koestle
Keestie
Bertie Tillow
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