Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1930, Page 93

THE SUNDAY STAR,- WASHINGTON, D. C.,:- NOVEMBER '16, 1930. 3 eep Your Fingers Away FF'rom Uncle Sam . ' ' Relentless Search Ending in Death Rendez- vous for “Little Jake” Fleagle, Last of Western Bank-Robber Gang, Proves Again: Your Never-Changing Finger- prints Eventually Will Find You Out! was impossible for criminal justice administra- tors and others in the prevention and of erime to get an adequate picture of conditions in the United States. & criminal, but the marvelous memory of a man who handles the fingerprints of half a million FR SReRrE 3 The fingerprint records compiled in Washing- ton, D. C., from police files throughout the Na- tion have proved a seri- ous handicap to roving crooks and frequently have brought them to justice even after the lapse of several years. demned to execution, for the citizens of Lamar had vengeance in their hearts. More than a year after the robbery a man was picked up in Stockton, Calif., for vagrancy and suspicious behavior. After his release his fingerprints were forwarded to the Bureau of Identification of the Department of Justice for possible identification. When the card came through the National Division of Identification and In- formation Albert Ground, one of the experts, immediately the right index finger the doctor’s automobile. The criminal, Jake Fleagle, had a record well known in the de- partment. ‘The information was immediately sent to the authorities of Lamar and at Garden City, Kans., where it was recalled that the Fleagles EsE 258533 Fig g sibeiili ¢ §f§ E. K. Thode of the National Division of Identification and Investigation, whick operates under the direction of the Bureau of Investigation, is sl studying peculiarities of & highly magnified fingerprint. Ome of the speediest cases of criminal justice came about recently as the result of a chemi- cal analysis of material found under the finger- nails of a dead woman. The coroner had about welcomed and furnished with a booklet of “The criminals themselves are rapidly become and double-check their activities and . By means of the Washington, D. C., from past criminal record. After his trial, but bee fore sentence was passed, his record, furnished .,“Rxofl'rmnmpufic\umylnm in compiling criminal statistics which