LEFT HAND. 
Plain impression of the four fingers takgpsigaultaneconsly and of the thun.b, 
LEFT HAND. 
Pisin impression of the fone fingers tukegasitunl taneously ated of the thanh, 
RIGHT HAND. 
Plain impression of the four fingers taken simultaneously and of the thumb, 
RIGHT HAND. 
Viain iopression of the four fingers taken simultaneously and of the thuml: 
FINGER-PRINTS OF SUPPOSEDLY ‘‘IDENTICAL’? TWINS 
Above are the finger-prints, supplied by J. H. Taylor of the Navy Department, of the two 
young sailors shown in Fig. 18. 
seeing any differences. 
and the middle fingers of the right hands particularly are distinguishable. 
The reader might examine them once or twice without 
Systematic comparison reveals that the thumbs of the left hands 
Finger-prints 
as a means of identification were popularized by Sir Francis Galton, the founder of eugenics, 
and their superiority to all other methods is now generally admitted. 
In addition to this 
practical usefulness, they also furnish material for study of the geneticist and zoologist. 
(Fig 19.) 
caused by fingers and thumbs of enor- 
mous strength. They were not the fingers 
and thumbs of young Christophle, 
and they differed in type from those 
of any other man preserved in collec- 
tions of finger-prints. The same finger- 
prints were found on the back of a 
chair in the bed-room and upon the 
window-pane. 
“Five monkeys were found by the 
police in Clermont-Ferrand, but they 
were all small, and their finger-prints 
could not possibly have been confused 
with those of a man. 
“It was clear that if one of the simian 
520 
family was concerned in the tragedy 
it must have been a great ape, such 
as an orang outang, a gorilla, or a 
chimpanzee. If that was so it must 
have belonged to some _ wandering 
showman who had passed through the 
town. The police are now hunting for 
such a showman who passed through 
the town at the time of Mlle. Chris- 
tophle’s death. 
‘““A theory has been put forward that 
the ape escaped from its house or cage 
during the night, ran through the empty 
streets of the town and was attracted 
by the light in the fourth-story window 
