Chapter X: Thumb Prints Never Forged

Thumb-Print Method of Identification Absolute--Now Brought to a High State of Perfection--Will Eventually Be Used in all Banks--Certified Checks and Also Drafts with Thumb-Print Signatures--Absolute Accuracy of a Thumb-Print Identification Assured--A Thumb-Print in Wax on Sealed Packages--Its Use an Advantage on Bankable Paper of All Kinds--How Strangers Are Easily Identified--Bankers, Merchants and Business Men Protected by This System--Full Particulars as to How Thumb-Prints Are Made--Can be Printed by Anyone in a Few Minutes--How and When to Place Your Thumb-Print on Bankable Paper--Finger-Prints as Reliable as Thumb-Prints--Use to Which This System Could Be Put--Thumb and Finger Tips Do Not Change From Birth to Death--Department of Justice at Washington Has Established a Bureau of Criminal Registry Using the Thumb-Print System--Thumb-Print System Said to Be a Chinese Invention--Its Use Spreading Rapidly--How to Secure Thumb-Print Impression Without Knowledge of Party--An Interesting and Valuable Study

CHAPTER XI

DETECTING FORGERY WITH THE MICROSCOPE

Determining Questionable Signatures By the Aid of a Microscope--A Magnifying Glass Not Powerful Enough--Character of Ink Easily Told--The Microscope and a Knowledge of Its Use--Experience and Education of an Examiner of Great Assistance--An Expert's Opinion--The Use of the Microscope Recommended--Illustrating a Method of Forgery--What a Microscopic Examination Reveals--How to Examine Forged Handwriting with a Microscope--Experts and a Jury--What the Best Authorities Recommend

CHAPTER XII

SIGNATURE EXPERTS THE SAFETY OF THE MODERN BANK

A New Departure in Banks--Examining All Signatures a Sure Preventive Against Forgery--The "Filling in" Process--How One Forger Operated--Marvelous Accuracy of a Paying Teller--How He Attained Perfection--How Signature Clerks Work--A Common Dodge of Forgers--Post Dated Checks--A System That Prevents Forged and Raised Checks--Not a Forged or Raised Check Paid in Years

CHAPTER XIII

HOW TO DETERMINE AGE OF ANY WRITING

The Different Kinds of Ink Met With--Inks That Darken by Exposure to Sunlight and Air--Introduction of Aniline Colors to Determine the Age of Writings--An Almost Infallible Rule to Follow--Determining Age of Writing By Ink Used--The Ammonia System a Sure One--A Question of Great Interest to Bankers and Bank Employes--Thick and Thin Inks--So-Called Safety Inks That Are Not Safe--How to Restore Faded Inks--An Infallible Rule--Restoring Faded Writing--Restored By the Silk and Cotton System That Anyone Can Arrange--Danger of Exposing Restored Writing to the Sun