CHICAGO POLICE IDENTIFY FINGERPRINTS SENT BY WIRE FROM NEW YORK IN ONE MINUTE
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On May 13, 1925, The Associated Press reports that "fingerprints* sent by wire** from New York to Chicago last night were identified in one minute after being received."
That information comes from the Chicago Police Department.
The Star states...
"The tests were made in connection with the international convention of police chiefs in New York."
JFK+50 NOTE
One partial fingerprint of Lee Harvey Oswald was located on the Manlicher-Carcano weapon alleged to have been used in the assassination of President Kennedy. That fingerprint, however, was found in an area where the weapon would have been disassembled.
While this fingerprint connects LHO to the weapon, it does not prove that he fired it at JFK. It was his rifle but since no gloves were found why were none of his prints anywhere else on the rifle? LHO fingerprints were also found on some of the boxes in the "sniper's nest" on the 6th floor. No doubt the Dallas Police would have used these to support charging LHO with the murder of the POTUS.
*fingerprints are impressions left by the friction ridges of a human finger. Recovery of partial fingerprints from a crime scene is an important method of forensic science, but their use has been challenged. There is no uniform standard for point-counting methods.
**Pictures, a.k.a. "wire photos" were sent by telegraph involving transmission over telegraph or telephone lines using special machines.
SOURCE
"Finger Prints Sent By Wire Identified Within a Minute," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 13, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
