CHAPTER XXXVIII.

THE ROGUES' GALLERY—WHY THIEVES ARE PHOTOGRAPHED
— TELL-TALE SIGNS — PECULIARITIES OP CRIMINALS.

"Where Have I Seen That Man Before?" —Who is it? —A Sudden Look
of Recognition — A Notorious Burglar in Fasliion's Throng — A Swell-
Cracksman— The Rogues' Gallery — Its Object and its Usefulness —
How Criminals Try to Cheat the Camera — How Detectives Recognize
Their Prey — Ineaaceable Tell-Tale Signs —The Art of Deception —
Human Vanity Before the Camera — Slovenly Criminals—Flash Crimi¬
nals— The Weaknesses of Criminals — Leading Double Lives — A Strange
Fact — Criminals Who are Model Husbands and Fathers at Home —
Some Good Traits in Criminals — Mistaken Identity — Peculiarities of
Dress—A Mean Scoundrel — Picking Pockets at Wakes and Funerals
— A Solemn Looking Pair of Precious Rascals — The Lowest Type of
Criminals—Placing People Where They Belong.

WHERE, it does not matter, but in a fashionable place of
amusement Y'hich blazed Y'ith light and was radiant
Y'ith the shimmer of silks, the flash of jewels, and the artiflcial
glories with which Y'ealth and fashion surround themselves, a
tall, well-dressed man was standing, with a lady on his arm,
waiting till the outgoing throng gave him exit. A judge of
the Supreme Court was just behind him, and at his elbow was
a banker whose name is poY'erful on Wall Street. With suave
manners, a face massive and intelligent, and apparel in unex¬
ceptionable taste, there Y'as yet something about the man that
recalled other and strangely remote associations. It certainly
was not the dress or attitude or air that seemed familiar. Nor
was it the quick, sharp eyes that lighted up and seemed indeed
the most notable features of the countenance. Nor could it
. be the neatly trimmed whiskers or the somewhat sallow cheeks
they covered. And certainly no suggestion of recognition
could lie in the thin hair, carefully brushed back from a fore¬
head that bulged out into knobs and was crossed by some deep

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