The story that birthed fingerprinting as a forensic for identifying criminals.


The guy on the left is named William West.

The guy on the right is also named William West.

The first William West was sent to Leavenworth Prison in Kansas in 1901.

When the second William West arrived at the same prison for a minor crime two years later in 1903, he was told that he was already in prison serving a life sentence for murder.

After some confusion, the staff realised that they had two inmates with the same name that looked pretty much the same.

The two men were not related in any way, and law enforcement quickly realised that a more reliable method of identification was necessary.

The case of William West and William West changed the face of forensics forever.

Fingerprinting soon became the standard method for identifying criminals. #HistoryVille

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/historyville_historyville-activity-6811917883904401408-ODQL

Wow! Kudos op.

The need to try this technology on that statue in Aso Rock urgently and match it with the records of the one pre-2017

Is the OP saying finger print came as a result of this identical guys?

I don't think such a high innovation like finger print could be possible in the year mentioned by the OP.

Finger print required a more sophisticated technology above those that were in vogue in the early 1900.

We nairalanders should do more research to know when finger print was birthed.

Hmm