This episode focuses on the tragic murder of railroad clerk Clarence D. Hiller; the man accused of committing the crime, Thomas Jennings; and the advanced forensic technique of fingerprint identification used successfully for the first time in a murder trial in the United States.
Works Cited
https://historydaily.org/convicted-by-fingerprint-a-1910-murder-trial-makes-history
https://chicagology.com/chicagopolice/firstfingerprinttrial/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-case-where-fingerprints-were-used-evidence-180970883/
https://erenow.net/common/the-crimes-of-paris/6.php
“Convicted by His Finger Prints.” Norwich Bulletin, 11 November 1910, p. 1.
“Dance to Save a Life.” Palestine Daily Herald, 21 December 1910, p. 3.
“Death Sentence on Finger Prints.” The Daily Free Press, 11 November 1910, p. 1.
“Finger Impressions May Convict…” The Los Angeles Times, 21 September 1910, p. 1.
“Fingerprints Only Clue.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 21 September 1910, p. 1.
“Fingerprints Save Man from Prison.” The Lansing News, 29 April 1910, p. 1.
“First American Conviction on Fingerprints.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 18 February 1912, p. 54.
“First Fingerprint Conviction in American Courts.” The Fresno Morning Republican, 11 November 1910, p. 1.
Hansen, John Mark. “How Fingerprinting Made Chicago Famous.” Chicago Tribune, 5 April, 2020. P. 15.
Kennedy, Robert J. “Fingerprinting by Wholesale.” The Tampa Tribune, 15 May 1915, p. 16.
“Match Hands to Hang a Man.” Chicago Tribune, 6 November 1910, p. 7.
“Prints of Fingers Dooms Murderer.” Chicago Tribune, 11 November 1910, p. 1.
“Thomas Jennings is Given Extreme Penalty by Jury.” Springfield Leader and Press, 8 Jun 1929, p. 2.
Wilcox, Uthai Vincent. “Has World’s Largest Fingerprint Collection.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 6 May 1928, p. 92.