feb 19, 1906 - Joseph Faurot

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New York City Policeman. He was detective who introduced the use of finger-printing in the United States. He was the first to use fingerprints to identify a criminal, and the first to obtain a conviction with fingerprint evidence. Faurot rose Became a deputy police commissioner before his retirement in 1926. He obtained conviction in about 1906.

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