Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1910 — HINDOO SIGNS WITH TOE [ARTICLE]

HINDOO SIGNS WITH TOE

Identification methods were given a new twist In a Chico, Cal., bank when a Hindoo squatted on the floor, jerked off his shoe and used the great toe of his right foot for stamping an Impression on the deposit slip. The Hindoo signatures all look alike to bank cashiers, who use thumb imprints as an additional means of identification in cases where depositors hail from the far east This system could not be followed out because the would-be depositor’s hands had been scalded at Hamilton City while working around the vats of boiling water in the sugar factory. He solved the problem by directing the Hindoo to take off his shoe. This operation complete, the depositor was handed the ink pad and the deposit slip. Putting both feet on the floor, he pressed the toe on the ink and then transferred it to the paper* making a clear impression. The impression will hardly answer as well as the thumb Imprints, but the bank says it will do as long as the custom does not become general