Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1915 — WEARS HIS CARD ON BROW [ARTICLE]

WEARS HIS CARD ON BROW

Mexican Had His Name and Address Tattooed on Forehead to Insure Identification.

San Francisco. “What’s your name?” demanded Assistant District Attorney Becsey of a Mexican charged with vagrancy. The defendant brushed back his hair, but did not speak. Becsey repeated his question. Same response. Then the Spanish interpreter tried. The man pointed to a spot on his forehead. Becsey looked closely, and tattooed on the man’s brow was “Fred Harris, Sonora, Mexico.” "What’s the idea?” asked Becsey. “I have heart disease. I may drop dead. I don’t want my grave to be unmarked,” the prisoner explained. Judge Brady dismissed him.