He would ask them to run their fingers through their hair and then mark a strip of glass with the natural oils that would be on their fingers. He collected the same prints over the years to study them and look for changes. Pudd’nhead’s use of forensic science led him to the discovery that twins don’t have the same fingerprints but they are similar. His knowledge of law and his passion for fingerprints also helped Pudd’nhead discovered Roxy’s, the previous slave of Percy Driscoll, secret swap of Tom Driscoll (Percy’s Son) and Chambers (Roxy’s Son). Roxy switched the boys because she didn’t want Chambers to be sold “down de river. “ She was able to switch the boys because the children were very close in age and their skin color was the same. Roxy was only sixteen parts black (her complexion was white) which made her son thirty-two parts black. The finger prints not only revealed the swap but also the murder of Judge Driscoll. The real Tom was given the inheritance of Judge Driscoll. The real Chambers went to prison for killing the
He would ask them to run their fingers through their hair and then mark a strip of glass with the natural oils that would be on their fingers. He collected the same prints over the years to study them and look for changes. Pudd’nhead’s use of forensic science led him to the discovery that twins don’t have the same fingerprints but they are similar. His knowledge of law and his passion for fingerprints also helped Pudd’nhead discovered Roxy’s, the previous slave of Percy Driscoll, secret swap of Tom Driscoll (Percy’s Son) and Chambers (Roxy’s Son). Roxy switched the boys because she didn’t want Chambers to be sold “down de river. “ She was able to switch the boys because the children were very close in age and their skin color was the same. Roxy was only sixteen parts black (her complexion was white) which made her son thirty-two parts black. The finger prints not only revealed the swap but also the murder of Judge Driscoll. The real Tom was given the inheritance of Judge Driscoll. The real Chambers went to prison for killing the