Such masters of criminology as Alphonse bertillon or his famous compatriot, Victor Lemage, whose resignation so recently had stirred the wide world to wonder-achieve their results by painstaking labours, yes, but all those labours would be more or less futile without that elusive element of inspiration, intuition, luck-call it what you will-which constitutes genius, which alone distinguishes such men from the other capable plodders about them.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
I am further prepared to prove that the name which this municipal favourite now wears is, for him, a new one and that until recently he was known as Kid Repetto whose likeness and bertillon measurements are preserved in the local rogues' gallery.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
"Quite lately M. bertillon invented a marvellous dynamometer which enables us not only to ascertain what kind of lever has been used to force a lock or a piece of furniture, but also to determine the exact strength of the individual who used the tools.
"Fantômas"
Pierre Souvestre Marcel Allain