FBI SCORES AGAIN I I Science Proves Aid Ad to Crime Detection Features Science has established itself it itself itself it- it self as one of the strong allies of crime detection Equipped with more than a million dollars dollars' dollars dollars' dol dol- lars lars' worth of scientific apparatus apparatus apparatus appa appa- ratus and staffed with spec- spec in various scientific fields the Federal Bureau of Investigation crime detection laboratory in Washington has proven an increasingly potent f factor in detection and apprehension apprehension apprehension hension of criminals throughout through out the nation Facilities of the modern scientific crime detection laboratory are at atthe atthe atthe the command of every duly authorized authorized authorized author author- law enforcement agency throughout the nation both In large cities and in small communities During the last fiscal year the volume volume vol vol- ume of work received from state and municipal law enforcement agencies Increased per cent over the previous previous previous pre pre- fiscal year Services of the FBI laboratory have been expanded phenomenally since its modest beginning In 1932 In the early it became apparent apparent ap ap- parent to John Edgar Hoover FBI director that his organization aswell as aswell aswell well as all local law enforcement agencies needed the assistance of a crime detection laboratory This need was given concrete expression on November 24 1932 by founding of the FBI laboratory Solve Sheep Theft Indicative of the widespread use being made of the laboratory's facilities fa facilities fa fa- is a recent case involving theft of ot sheep in Big Horn county county coun cowl ty Montana had Investigation disclosed that a suspect was selling a large number of sheep whose wool bore evidence of efforts to obliterate brand mark- mark Ings lags Specimens of the brand paint remaining on the sheep wool and samples of the brand paint used bythe bythe by bythe the true owner owner of the sheep in marking marking mark mark- ing lag his bis animals were forwarded to I the laboratory A spectrographic examination conducted by FBI technicians revealed revealed revealed re re- re- re the presence in all the samples samples samples sam sam- ples of ot Prussian blue paint Identical identical identical cal In both color and texture In addition n it was found by checking with the manufacturer that only one shipment of this particular lot had been made to Montana After being tried and found guilty the accused was fined tined and sentenced to serve three years and four months for the theft Another case in which findings of the FBI laboratory aided lo local local local lo- lo cal officers in their investigation Involved a riding mule-riding thief In Ina a southern state who had pil- pil i JW i I NO CLUES OVERLOOKED Science engages In painstaking and exhaustive effort to aid crime detection as indicated In this photo showing experts at the FBI crime detection laboratory collecting dust and debris from clothing for microscopic study a number of articles from froma a private home Packing his stolen goods on a mule belonging belong belong- ing big to the victims victim's next door neighbor James Henry Denry Brown nonchalantly rode off But when the mule later was found abandoned abandoned abandoned aban aban- someone remembered seeing an Individual who looked like Brown riding It down the railroad tr tracks ks Picked up by local officers Brown was held as a suspect while his trousers together with a sample of hair from the side of the mule were submitted to the FBI laboratory There the mule gave Brown away Hair bearing characteristics of the equine family was found on his trousers and in his trousers cuffs When this hair and the hair from the side of the stolen mule were compared under the microscope It was determined that the two specimens sped sped- mens strongly resembled each oth oth- er When Brown was faced with this evidence he confessed and later was sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary Adopt War Methods l The knowledge acquired and techniques techniques tech tech- developed and perfected by FBI laboratory technicians through the war years in defeating espionage espionage nage sabotage and related wartime cases are being adapted to postwar cr crime Ie pro problems ms bank I hIJackIng mur er auto auw theft robbery and many other types of crimes handled in prewar years now are being afforded the latest and most comprehensive attention inthe In Inthe Inthe the laboratory Many times findings of the laboratory laboratory laboratory labora labora- tory experts will clear the name of Innocent individuals suspected of Involvement in involvement in- in in a case A woman in inI Wilmington Ohio when arrested for tor Issuing a worthless check protested protest protest- ed that the store manager to whom she had given the check agreed to hold bold it She stated she had written written writ writ- ten the words Hold this till I pay on the face of ot the check Submitted Submitted Submit Submit- ted to the FBI laboratory the questioned check was examined under under under un un- un- un der ultraviolet light and found to contain this message The case against her was dismissed Whether it Is a request for identification Identification Iden idea of suspected bloodstains matching of hairs and bits of fibers classification of ot various body fluids handwriting paint and soil comparisons compari compari- sons bullet identifications restoration restoration restoration restora restora- tion of obliterated serial numbers or any other type of examination technicians of the FBI laboratory stand ready to offer reliable scientific scientific analysis