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we should always remember that a

suspect's clothing or person may
have more than one type of blood
on him. It follows that all separate
areas of staining should be subjected
to test in arriving at an accurate
conclusion.

In discussing the subject of blood
on the person of a suspect, we are
reminded of a case which arose some
years ago in England. The proprie-
tress of a small country inn was
found murdered in the kitchen of
the hostelry and there was evidence
that the till had been rifled. The
murder had been a particularly bru-
tal one, the victim bore marks all
over her head indicating the weapon
to be a heavy cutting instrument. In
the copper of the scullery the police
found a blood-stained meat cleaver,
obviously the weapon used in the
murder. However, the cleaver be-
longed to the inn. “There was no
evidence at this time to point to the
murderer. But a few days before,
one of the investigating officers had
seen an ex-convict in the neighbor-
hood, whose past record indicated
he might have been responsible for
this revolting crime. [he man was
located and detained for questioning.
He gave a fairly good account of
himself, and a close scrutiny of his
clothing did not show anything
amiss. Knowing that the assailant
must have been splashed with blood

in committing the crime, the officers
considered they had the wrong man.
However, they did notice an area on

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his coat which showed recent signs
of washing. This prompted further
examination. One of the policemen
pondered the question, ‘What is the
most unlikely article of clothing a
man would think of washing?’

He leaned forward and picked up
the suspects hat. Nothing on the
crown. Nothing on the brim. He
was about to replace the hat on a
table, when a tiny glint of light
showed from a spot under the brim.
Re-examining the hat, the officer
found a number of tiny pinpoints of
a dark material, reddish in color, and
shiny in surface. The hat was im-
mediately taken to a pathologist who
identified the small spots as human
blood. He was also able to make a
grouping and found it to be of the
same classification as the dead
woman. Further investigation pro-
vided additional evidence, which re-
sulted in the conviction of the mur-
derer. Apparently what had hap-
pened was that in repeatedly striking
the dying woman, whose hair was
suffused in blood, the hair acted as
minute springs, throwing a fine

shower of blood spots at each re-
peated blow. The murderer thought
he had taken care of all the stains on

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his clothing, but forgot the under
side of his hat brim. j
Blood is easily soluble in cold
water and can be washed out of gar-
ments so that there will be no visible
trace, but a well known reagent,
benzidene will often detect blood
stains even after the garment has
been through a laundry. ‘This re-
agent is so sensitive, that it will de-
tect as great a dilution as one part of
blood in three hundred thousand
parts of water. The age of the
stains appears to make no difference
in the benzidene test. In fact,
shrouds and pieces of tissue from
Egyptian mummies, dead over 4,000
years, have shown positive results.
Experiments conducted recently at
the training depot gave excellent re-
sults. Pieces of board and linoleum
were sprinkled with blood, which
was then carefully wiped off and the

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