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aminer was just about to leave, when
he detected small haemorrhages in
the whites of the eyes close to the nose.
They were very slight, and a few hours
of post morten change would no
doubt have obliterated them entirely.
These, however, made him suspicious,
and he carefully examined the bed.
He found it quite orderly. No sign of
a struggle, nor were there any bruises
about the dead woman’s body. BUT,
in turning over one pillow, he found a
lip-stick stain in the centre. ‘This
stain was the full bodied impression
of two lips, and was of the same
color as the lipstick used by the dead
woman. The impression was so clear
that it indicated the pillow had been
pressed hard against the mouth. Here
was evidence of foul play. The woman
was not identified at the moment,
having registered under an assumed
name. But a box of sedative capsules
was found in her effects. The name
of the drug store was obtained from
it and the prescription traced to her
family physician who was able to
supply the missing information. It
appeared that the young woman was
married, but lived apart from her
husband, whom she met occasionally
under circumstances such as those I
have mentioned. The husband was
located and confessed to suffocating
his wife, and leaving the hotel in the
early morning hours. A crime solved
through vigilance for detail.

In criminal investigation it is the
detail which counts. The efficient de-
tective officer must have a fully de-
veloped sense of observation and some
imagination, a logical well ordered
mind, good general knowledge, a fund
of experience upon which to draw,
and a painstaking thoroughness which
does not take into account the time
and labor spent, but only the solu-
tion of the problem in hand.

He must be devoid of preconceived
ideas or “hunches” and capable of
long hours of fruitless effort without
being discouraged. The brilliant de-
tective, who can solve the most com-
plex problem in a dramatic radio
murder story within the allotted half-

Phone Lake Cowichan or Duncan

hour program, is, as his role implies,
merely a figment of the script writer’s
imagination.

Blood Samples

Relative to postmorten procedure,
it is most desirable that a sample of
the deceased blood be taken for
“grouping.” This is necessary in the
event the police may later find a
suspect with blood-stained garments.
Should the blood be of a different
group to the suspect’s, but of similar
group or type as the victim’s, the fact
would be of considerable value in
evidence. If the victim has not been
“grouped,” and the body is embalmed
and interred, the police have no direct
method of getting this information,
unless of course he had a transfusion
before death overtook him, or there
is some other authentic record.

For similar reasons the police would
also like to preserve a small tuft of the
deceased’s hair. During investigation,
a blood-stained stick or bludgeon with
a few hairs adhering to it may be
found. It will then be necessary to
have a comparison made with the
deceased's hair through microscopic
examination.

In case of death by drowning, a
technique has been worked out by Dr.
Gettler, chief medical examiner for
the City of New York, which de-
termines whether the victim actually
drowned. In New York there are
numerous instances of gangland
murder where the victim’s body is
disposed of in the Hudson or the East
River. For the proper investigation
of the case, it is necessary to determine
whether the victim actually drowned,
or was dead before immersion. Dr.
Gettler’s technique determines
whether the victim was breathing at
the time of submersion. The theory is
that a person who is still breathing
when immersed, will inhale quantities
of water. There will be a dilution of
blood in the left side of the heart,
and if the drowning occurred in fresh
water, the chloride content of the
blood in the left side of the heart will
be lower than that in the right side.
Conversely, if the drowning occurred

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