The Washington times., 1937-06-02
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sent in a revolver and the ex-
tracted bullet. 49,.
Omen must now learn whether
the revolver was the murder gun.
With a GOODNESS that denies the
drama Of q murder mystery, q
bureau ballistics expert fires bull
let from the suspected flrearm
into q discovery box" filled with
cotton waste. In this way a "test
bullet" is obtained.
This test bullet is mounted in
iuxtaposition to the murder bullet
under the microscope.
As the eyepiece Of the micro
scope is focused on the two bull
lets each popularity Of the two
pellets becomes enlarged.
>" Numerous minute scratches en-
graved into the lead by the peculi-
arities Of the gun from which the
bullet was fired become apparent.
A firearm leaves its own indi-
vidual mark upon the ammunition
fired from 1t, and the same accu-
racy that attends a fingerprint
Identification is attributed to the
science Of ballistics.
The technician brings the two
bullets into the same relative po-
Sition under the microscope and
discovers that the ridges on the
two bullets match. Peculiar mark
ings on the two pellets are iden.
tical.
These findings prove that the
murder bullet was indeed fired
from the suspected gun.
Brings Man to Justice
On just such evidence was the
murderer Of two men in Chatta.
rooga, Tenn, brought to justice.
The bodies of w. K. Thompson
and George May were found last
year on one Of the main roads out
side Of the city. The victims had
both been killed, Thompson hay
ing been shot through the chest.
An automobile belonging to May
was found in a ditch few feet
from his body, and the second
body was found down the road
about q mile.
Bill Sliger, alias w. H. Schliger,
was seen with May in the latter's
automobile during the afternoon
Of the day on which the murder
was committed.
He was also spotted near the
scene Of the crime by a young
couple whose automobile he halted
by brandishing a revolver. Sliger
forced the couple to drive him to
the city, and on arriving in Chat
tanooga, he made off.
Left Revolver Behind
However, behind him in the
couples automobile he left his
revolver, which was turned over
to the local police.
SHger was subsequently arrested
and brought to trial for murder.
He admitted ownership Of the re-
volver, being in Mays company,
and that he forced the young
couple to drive him to town, but
insisted that the reason he was
with May was to meet some liquor
runners, and that he had no
knowledge Of the shooting.
His story cast some doubt In
the minds Of the jury, and the
1urymen were unable to agree. A
niStrial was ordered.
During the first trial no firearn
evidence has been submitted. but
the State felt that it had to for.
tify its case.
!. Sliger's revolver was sent to the
FBI headquarters together with
the murder bullets and shells
which were found in Mays auto.
mobile.
:, The G-men found that the bull.
lets were fired from the suspected
weapon, and reconstructed the
crime. Both men were apparently
killed while sitting in Mays auto.
mobile.
PHOTOS TELL STORY
Photographs were prepared sub.
stantiating the G-men's findings,
and were submitted before the
court. This time there was no
doubt on the parts of the jury.
men.
sliger was found guilty and sen.