Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02

Silent Detective! This Is the Dummy Used by
the New York State Police to Substitute for
the Corpse In Their demonstrations Of Fatal
Ht-Run Accidents. He Is Made Over Time
and Again to Measurements Of Victims. In
This Case It Is Shown How Man Was Killed
by an Abdominal Wound Made by
Door Handle.
sleuths of the Bureau Of Criminal Investiga-
ton built a dummy, Trickler's height and
with the abdominal protuberance that the
victim had had On the dummy they marked
the 14-inch wound which Trickler had
ceived. Then they stood the figure close to
the car.
The effigy's abdomen protruded over the
running board. Then when the marked off
wound came accidently in contact with the
door handle, Kirschberg and his men were
sure that they had the to how
Trickler had been killed. But they were not
yet through with their case.
They carefully took scrapings from the
side of MacDonald's car to compare them
with a few found on Tricklers garments Then
they went into their laboratory to make a
scientific check.
These tests revealed a positive human
blood test from the under side of the strip
on the right side of the car to the rear of
the door handle" the b. c. l. reported.
average diameter .015 nm. which were iden-
teal with those of the blue shirt of the de-
ceased, and several purple wool fibers, aver
age diameter OPS nm. similar to the fiber of
the coat worn by the deceased number
of other fibers were found in the area adj
jacent to the handle, and the door, all of
which were of the type, color and material
of clothing worn by the deceased"
Confronted with all this evidence, Francis
term of Seneca Court at Waterloo, N. Y.
Behind the work Of the Bureau of Criminal
Investigation is the police organization of the
New York State. Troopers, always ready for
action. AS soon as a hit-and-run victim is
discovered, immediate report is made to
the nearest Trooper station from which il is
reayed 10 the nerve center of communica-
tons in the State Capitol in Albany. Here by
short wave broadcast to troopers on auto
patrol and to substations by teletype an
alarm is sent out to watch for suspicious cars
Garages are searched with special atten.
ton being given to repair shops If 1t appears
that the hit-and-run car has developed me-
chanical or other defect. If the tragedy oc-
on a country road, sometimes a house
toulouse canvass is made for many miles In
some cases there is the possibility that the
patrol officer may have good idea Of who
stays out late and drinks more liquor than he
ought to, liquor being the cause Of many such
hit-and-rin accidents.
In fact. Joseph N. Cesaro, chemist at the
B. c. l. laboratories in addition to examining
paint and dust scraping. fiber and hair and
other possible clues makes many tests for
alcoholism in the course Of his work. If
minute quantity of blood is taken from a
pect-even as little as 1 C. Che can detect
alcohol If there is any present.
AT the scene of a hit-and-rup tragedy
the b, c. T. technicians quietly gather their
clues and then retire to their laboratory 10
assemble the evidence. Once they con-
WINGED they are on the right track. they stick
to the trail relentlessy Which is why an inn
pressive number of hit-and-run drivers sooner
or later find themselves behind prison walls