Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
FBI Tests Hair
For Jackson
Murder Clue
Red-Brown Strands
Found in Grave;
D. c. Police Active

FBI crime laboratory techni-
clans today are making micro
scopic tests Of fragments Of hair
found on the grave Of Mrs.
Mildred Jackson and her
daughter Susan Ann to deter
mine II the hair came from the
mysterious slayer Of the entire
Apple Grove (Va) family.
The hair, described as red
dish brown. was found on top
Of the shallow grave of U. s.
Route 301 by one Of the teen
aged boys who uncovered the
bodies Of the 27-year-old
Louisa County housewife and
her 5-year-old daughter. Mrs.
jackson was q brunette and
her little girl was blond, but
FBI men did not discount the
possibility that the hair might
have been that Of the slain
Jacksons.
The FBI also is minutely ex-
amining a set Of automobile
tracks found in the sand q few
feet from the grave Of Mrs.
jackson and Susan Ann.
While the technicians worked
meticulously with materials
found in and around the grave,
Anne Arundel County police
were operating on the theory
that an itinerant sawmill work.
er may be the killer who wiped
out the family after they van
ished last January IL.
All Sites Near Sawmills
Chief Wilbur Wade said all
three sites involved in the slay-
ing Of Carroll v. jackson, 90
year-old feed truck driver, his
wife. and their daughters
Janet. Ia. and Susan Ann, 5.
are located near sawmills.
The locations are: their
home at Apple Grove near
Mineral where the family dis
appeared: Fredericksburg, and
the Gambrills (Md) area near
Bargis Corner.
The bodies of Mr.. jackson
and Janet were found March 4
by two men who were gather
ing sawdust from q lumber mill
pile m Spotsylvania County.
two miles west Of Fredericks-
burg. Then. Saturday. the 10
week search for the missing
wife and other daughter came
to q grisly end when the bodies
were found in a sandy grave
IL miles west Of Annapolis.
The second find was made
by John Paddy. 10. and John
Bolin, IA. Of Gambrills, Md,
about 2 pm. Saturday. The
boys were hunting with BIB guns
at the time. When the inter-
state nature Of the crime be-
came known, the FBI came
into the case and sent SO agents
to the Maryland scene in search
Of evidence.
d. G. Police Squad Assigned
Meanwhile. Inspector Edgar
E. Scott, chief of Washington
detectives, detailed a special S.
man unit under 1t. Murray
Kutner to investigate the kid
nap-murder. The special squad
conferred today at Police Head
quarters with the FBI, Virginia
and Maryland State police and
Anne Arundel, Prince Georges
and Louisa County police as, all
Jurisdictions Joined in an all
out search for the killer.
After several hours, word
emerged from the meeting that
the investigators were pooling
all their information and rec
ords about other murders hav-
ing similar characteristics.
They were looking for crimes
involving circumstances similar
to the jackson case in hope of
breaking a case virtually with
out clues. police said.
Virginia State Investigator
G. s. Cooper said, "What hurts,
as much as the knowledge of
what happened to the Jacksons,
is the fact that the person re-
sponsible is still loose, still free
to get at some other family.
We've got to get him."
While some investigators be-
lieve several persons may have
been involved in the abducted
and Staying. many others think
it was a one-man job. One
said today. "Maniacs don't run
in pairs; they're toner's. This
has to be a maniac"
Wife Beaten FierceIy