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1 Am. J. Police Sci. 496 (1930)
The Analysis of Dust Traces

handle is hein.journals/ajpl1 and id is 512 raw text is: THE ANALYSIS OF DUST TRACES Part III (Conclusion) By EDMOND LOCARD (Revue Internationale de Criminalistique) I. Nos. 4-5 (1929) (F) Some Cases From the Courts.-In the following, I shall relate briefly some actual cases from the courts, where the analysis of dust has been of great assistance as circumstantial evidence. I shall begin with cases described by Popp, then cite others furnished by Gross, Edmond Bayle, and Parisot, and finally select a few typical examples from the routine examinations of the Laboratory of Policc at Lyon. CASE I The Schlicher Case (Popp). On May 30, 1908, there was found in the state forest in the Schelmenkopf section, on a level with Rocken- hausen, Falkenstein Commune, in the Palatinate, the body of a de- capitated woman. Upon examination of the corpse, it was learned that it had been dragged to the spot where it was discovered. The head was missing. In the right hand, still enveloping half of the in- dex finger, was a glove of glazed kid. No one could testify either as to the perpetrator or the site of the crime. On June 2, two shreds of flesh were discovered on a road leading through the woods which was about 30 metres up-stream from the place where the corpse was deposited. These shreds were supposed to have come from the corpse, and had probably been separated from it during the transportation of the body or of the head. In the glove, cemented by blood, was some woman's hair, which afterward proved to be similar to that of the victim. Nearby were also found some leaves of hawthorn and myrtle. Neither of these trees of the species indicated was growing at the spot where the corpse was discovered, but they were found about 45 metres up-stream, near the highway. When that vicinity was examined, blood traces were found on the ground. In addition, there was discovered a great quantity of hair from the head of the victim. This, then, had obviously been the site of the crime. Subse- quently there was discovered, hidden beneath some stones, a head

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