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He is the subject of Identifi- ,,: " III cation Order No. 1358, issued by the Federal Bureau of Investiga- r,... III tion, and is an associate of Alva Dewey Hunt, subject of Identifi- I m cation Order No. 1399, issued by this Bureau. i III III f.� 1I1tllrral'iurrau of 1Jnutsttgatton Ii iii lltntttb tatr!i Itpartment of iJusttre iii 1m 1m �J Jon £bgar )loourr. Itrrrtor 1m III III III lIaJltngton. II_ en. Jâ m III VOL. 5 NO. 10 OCTOBER 1, 1936 lttl(III m á "ijli:l j ç li:ij mmmmm ",It m m",lit"'It )t'lt ",lit "'It "'It "i·m )(' '''It"It i·mmmmmmmmmmi·"'Jf.".It "'It ".It "'It "'It "'It "'It "'It )t'lt "'It " It ; J(·mmmmm" " 'It "'It" ,Itj(ij " ,It"'It ".It "'It The Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice, is chargen with the duty of investigating violations of the laws of the United States and collecting evidence in casE'S in which the United States is or may be a party in interest. The fOllowing list indicates some of the major violations over which the Bureau has investigative jurisdiction:- National Motor Vehicle Theft Act Interstate transportation of stolen property valued at 15,000 or more National Bankruptcy Act Interstate flight to avoid prosecuticn or testifying in certain cases White Slave Traffic Act Impersonation of Government Officials Larceny of Goods in Interstate Commerce Killing or Assaulting Federal Officer Cases involving transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of any persons who have been kidnaped Extortion cases in which interstate commerce or interstate communication is an element Theft, Embezzlemet or Illegal Possession of Government Property Antitrust Laws Robbery of National Banks and Memb6l" Banks of Federal Reserve SYIJtem National Bank and Federal Reserve Act Violations, such as embezzlement, abstraction or misapplication of funds Crimes on any kind of Government reservation, including Indian Reserva tions or in any Government building or other Government property Neutrality violations, including the shipment of arms to friendly nations Frauds against the Government Crimes in connection with Federal Penal and Correctional Institutions Perjury, embezzlement. or bribery in connection with Federal Statutes or officials Crimes on the high seas Federal Anti-Racketeering Statute The location of persons who are fugitives from justice by reason of vio lations of the Federal Laws over which the Bureau has jurisdiction, of escaped Federal prisoners, and parole and probation violators. The Bureau does not have investigative jurisdiction over the violations of Counterfeiting, Narcotic, Customs, Immigration, or Postal Laws. Law enforcement officials possessing information concerning violations over which the Bureau has investigative jurisdiction are requested to promptly forward the same to 'he Special Agent in Charge of the nearest field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice. The address of each field office of this Bureau appears on the inside back cover of this bulletin. Government Rate Collect telegrams or telephone cnlls will be accepted if information indicates that immediate action is necessary. FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETI N Vol. 5 OCTOBER 1936 No. 10 PUBLISHED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES E AR E D P TM T OF JUSTICE WASH I NGTON, D. C. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction J. Edgar Hoover, Di rector hactured Grass in' Criminal Inve tiglltion 2 Pnlm Prints or Handl1larks as Evidence 12 Que tionable Fingerprint P3ttàrn 21 Announcement - Criminal Record "Follow Ups" 22 Unidentified Deceased's Fingerprints 23 Interesting Identifications 26, 28 FBI National Police Academy - Announcement 28 Fugit i ves Wanted 27 Crime Statistics ßO Apprehens ions 32 H.llgular law enforcement publication:; are authorized Lo reprint an.y material cOllLain with appropriate erenc Eniorccmenl Bulletin all ource. rd herein r ef e LO the FBI Lilli The FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT BU LLETIN is publis hed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United St&te s Department of Justice each month. Its material is compiled for the assistance of all Law Enforcement Officials and is a current catalogue of continuous reference for the Law Enforcement Officers of the Nation. JJo4u £gur I!{oourr. Dtrtdor lJTrtral ilunull of 3fltlttlltigutillU l'ltt11l'1\ tttU!l itPUrlUltut nf :1Jmtficr lUu!llli1tgitlU, B ct. DUring the past year many peace officers and persons interested in law enforcement, while stopping in Washington, D. C., have visited the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and have seen its facilities. We of the FBI have been particularly delighted at the opportunity to receive representatives of law enforcement agen cies at the Bureau headquarters and to afford these representa tives with a full and complete explanation of the various func tions and activities of the Bureau, including the Identifica-' tion Division, Single Fingerprint. Section, Crime Laboratory, and training facilities. As a matter of convenience to interested officers, I should like to suggest that the Bureau be notified in advance, if possible, when such officers contemplate visiting Washington, in order that arrangements may be made to insure their receiving the proper attention when they arrive at the FBI headquarters. This suggestion is made solely in the interest of vis iting law enforcement officers because it may be possible that the Bureau will not be in a position to afford them the requisite attention, in the event they appear at a time when the schedule otherwise is etremely crowded. Director. 2 0- THE EVIDENCE OF FRACTURED GtASS IN CRIMINAJ, INVESTIGATIONS Broken window-panes or bullet. holes in glass may often furnish important evidence in connection with the commission of a crime. In the case of broken glass in windows, show cases and the like, it may. be pos sible to determine on which side of the glass the blow was struck. In many cases the side on which a bullet entered a piece of glass, and sometimes the type of ammunition used ca.n be determined from an examination of the resultant bullet hole. BROKEN WINDOW-PANES Uninformed persons are prone to believe that the side on which glass fragments fall following a fracture of the pane indicates the di rection from which the blow was applied. This is not a.lways true and the fallacy' might lead to serious complications in certain· instances; for ex ample, where other forces than the breaking force cause the unusual dis tribution of glass, as when the glass is leaning forwe,rd at a. slight angle from the perpendicular. The problem of determining whether a window-pane was broken from the inside or outside Vias given considerable study by Dr. S. N. Ma·twejeff (I), Acting Director, Odessa Scientific Forensic Institute. As a' result of his experiments, which Viere carried out in connection wit.h a murder case, a method was developed for solving this problem. When a window is struck, the glass being slightly flexible first bends in the direction of the blow and causes the glass on ' the opposite side to .be stretched. (2) This tension on the rear surface of the glass causes it to break at this surface first, and the cracks so produced travel out from the point where the blow is struck, suggesting an appearance sim ilar to the spokes of a wheel. These cracks extend out from the point of impact like the radii of a circle and are, therefore, called radial cracks. Inasmuch as the front and baclt surfaces of the glass are under qUI"te different conelitions wi th regard to tension when the radial cracks oc cur, the craclted edges of the glass present different appearances near the front and back surfaces. If the piece of broken glass is viewed edgewise so that the light is reflected from the surface of the crack, a number of frac ture lines will be seen which appear to run parallel and close to the front surface for a short distance, sometimes for several inches, and then curve across so that they seem to meet the bacl� surface more or less perpendicu larly. The appearance of these fracture lines is shown in the diagram and photograph. (3) The arrow shows the direction from which, but not the point at which, the blow was strucl{. Act-Ilally the point of impact is sev eral inches to the right and does not appear in the photograph shown. (1) Arch fur Kriminologie, Vol. 86, p. 100. Am. Jour. Police Science, Vol. II, No. 2, p. 148 ( English 'l'ranslation) . (2) "Glass Fractures", FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, April 1933. (3) See figure:.! #1 and #2.