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and Arbuckle’s testimony, 116
and Bender, 95
and district attorney’s case against Arbuckle, 98–99
grand jury testimony of, 104–5, 106–8
placed in protective custody, 105
police interview of, 91–93
trial testimony of, 111–12
Proescher, Frederick, 230–31, 240–42, 249, 250
profiling
and Ferguson murder case, 197–98
and Heslin murder case, 59–60
and Hindu Ghadar Conspiracy, 40
history of, 56
Prohibition
availability of alcohol during, 47, 60
and crime in the 1920s, 4, 47
and organized crime, 133
repeal of, 223
and social mores, 118, 169
and Wickersham Report’s condemnation of, 223
Rappe, Virginia
and Arbuckle’s defense strategy, 111
and cause of death, 103, 106
death of, 87–88, 89–90
media coverage of, 91
police investigation of death, 90–91, 92–93
See also Arbuckle murder case
Rea, Edwin, 241, 243, 245, 251–52
rigor mortis
and Lamson investigation, 16, 234
and Schwartz investigation, 172, 178
Roberts, Mary Dolores, 237
Rowe, Gordon, 199–200, 201
Ruedy, Alfred H., 173
Sacco and Vanzetti case, 218
Saier, Milton, 234
Salvation Army, 119–20, 122
sand, petrographic analysis of, 67–70, 80–81, 189, 190–92
San Francisco, California, 43
San Francisco Examiner, 58, 59–60, 65, 190
San Quentin Prison, 255, 256, 258, 260, 263
Schwartz, Alice Orchard Warden
and affair of husband, 182
identification of body, 173, 177
marriage of, 166
and suicide of husband, 183
Schwartz, Charles Henry
background of, 166, 182
faked death of, 168, 172
and funding from investors, 169
and heart-balm lawsuit following affair, 164–65, 166–67, 182
and history of chats with crime investigators, 179–80, 184
identified as murderer, 181
manhunt for, 182
marriage of, 166
police investigation of, 182
suicide of, 182–83
and synthetic silk formula, 163–64, 167–68
Schwartz murder case
blood analysis in, 176, 180
and faked death of Schwartz, 168, 172
financial motive for, 181
and fingerprints of victim, 172, 178
and hair analysis, 178
Heinrich’s investigation of, 172–79, 180–81
identification of body, 173, 177–79, 181
Ponzi scheme exposed, 175
suspect list in, 173, 174, 175
Scotland Yard, 56, 197
Semnacker, Al, 107, 108
Seng, Marvin, 139, 142
sexual assaults, 100, 118. See also Arbuckle murder case
sexual norms, 118
Sharpe, Dick, 239
Sheppard, Sam, 264
Sherlock Jr. (film), 128
Sherman, Lowell, 90
Shirley, Doris (later Putnam), 73, 79–80
Simplified Blood Chemistry as Practiced with the Ettman Blood Chemistry Set, 230
Siskiyou train robbery case
attempted heist, 138–43
capture of DeAutremont brothers, 160–61
dynamite explosion, 140–41, 142
evidence left behind, 143, 144, 146
and hair analysis, 148, 152, 158
Heinrich’s deductive reasoning in, 268
Heinrich’s investigation of, 144, 147–52, 157–59
Heinrich’s notoriety gained from, 159, 160, 161
and history of train robberies, 132–33
manhunt following attempted heist, 143, 145–46, 158–59
media coverage of, 146, 159, 160
and murders of eyewitnesses, 140, 141, 142, 143
police investigation of, 146–47
See also DeAutremont, Hugh; DeAutremont, Ray; DeAutremont, Roy
stamp collecting, 40
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, 223
Swart, Franklin, 79
Syer, Robert, 244, 253, 258, 261
Taylor, William Desmond, 145
Thoits, Hazel, 228
Thomas, Roger, 185
Thompson, Gilbert, 114
Thorpe, Frank, 254, 255
time of death, determining
and forensic entomology, 188–89, 268
and rigor mortis, 234
toxicology, 208
trace evidence analysis
and Hightower case, 70
and Siskiyou train robbery case, 149, 268
train heist. See Siskiyou train robbery case
tuberculosis, 45–46
universities, forensic labs in, 223–24
University of California at Berkeley
and archive from Heinrich’s lab, 1–3
Heinrich’s role as instructor at, 36–37, 38, 201, 268
Heinrich’s studies at, 31
and Kirk, 264
School for Police at, 35–37
School of Criminology established at, 267
University of Chicago, 224
U’Ren, Milton, 92, 93, 95, 96
US Department of Justice, 269
US Engineers’ Reserve Corps, 40
Veale, Richard, 187–88
Vincent, Helen, 14–15
violent crimes, in 1920s, 4–5
Vollmer, August
and Arbuckle murder investigation, 97, 99, 123
background of, 37
faculty position at University of Chicago, 224
as “father of modern policing,” 34, 224
and Ferguson murder case, 197
and heart-balm lawsuit, 165–66
Heinrich’s relationship with, 35–36, 37, 38
and Hollywood film industry, 100
impact on criminal justice field of, 34–35, 267
and Kirk, 263–64
and Lamson case, 21, 254, 256
and polygraph test of Hightower, 73, 74, 75, 77
reforms led by, 34–35
and school for police, 35–37
and Schwartz murder investigation, 179
strong skills of detectives under, 188
and Wickersham Report on Prohibition, 223
Waite, Charles, 210
Waste, William H., 257
Weber, George A., 20, 22, 244
Weber, Jean, 20
Wendel, Marie
and arrival of Heslin’s murderer, 45
and departure of Heslin, 46
housekeeping duties of, 44
and identification of Hightower, 75
and media coverage of case, 50
reporting Heslin’s failure to return, 47
trial testimony of, 78–79
We Who Are About to Die: Prison as Seen by a Condemned Man (Lamson), 260–61, 262, 263
Whirlpool (Lamson), 262
Why I Want to Travel (Heinrich), 153
Wilkens, Anna, 144–45
Willingham, Cameron Todd, 270
women, Heinrich’s perspectives on, 118
Woollcott, Alexander, 260–61
World War I, 39–40, 46
Wri
ght, Ralph Wesley, 11
writing ambitions of Heinrich
detective stories, 152–54, 159–60, 193
juvenile fiction, 171
plays, 153
poetry, 153
and publications in forensic science field, 171, 273
wrongful convictions, 269, 270, 271
Zink, Howard, 16
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kate Winkler Dawson is a seasoned documentary producer, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, WCBS News and ABC News Radio, PBS NewsHour, and Nightline. She is the author of Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City and teaches journalism at The University of Texas at Austin.
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