The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom [antikvár]

FOREWORD This book was written under rather unusual cir-cumstances. The last part of it was dictated while I was in Boston attending a seminar on Homicide Investigation at the Department of Legal Medicine of the Harvard Medical School. I had for some time heard about these seminars, which are sponsored by Mrs. Frances G. Lee of New Hampshire (a Captain of the New Hampshire State Police). Invitations to attend are as sought after in police circles as bids to Hollywood by girls who aspire to be actresses. Despite the fact I had heard so much about these seminars, I was hardly prepared for what I found. The instructors, under the guidance of Dr. Alan R. Moritz, are not only brUliant but practical men who are daily accomplishing feats of crime detection which are little short of astounding. The department works in connection with both the Boston city police and the state police of Massachusetts. They have at their command every facility, every bit of scientific knowledge available, and they have brains. Dr. Robert P. Brittam, from the University of Glasgow, doctor of medicine, criminologist, and barrister, was not only a mine of information as to practical detective work on this side of the water, but was able to furnish the latest information as to British and European police methods of crime detection. Incidentally, from comments I heard, as well as from my own observation, I realize that Dr. Brit-tain, by his presence and character, made an outstanding contribution to international understanding and friend-