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a — appeal, Goddard submitted adverse testinony woh 9 N his former optnion and indicating that there was no doubt that the bullet had not been fired by the autonatte pts- tol belonging te Sacco. (80-98-33-12) In Septenber, 1934, in connection with the Atter- ney General's Crime Conference, Goddard was listed as one eof the speakers on the suggested subject "Investiga- tion, Detectton and Apprehensien". The Bureau adutaed the Attorney General that Goddard had been thoroughly | discredited in the fleld of ballistics. It was potnted out that he was then running a private detective agency in Chicage and had ceased his fermer connection with “forthwestern Ontuersity Crime Laboratory. . In June, 1934, Goddard requested a oopy of the Bureau's confidential bulletin “Scientific Aids in Crin- tnal Investtgations". The Bureau declined to furnish thts as tt was part of the confidential manual of tne structtens tssued to Spectal Agents, and Goddard replied "T ean get along very well without your booklet...aince my recollection of its contents indicates that tt con- tatns nothing which your Bureau did not copy fron the Scientific Crime Detectton Laberatory of Northwestern University. In this connection, den'’t you think that an introductory note of credtt to said Laboratory would be appropriate?" Goddard subsequently tried te soft Pedal hts firat remarks by saytng he did not mean the ~~ material in the booklet was a direct transcript fren printed matter issued by the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory. (62-297-99-18,19, 20) In October, 1935, Captain E. C. Crossman, then considered one of the three pioneers in this sountry tn firearns identiftoatien who made a study of the sub- Jeot in the early days at the sane time as Goddard, advised that although he had originally started eut with Goddard, they soon had a parting of the ways in that he was afraid of Goddard's flare for publicity and hits econ- - stant boaating as well as his tendency to overstate the posstbilities of firearms identification. He further stated that Goddard had gotten inte a let of trouble be- cause of hts bragging dispesitien in thts regard. (62-38591-: ore pre - 16 - OLR