Last Seen Wearing...-1952-Mr Hillary Waugh-
-reprinted by Impress Mystery.-(This classic mystery is not what I had in mind for this but it does raise a vacuum question as you will see.)-For me, this was a page turner that I could not put down. After getting used to train travel between big cities and no one having a computer on cell phone this mystery was as up to date as the next CSI.Is involves a college student missing from her dorm at a northeast college, how see was found and the person responsible for the condition she was found in. The police use a "small vacuum" to check a crime seen for evidence. One of the best known modern uses of vacuuming for hair/fiber evidence was in the Atlanta child murder cases of about 1980. Before that we know Filter Queen was used by crime labs of 40s & 50s.The question is-What 1952 era "small vacuum" could have been used by police? The book, that is well written and accurate on many things, mentions vacuuming wall, floor, furniture, car, etc. and labeling for lab. Small vacs would have included Hoover Dustette, Royal hand, Premier Spic-Span, GE Tidy and more. Does anyone have information on what might have been used at this time?
